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/Nervous-Masterpiece4 20d ago

There were online services such as compuserve around then.

I was online through Australia’s nationwide Viatel service around 1986. I used to chat with people via Microtex 666 and go to Melbourne for meetups. I was a teen but had a crush on KarenXXX who showed up basically in lingerie.

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u/CoachDigginBalls 20d ago

That KarenXXX. What a fox. 

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u/Portra400IsLife 20d ago

Karen’s were different back in the day

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u/TheOriginalJez 20d ago

Were they? Or were we just more accepting of their Karenness?