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in the late 90s people called being connected to the internet "jacked in"
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And now they are jacked off 😞
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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz i started getting online at like 8, family early adopters, we just called it "going online"

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@georgia we need to bring it back
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@a7 there's literally a reference to it in buffy i thought it was a thing
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@Arcana@akko.disqordia.space @georgia@netzsphaere.xyz this is also believable and acceptable, only saw jacking in in the matrix, we did call it a phone jack.

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@a7 @georgia surfing the web was definitely a term in magazines and such, though I think in practice a lot of people found that cringe and ended up just saying “I’m going on the internet” or even just “on the computer”

Though due to dial up cutting off the phone for others in the house, telling people you were “going on the internet” was most common
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@a7 @georgia was the Matrix based on a real story?
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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz ah yes, limp bizkit advertising seganet in us would have been post matrix

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@Arcana@akko.disqordia.space @georgia@netzsphaere.xyz it was a boomer term though, like my mom used it seriously and she was a regular internet user

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@Arcana @a7 @georgia

cine get off the internet, i need to make a call
oh, the memories

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@Arcana @a7 im just barely young enough to have missed dial up
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@a7 @georgia Yep basically, the “Jack in” poster too seems explicitly aimed at teenagers in a very out of touch corpo way as well I think

“Hey fellow kids, are you ready to ‘Jack in’ on the latest Sega™ console?”
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@Arcana@akko.disqordia.space @georgia@netzsphaere.xyz ya feels silly lol, but i do remember my brother getting a dreamcast, but he wasnt a limp bizkit fan and it was post or right around 9/11

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@a7 i guessed it was late 90s because of the episode of buffy where the phrase is used. "if you're not jacked in, you might as well not exist". or something like that. its season 1.
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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz @Arcana@akko.disqordia.space you got the lesson in real time corporate media creates history, its all a lie if you think about it now, we cant be sure of any slang or idea that we claimed was widespread.

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@georgia @a7 wes borland kicked ass at unreal tournament
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@a7 @georgia @Arcana "jacked in" is slang, but only in scifi fiction. and it usually refers to cybernetic stuff where you are physically plugged into a computer or terminal or robot
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@a7 @georgia @Arcana im still unsure if sneed was an elaborate viral ad that has yet to pay off
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@bitterblossom@cannibal.cafe @georgia@netzsphaere.xyz @Arcana@akko.disqordia.space ye, we didnt really use it irl, but yes matrix, and maybe johnny mnemonic used it(unsure i think he said it when the dolphin was hacking his brain, been years). Dont disagree with that.

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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz @Arcana@akko.disqordia.space @bitterblossom@cannibal.cafe wouldnt be surprised if whedon was a william gibson fan, maybe cool people that were adult age were actually saying it idk, computer nerds were rare at that time to witness in a small town. I was a small child.

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@georgia @a7 They probably watched Hackers (1995) and thought everybody spoke like that
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@Arcana@akko.disqordia.space @georgia@netzsphaere.xyz dude i love that movie, i have watched it like 200 times, Its terrible but so great.

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@a7 @georgia I’m basically the only computery person in my family. My mum to this day doesn’t even know how to turn computers on
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@Arcana@akko.disqordia.space @georgia@netzsphaere.xyz oh my dad like manages servers and host random services as a hobby to this day, but he doesnt work in computing, so a lot of missing culture now.

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@a7 @georgia you can see the ad says 2003
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@a7 @georgia Yes haha, it’s a classic for sure

The chad insisting all of your work colleagues call you THE PLAGUE
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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz @Arcana@akko.disqordia.space @bitterblossom@cannibal.cafe i mean, maybe you are right idk, like i said i was a small child. Maybe my dad simply didnt use silly hacker slang around me.

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@eidolon@clubcyberia.co @georgia@netzsphaere.xyz im drinking right now, i just guessed on memory, so yes it would be post matrix.

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@a7 @georgia I love the snide remark where he’s like “well maybe if her holiness had listened to what I said about common passwords”
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@georgia @eidolon

I was in kindergarten when nirvana was gaining fame
georgia was in kindergarten while limb bizkit was gaining fame
im so sorry

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@georgia @a7 I wasn't even in kindergarten
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@georgia now it's jacking on and jacking off
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