• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Me circa 1993: This world-wide web thing is interesting, but it will never replace Gopher.

    True story.

    • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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      9 months ago

      Me too! I remember mansplaining to my girlfriend at the time how long it would take to visit a page and download images, and how nobody would wait that long to see pictures of cats. I underestimated how much people really want to see cat photos.