#earlyinternetdays

[whoisosmith]

Birthday pics 47 of 100: This is my first internet photo ever! This was back when #AOLDiscs were mailed out and the internet kept the phone line busy. Me and the boys hit #USAFleaMarket and got right. #ASL #EarlyInternetDays #GroupPackage #305Boyz #Miami #DadeCounty #HappyBirthday #March25th #Aries #Memories #CameraMan #IDoItAll #Photogenic https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NqhQghNQQ/?igshid=dw79qectuwya

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I guess to kick this off I'll start with one of my own stories

So whenever I was twelve and discovered that you could lie about your age on the internet, I made an account on Neopets proclaiming that I was 76 years old (totally believable, guys.) At the time, I was still subscribed to the Neopets magazine, which came with some custom fonts for the neoboards. So I was thinking "O THIS IS KEWL!!!" and copied a really girly pink looking font from it.

I got on the Neopet boards (on the help board, god knows why) and posted an obnoxious board that read:

"HEY DUS MY FONT LUK CUTE?!?!"

Some people were nice about it, but most had answers like:

"no it's ugly"

"no you're ugly"

"lol you suck at signature making"

Needless to say, my twelve-year-old seventy-six-year-old self was upset. I remember getting off that board crying and deciding I hated everyone on the internet.