• Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    We’re communicating instantaneously over a globe spanning computer network. In the early 90s that was not possible for the average joe. It was only in the very tail end of the decade that doing so didn’t require a fair amount of money and/or technical knowledge.

    The network provides all of the information in every library on the planet to us instantaneously.

    • Cort@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Tbf telephones are/were a globe spanning computer network that allows instant communication… Even pre 90s

      • qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        Prohibitively expensive for many though. Long distance, and especially international, could be super pricey.

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      1 year ago

      No offense but I’d gladly not talk to any of you fuckers if it meant all the good shit came back