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Any fellow olds remember when sexting was called "cyber sex" and it's slang was "cyber"? (hexbear.net)

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Now it's a thing Trump says because his neurons fire in his dying brain but I'll always remember it as slang for (.)(.)

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes and I also remember that it was considered kind of a weird thing to do rather than something everyone does.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You’re right. I’m so used to it being normalized that I forgot there was a time when people got made fun of for doing it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That and Bluetooth headpieces got mocked endlessly during the 2000s. Now everyone is wearing some kind of airpod style earbud with a buit in mic and Snapchating all kinds of pictures.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Those are still embarrassing, idgaf.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Furries went from pariah status to "these are the people keeping the internet functioning" status where only the moldiest chuds keep pouting about their existence, too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

They kinda represent the last vestige of the wild west Internet now that I think about it