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1. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 22:33:34 EDT Nate Cull

   I NEED to know the source of these two delightful images, allegedly 1987.

   "To Be Young And Online: Youth Explore Databases, Find Friends In Forums"

   I especially want to know what happened to Kawasaki Boy. Radical haircut and image makeover once he started surfing Compuserve, or did he just get... traded in for a new one? And the bike actually belongs to Tennis PC Girl but she doesn't like to drive?

   https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/1147632962323673089

   1. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 22:34:52 EDT Nate Cull

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      I mean I *think* she's just figuring out that something's gone weird, in that second shot.

      "Hey wait a minute... wasn't your hair blond? And what are these, suspenders??"

   2. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 22:35:12 EDT Nate Cull

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      I mean I *think* she's just figuring out that something's gone weird, in that second shot.

      "Hey wait a minute... wasn't your hair blond? And what are these, suspenders?? Are you a.... tax accountant?"

   3. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 22:37:09 EDT Nate Cull

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      I mean I *think* she's just figuring out that something's gone weird, in that second shot.

      "Hey wait a minute... wasn't your hair blond? And what are these, suspenders?? Are you a.... tax accountant?"

      The goldfish is already just like 'Nope. Nope! LOG OFF LOG OFF DELETE HISTORY'.

      1. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 22:43:35 EDT Nate Cull

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         Oh, here it is! From the original tweeter. Compuserve's magazine, Online Today. 6 August 1987

         https://archive.org/details/Online_Today_Vol_06_08_1987_Aug

      2. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 22:45:35 EDT Nate Cull

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         Oh, here it is! From the original tweeter. Compuserve's magazine, Online Today. 6 August 1987

         https://archive.org/details/Online_Today_Vol_06_08_1987_Aug

         1. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 22:47:57 EDT Nate Cull

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            << "It is a safe medium for kids," she explains. "No one has to be dressed up. No one has to be beautiful. It doesn't matter whether you're young or old or handicapped, male or female."

            Can confirm: the 1980s online world was indeed like this.

            Things didn't get really terrible until the 2000s.

            1. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 23:00:33 EDT Nate Cull

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               Also I'm pretty sure that's Charlie Sheen with the goldfish and David Byrne in the suspenders???

               That's my headcanon anyway.