1838

I know what I’ll be up against, ridiculously high online bills. An angry wife.

1839

I’m pretty sure I can take anyone who’s playing anything on the PC with a single index finger on the colon/semi-colon key. Bring it, Phil Hartman/Jason Bateman Hybrid Man!!!

1840

Wow, that’s a punchable face if there ever were.

1841

That was back when you were more likely to be up against an adult.

1842

Did not realize C64 had network (Internet?) connectivity.

1843

Sure, there were modems widely available for the C-64 and other 8-bits. IIRC AOL started as Quantum Link a dedicated network for C-64/128.

1844

This feels like an ad for To Catch A Predator.

1845

This article features the screaming Hayes modem, when bandwidth was in bps!

1846

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1847

He just discovered his first Britney Spears Geocities page, and the possibilities of the World Wide Web are dawning on him all at once.

1848

And a constantly busy home phone. When your wife is trying to call you. From a rotary phone in her office. Before cell phones and broadband and the internet.

1849

Meh, that’s what smoke signals were for.

1850

Heh. Compuserve on a 300 baud modem. On a C 64, no less.

“What do you mean you want to watch TV? I’m playing an ASCII game here!”

1851

Die%20Hippie

1852

He’s waiting for a naked lady to load one line at a time.

1853

Lookit that elbow!

1854

I think her elbow is rather fetching, myself.

1855

Oh god, everything about that screams ‘Freshman college Photoshop midterm’

1856

Too distracted by those giant-ass PS4 controllers. Had no idea those came in big-n-tall sizes.

1857

Is that three white purses in the background by the door? I’d say a guy made this.