TKzillas

Cookie Pusher

JCBride2014 said:

lalalaurita said:

@JCBride2014, I for one really enjoyed this thread.

@lalalaurita I had to stop reading it on my iPad during class because I was afraid I would start laughing and give myself away!

ETA: And oh, I'm 26 and absolutely remember the dial-up sounds and busy signals.  I also remember negotiating with my mom about how long I could "tie up" the phone line with the internet connection!

I feel so thankful that my parents let me pay to have my own phone line in addition to AOL (I was working 20 hours a week throughout high school so I could pay for my own stuff and save for college). I remember being up until all hours of the night in X-Files chat rooms being a total nerd.

JCbride2015

Cookie Pusher said:

JCBride2014 said:

lalalaurita said:

@JCBride2014, I for one really enjoyed this thread.

@lalalaurita I had to stop reading it on my iPad during class because I was afraid I would start laughing and give myself away!

ETA: And oh, I'm 26 and absolutely remember the dial-up sounds and busy signals.  I also remember negotiating with my mom about how long I could "tie up" the phone line with the internet connection!

I feel so thankful that my parents let me pay to have my own phone line in addition to AOL (I was working 20 hours a week throughout high school so I could pay for my own stuff and save for college). I remember being up until all hours of the night in X-Files chat rooms being a total nerd.

Cookie I'll up you a nerd point: my primary activity on the internet as a tween was learning and coding HTML.  Why, I still have no idea.  At the time I thought it was cool.

Cookie Pusher

JCBride2014 said:

Cookie I'll up you a nerd point: my primary activity on the internet as a tween was learning and coding HTML.  Why, I still have no idea.  At the time I thought it was cool.

My dad and I used to code all the time! We built a couple of webpages for the radio stations he ran. We would also spend weekends running our own radio station (I can't remember what frequency we used, but you could only hear it in about a 1 mile radius) and talking to people on HAM radio. I was learning how to code Java and vBulletin a few years ago, but kind of lost interest. If it was tech and nerdy, my dad and I spent our weekends doing it. lol

countrygirl061513

Someone should be happy they weren't on here last year before a bunch of regulars left. Things are looking much nicer around here now. Yes I was one of the regs who left in a huff, and started missing all the interaction with the people here. Plus The Bump is really scary. Stay off those boards if you think these women on TK are bad.

thisismynickname2

I scrolled through six pages of this just for puppy gifs. Squee!

My AOL email is "sexy" and I use it for shopping accounts.... since 1996!!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane

As a musician the # is a sharp, and my music-teacher friend had the darndest time explaining to a kid that a hash tag was also a sharp....

Thanks for being the third person in one week to stir up stupid drama, OP. It was either this or Real Housewives.

tcnoble

KidPix and Oregon Trail anyone???

Cookie Pusher

WinstonsGirl

It was always a race to the computer lab eery lunch hour so you could play Oregon Trail.  2 of the computers had 8 bit colour chips, so those always went fast

lovesclimbing

HisGirlFriday13 said:

Alh728 said:

Maggie0829 said:

Alh728 said:

misshart00 said:

OP, how old are you? You say you're young and enjoy hash tags so I'm curious what that means?

I'll be 24. So my post means exactly what i said, I am young, prime age for enjoying social media and i enjoy using hashtags regardless of how relevant they are right now.

You do realize that a lot of older folks enjoy social media just as much if not more then you youngins.

Yes i do realize that (mother/grandfather both on FB). I am simply stating that i am the target age for SM.

Wrong. I'm a social media manager, and you are far from our target audience. 

Hashtags have no utility when they're non-searchable. 

So you posting #justsayin or #haters or whatever else you're using is pointless in this forum.

Hashtags actually do have a use on this forum.  Click on one of the ones in this thread and it will take you to a page with a listing of all the other posts that have the hashtag in them.  But I do agree with you that they are pointless if they're used somewhere that doesn't support them.

I do not like hashtags. I will use one or two with a tweet once in awhile.  I have used one a couple times in Facebook posts.  But I really think they are WAY overused.  And that Jimmy Fallon skit was hilarious.  I have people who are like that on my Facebook. 15 or 20 hashtags with a picture, argh.

Also, put me in the camp of people who remember dial up internet and I am younger than the OP!

Sugargirl1019

I love you guys. #LOL!

hellohkb

I'm 22 and hate hashtags. Well, except for Instagram, as sometimes I want people to find certain photos.

Also, more puppy gifs

MuppetOverlord

@hellokellybean I love that Jughead is in your siggy. I also love that puppy scratching itself on the table.

I remember when we got AOL and my parents phone bill went up $70 because I got tired of using a local phone number because it was always busy and tried one in state but just out of range....

.... and I went into a chatroom of lesbians because I didn't understand the acronym on the chat room and suddenly got 20 people sending me IMs and asking me questions that I had never considered at 12 or 13.

-----and I thought I was in love with someone I met online and tried to make secret plans to meet him.

It's a miracle that I wasn't abducted.

JCbride2015

lovesclimbing said:

Hashtags actually do have a use on this forum.  Click on one of the ones in this thread and it will take you to a page with a listing of all the other posts that have the hashtag in them.  But I do agree with you that they are pointless if they're used somewhere that doesn't support them.

