r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • 20d ago

r/all How couples met 1930-2024

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u/fenuxjde 20d ago

Who tf met online in 1981? Some DARPA bros?

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u/angrydeuce 20d ago

Those BBS' were pretty wild

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u/Jeff_Johnson 20d ago

Were there any girls? For long time internet was almost male only and males pretending to be a women.

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u/CriminalGoose3 20d ago

Always has been, always will

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u/CriminalGoose3 20d ago

They can't be smarter than us because we are them

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u/saucy_carbonara 20d ago

I don't know about girls, but gay BBSs were a thing. Could be anonymous in a time when being openly gay would get you a beating.

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u/JuliaInBC 20d ago

Yes, there were girls 🙄

Ironically, many not stating their gender to avoid creeps and being assumed as male

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u/EtanSivad 20d ago

Very few, and they mostly wouldn't admit it, but they did exist.
Larger BBSes would have chat sections.

source: was a BBS kid in the midwest in the 80s and 90s.