What were your first reactions to the Internet? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Jokerette · 01-29-2004, 04:40 PM

I've been online since around late 1998, but I still remember my first few visits into cyber space. I felt so overwhelmed, excited and (for a while) rather confused by it all.

I think the first webpage I ever went on was the official site for James Cameron's "Titanic" when the movie had barely come out. I remember that site was the most visited site online. Then I remember running searchs for stuff I remembered from my childhood like favourite shows/movies/cartoons and being amazed at some of the fan sites I found.

One thing that makes me laugh was how paranoid I used to be about giving out personal information online. I refused to even give out my email address to people let alone my real first name or general location. LOL. I've learned that while there are pyscho's out there, there are also many kind, wonderful people who I would've missed out on knowing had it not been for the internet.

Despite all the scare stories in the media and all the sick stuff with p*rn that you keep hearing about, I think the internet is one of the best things to have happened.

How about you? Thoughts? Memories? I'd like to hear them.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 01-29-2004, 05:06 PM

Overwhelmed. I wanted to look at everything all at once. All I wanted to do was look up stuff for Happy Days.

Rhiannon · 01-29-2004, 05:54 PM

I was confused. Mostly because it went so slowly

david&maddie4ever · 01-29-2004, 06:09 PM

I was really little.

I do remember that the only thing I wanted to do was play games...cool sites didn't really interest me much. And a message board? Never!

~Lauren

TheBert · 01-29-2004, 06:23 PM

hmm i discovered the internet when my best friend who used to live in my street moved to the united states with his family. his dad got a job there...

so yeah i pretty much used it to talk with him then. and since i've always been a lil computer kid (got my first amiga when i was 7 D: ) things went its way

Rhiannon · 01-29-2004, 06:25 PM

I used to go to my friends' houses and use the internet because my parents had no need for it, but when we finally got it I was (and still am) the only one who knows how to go about using it.

I am Him · 01-29-2004, 06:45 PM

Woah! Free Porn!

PZelda · 01-29-2004, 07:09 PM

I've been using the internet since 1994, almost 10 years now. I remember being really fascinated...I would look up Calvin & Hobbes pages because I LOVED the comic strip...Oh, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas stuff, too...

dawsongirl · 01-29-2004, 07:28 PM

I don't have the kind of memory that allows me to remember stuff like that.

I am Him · 01-29-2004, 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by dawsongirl
I don't have the kind of memory that allows me to remember stuff like that.

Blond?

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 01-29-2004, 09:23 PM

I wasn't really interested. I talked to my friends and stuff, but our first computer was so slow, we couldn't go to websites or anything because it would take so long. Then we got a new computer, I found this damn website, and now I can't get off.

dawsongirl · 01-29-2004, 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by I am Him
Blond?

No.

EricIdlefan · 01-29-2004, 11:31 PM

We got a computer in 2000. But I didn't start on the net until 1995 and found out loads of information. But now, you have all the information that will take you probably years and years of reading!! Played computers before the internet craze hit by playing NFL games and got pysched up by the net at college then I went to play at my local library and now I have the net at home. Love it! Love it!

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 01-29-2004, 11:33 PM

I thought it was the greatest thing ever, and a lot of my friends had it before I did so whenever I went over that's what I always wanted to do, was go on the internet. I was an annoying kid.

I've had it for about three years now, though.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 01-29-2004, 11:33 PM

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01-29-2004, 04:40 PM	#1
Jokerette Clown Princess Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 29, 2004 Location: Gotham City...dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight Posts: 334	What were your first reactions to the Internet? I've been online since around late 1998, but I still remember my first few visits into cyber space. I felt so overwhelmed, excited and (for a while) rather confused by it all. I think the first webpage I ever went on was the official site for James Cameron's "Titanic" when the movie had barely come out. I remember that site was the most visited site online. Then I remember running searchs for stuff I remembered from my childhood like favourite shows/movies/cartoons and being amazed at some of the fan sites I found. One thing that makes me laugh was how paranoid I used to be about giving out personal information online. I refused to even give out my email address to people let alone my real first name or general location. LOL. I've learned that while there are pyscho's out there, there are also many kind, wonderful people who I would've missed out on knowing had it not been for the internet. Despite all the scare stories in the media and all the sick stuff with p*rn that you keep hearing about, I think the internet is one of the best things to have happened. How about you? Thoughts? Memories? I'd like to hear them.

01-29-2004, 05:06 PM	#2
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	Overwhelmed. I wanted to look at everything all at once. All I wanted to do was look up stuff for Happy Days.
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01-29-2004, 05:54 PM	#3
Rhiannon oh, snap! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jul 19, 2002 Location: middle of nowhere Posts: 11,097	I was confused. Mostly because it went so slowly
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01-29-2004, 06:09 PM	#4
david&maddie4ever ...the hard way... Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2003 Location: ...staring at my calendar, counting the days until the release of Moonlighting on DVD... Posts: 3,580	I was really little. I do remember that the only thing I wanted to do was play games...cool sites didn't really interest me much. And a message board? Never! ~Lauren
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01-29-2004, 06:23 PM	#5
TheBert Three's Company Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 15, 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 187	hmm i discovered the internet when my best friend who used to live in my street moved to the united states with his family. his dad got a job there... so yeah i pretty much used it to talk with him then. and since i've always been a lil computer kid (got my first amiga when i was 7 D: ) things went its way
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01-29-2004, 06:25 PM	#6
Rhiannon oh, snap! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jul 19, 2002 Location: middle of nowhere Posts: 11,097	I used to go to my friends' houses and use the internet because my parents had no need for it, but when we finally got it I was (and still am) the only one who knows how to go about using it.

01-29-2004, 06:45 PM	#7
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01-29-2004, 07:09 PM	#8
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	I've been using the internet since 1994, almost 10 years now. I remember being really fascinated...I would look up Calvin & Hobbes pages because I LOVED the comic strip...Oh, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas stuff, too...
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01-29-2004, 07:28 PM	#9
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,134	I don't have the kind of memory that allows me to remember stuff like that.

01-29-2004, 09:23 PM	#11
AllIWantIsYourClutch peaceout. Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 02, 2001 Location: Illinois. Posts: 53,424	I wasn't really interested. I talked to my friends and stuff, but our first computer was so slow, we couldn't go to websites or anything because it would take so long. Then we got a new computer, I found this damn website, and now I can't get off.

01-29-2004, 11:31 PM	#13
EricIdlefan USA 250th! Forum Addict Join Date: Oct 12, 2003 Location: East TN Posts: 68,236	We got a computer in 2000. But I didn't start on the net until 1995 and found out loads of information. But now, you have all the information that will take you probably years and years of reading!! Played computers before the internet craze hit by playing NFL games and got pysched up by the net at college then I went to play at my local library and now I have the net at home. Love it! Love it!
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01-29-2004, 11:33 PM	#14
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	I thought it was the greatest thing ever, and a lot of my friends had it before I did so whenever I went over that's what I always wanted to do, was go on the internet. I was an annoying kid. I've had it for about three years now, though.
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