I do not like hashtags. I will use one or two with a tweet once in awhile.  I have used one a couple times in Facebook posts.  But I really think they are WAY overused.  And that Jimmy Fallon skit was hilarious.  I have people who are like that on my Facebook. 15 or 20 hashtags with a picture, argh.

Also, put me in the camp of people who remember dial up internet and I am younger than the OP!

First bolded: Mind blown!

Second bolded: these people drive me crazy.  Putting a hashtag in front of every word in your post doesn't make you cool, it makes you annoying.

Maggie0829

#How #is #this #annoying? #It #is #super #cool #yo!  

FiancB

I know the dialup tone all too well. My parents seriously JUST let it go for a hotspot instead, like 4 months ago. Getting internet in the boonies is a bitch (although they could definitely afford to have a cable run out and that's what I would've done but what do I know...)

MadHops21

I always miss the fun troll threats...  

LDay2014

Alh728 said:

To everyone reading between the lines of what i am trying to say-HAVE FUN! I have made my points-clear and precise. If you so decide to read further into what I am saying you'll be here for days! LOL

That'd be like trying to dive in the shallow end of the pool dear...

hellohkb

@MuppetOverlord I'm a huge Archie/Jughead fan The Muppets and Fraggle Rock are awesome as well.

chkmeowt

I still have customers who come into the library who have dialup. Not everyone can afford access.

#nojoke #welcometo2014 #hashtagcrazysauce #americafail

blabla89

Maggie0829 said:

#How #is #this #annoying? #It #is #super #cool #yo!  

i think you mean #yolo? #hashtagfail

MuppetOverlord

hellokellybean said:

@MuppetOverlord I'm a huge Archie/Jughead fan The Muppets and Fraggle Rock are awesome as well.

You can be my friend.

JaniV123

AddieL73 said:

I still have my AOL accounts. Complete with slutty I'm-new-to-the-internet-and-want-to-appear-sexy screen names.

I have that but on my hotmail hahaha

smalfrie19 said:

I just want to state.. as a 22 (almost 23) year old. I know what a busy signal is, dial up internet sounds like and a pound sign is.....

The only time I use hashtags is on Instagram (as actual searchable things such as #12man and #puppy)..oh and in conversation with @HisGirlFriday13..... #honest.... 

Im 21, I will be 22 in April. I too know what all those are.

on another note Im 21 and I dont nearly say LOL, or use hastags as much as the OP. 

ETA: so much for being in the prime age for hashtagging, social media, and LOL

Maggie0829

lalalaurita said:

Maggie0829 said:

#How #is #this #annoying? #It #is #super #cool #yo!  

i think you mean #yolo? #hashtagfail

Ugh, yolo is about as annoying as hashtags.

misshart00

hellokellybean said:

@MuppetOverlord I'm a huge Archie/Jughead fan The Muppets and Fraggle Rock are awesome as well.

I was totally named after an Archie character.

RissAnn1970

As someone who's been using "LOL" since OP was 2 or so, I can say from experience she severely overuses it.

More importantly, a note about landline phones: Cordless phones also need to charge. For use during a power outage, what you need is an old school landline phone that's got no power cord, JUST the phone wire. That will work forever.

HOWEVER, the phone will only work forever with no power if you're on old copper phone wires.

For example, I'm on FiOS. When the power goes out, the phone still works, but ONLY for 24 hours, because the FiOS comes with a 24-hour battery backup. At our old place, we had regular old copper wire Verizon & the phone would work into perpetuity.

jenna8984

Oh man oh man...I just finished this entire thread and then while watching Jeopardy the final question category is "social media" and all I can do is picture the OP saying "I fuckin got this Trebek!!!" 

HisGirlFriday13

RissAnn1970 said:

As someone who's been using "LOL" since OP was 2 or so, I can say from experience she severely overuses it. More importantly, a note about landline phones: Cordless phones also need to charge. For use during a power outage, what you need is an old school landline phone that's got no power cord, JUST the phone wire. That will work forever. HOWEVER, the phone will only work forever with no power if you're on old copper phone wires. For example, I'm on FiOS. When the power goes out, the phone still works, but ONLY for 24 hours, because the FiOS comes with a 24-hour battery backup. At our old place, we had regular old copper wire Verizon & the phone would work into perpetuity.

DH's grandmother has one of those phones!! Like, honest-to-Jesus, looks like this: 

And when she loses power, that phone still works, so DH can call her and check on her (it always confuses her how he can call from his cell phone to her old-school phone and it works, but her cordless phone doesn't. Always baffles her).

That sucker will work forever.

hellohkb

misshart00 said:

hellokellybean said:

@MuppetOverlord I'm a huge Archie/Jughead fan The Muppets and Fraggle Rock are awesome as well.

I was totally named after an Archie character.

That is so awesome!! 

Cookie Pusher

hellokellybean said:

@MuppetOverlord I'm a huge Archie/Jughead fan The Muppets and Fraggle Rock are awesome as well.

Can't lie, I was ridiculously happy when I could watch 2 episodes of Fraggle Rock every morning on one of the children's networks while I was between jobs. And I might have shed a tear or two when FR was yanked from the schedule.

MuppetOverlord

Yeah copper telephone lines. Hasn't anyone ever watched The Day After Tomorrow?