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Happy Nielsen's avatar

It didn’t even occur to me I wasn’t really using the internet. This reminds me of the hours I used to spend on stumbleupon. It would just take you to random websites and you could go down as many rabbit holes as you wanted

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Elise's avatar

Yes! Stumbleupon! I was racking my brains trying to remember the name of it. I had it as a button at the top of my browser. Definitely a rabbit hole portal.

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Happy Nielsen's avatar

I was obsessed! I wonder now how it worked. Was it really random? 🤔

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

omg idk that one. time to research >:)

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Hannah McVean's avatar

I completely agree! I’ve missed this!

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Harrison's avatar

POV my internet search history:

- google: how to trick my pet into his bespoke halloween costume

- google: how to pawn off priceless French heirlooms without attracting suspicion

- youtube: diy Artek Aalto armchair 41 Paimio build tutorial

- ChatGPT: write me a compelling alibi for the time of Louvre heist

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

did the pet one work tho i need that

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Harrison's avatar

yes it worked - he’s now pouting in his Abu the monkey from Aladdin costume… a whole week ahead of schedule. crap i did not think this through

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Pavithra Dikshit's avatar

Reminded me of why I loved the internet in the first place. The wandering.

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

it’s the BEST part. ty for reading!!!

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Jojo Schön's avatar

I just posted a whole substack yesterday about me complaining about the new internet… I feel like that’s why the algorithm showed me yours now a clear „read this before you complain, bitch!“ 😂

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

HAHA that’s so cute actually i love that

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lacey's avatar

this is in my top 3 substack posts, and it isn't 2 or 3

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

STOP THIS IS SO NICE

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Indy's avatar

God this takes me back to "H*tler on Wikipedia" (six clicks or less on Wikipedia will 99% of the time get from ANYTHING to WW2), building websites in primary school (I went to an AOL coding camp! What has happened), and sharing fanfic. I especially loved the search guide because google just spoon feeds sponsored content and I'm sick of it. I'm off to explore!

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

HAHA wait i didn’t know the ww2 stuff. thank u for reading n the nice comments :,)

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Indy's avatar

It was a running joke in high school for me. I’ve been loving your content 💕

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Maria Weaver's avatar

Loved the piece. Especially about search! Literally tried it for female philosophers - and got a trove of great stuff!

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

YES i’m glad it worked!!! tysm for reading!!

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glad's avatar

this is SO cool!!! AHH broke my brain that i don’t really use the internet. thanks for this!!

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

thank you for reading!!!!

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Sadie Dearing's avatar

this is amazing. one of my early internet favs was the Space Jam website and other fun sites made for kids. I think I found the Noggin channel this way. later came stumbleupon.com. now people look at me funny when I use the internet for anything other than scrolling 💗

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

OMG THE NOGGIN WEBSITE WAS THE BEST

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Marie's avatar

Stop- this substack is so good that I want to leave a comment here 😭😭 i love the things that are just a reminder to do something. I gonna come back and share my thoughts about my excavation in the internet

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

thank you!!!!!! excited for ur thoughts

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anna's avatar

Warmed my heart to see the useless web. I remember poking around there in middle school, though I don’t think the sites have been updated much. Also bless you for including Boolean operators!

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

thank u for reading !! i think they are probably the same ones from middle school lmaoo

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The Too Blue Scientist's avatar

Thank you. as a professor, I'm consistently worried that my students are mostly wandering around those commercial malls and leave out interesting corners and alleys of the Internet. Big thanks for the curriculum.

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

thank you for reading!!!!

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candle_thrill's avatar

I'll have to make a website reviewing soups them 🤝🏻✨

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

YES PLS

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Mar's avatar

I could feel the pixelated sparkles as i read through this

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

STOP THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT IVE EVER RECEIVED TYSM

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Avy Leghziel's avatar

This is gold. It’s a mix of nostalgia and actual skill building for intellectual web surfers

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

thank you!!!!

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Akheela Sherif's avatar

I was in bed searching for inspiration - something that will spur me to leave my bed on a cold morning and this is it. Thank you for a refreshing read

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✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

this is so sweet tysm!!

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