Musical Associations. in Whey and Sonic Screwdrivers.
- Jan. 24, 2021, 8:45 a.m.
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Geez. Pandora played a Blink 182 song, and I thought of a girl I chatted with online when I was 17. Her name was Anna, and she was, well, into Blink 182.
Good god, I haven’t thought about her in over 25 years.
We weren’t super-close, but you know how flirty kids are. Just made me realize that I have no way of contacting her even to say hi. Never got her last name. Maybe I could boot AIM and assuming the server remembers my contact list, I could leave a message? But eh, what’s the point.
Just kind of a sad feeling that there are people who cross our paths that we have NO way of contacting.
Us OD refugees know the feeling. And thus why we’re so tight-knit. Sure, most of us have cell phones, but if the internet were to disappear right now, most of us would lose a LOT. Gosh, maybe I should start collecting and writing down phone numbers…
After all, we thought Blockbuster and MySpace would last forever. Facebook is just another link in the chain of history.
gattaca ⋅ January 24, 2021 (edited January 24, 2021)
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Ha - this song brings back all my Summer camp memories in New York.
https://youtu.be/DDEdFxUZ01s
AnOrangeZebra ⋅ January 24, 2021
I miss AIM! Did we ever talk on there back in the day?
Timmy™ AnOrangeZebra ⋅ January 24, 2021
I don't think we did. I forget when we started talking a lot, but AIM kind of faded for me when I met Candi, and especially when I got my first cell phone in 2008. (Candi was tired of calling the landline to see if I was there, and my mom answering. And rightfully so. Pay-as-you-go flipphone. Five bucks for limited messages. Unlimited daily calls for a dollar. Thus, I was very DON'T CALL ME unless you want to spend hours talking, ha ha.)
Oh, AIM handle was Colonel Quack. Picked it out of a large field of registered handles when I went off to college in August 2001. (Previous handle was FonzIsTheMan. Oh, and my first AIM handle? So stupid. Not even silly. "AnteaterT". Yup. Made no sense.
Tux ⋅ January 24, 2021
Facebook has pretty much taken on the role of "index of people I don't talk to anymore but maybe would like the option to one day" for me. I don't think it's gonna be going anywhere...
Timmy™ Tux ⋅ January 24, 2021
Those that aren't here, are there. Of those old OD friends. As per current events, the BernieMemes are raging. I uh. Well. Consider my middle name
Darmok.
I think it works for me because the people I'm active with, I didn't meet in person. I think there's only one guy that I comment back and forth with that I met in person first.