**josef** @jk · May 08, 2017, 19:33

**josef** @jk · May 08, 2017, 19:33

josef @jk

computers are a fad imo

**viscous nuisance** @Tom@slime.global · May 08, 2017, 19:34

**viscous nuisance** @Tom@slime.global · May 08, 2017, 19:34

@jk yeah, idk if this "internet" will catch on either

**chalk bones** @tomharris · May 08, 2017, 20:00

**chalk bones** @tomharris · May 08, 2017, 20:00

@Tom @jk I was rereading a well-regarded critical literary essay from the mid 90s the other day and came across the immortal line "it's difficult to tell if the Internet is legitimately big news."

**josef** @jk · May 08, 2017, 20:01

**josef** @jk · May 08, 2017, 20:01

@tomharris @Tom the internet is good but quite expensive, so i can only use it for an hour or two per day. the rest of the time i have to refer to one of my many CD-ROM encyclopedias

**chalk bones** @tomharris · May 08, 2017, 20:02

**chalk bones** @tomharris · May 08, 2017, 20:02

@jk @Tom I never got past the training areas on runescape because mum wouldn't let me use the dial-up for more than 45mins at a time

**moomin on main** @theoutrider · 2017-05-08T20:04:06Z

moomin on main @theoutrider

@tomharris @Tom @jk doesn't help that the tutorial is like an hour and a half of boring guff

while I was there there were numerous attempts to redesign it all of which initially focused on "make it less long and boring" and ended up bloating comically out of proportion

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**chalk bones** @tomharris · May 08, 2017, 20:05

**chalk bones** @tomharris · May 08, 2017, 20:05

@theoutrider @jk @Tom I don't know if it's the same tutorial they had in 2002. Probably though.

**moomin on main** @theoutrider · May 08, 2017, 20:06

**moomin on main** @theoutrider · May 08, 2017, 20:06

@tomharris @Tom @jk yeah, they didn't get a proper rework out the gate until like 2010

which was still comically overcomplicated and an hour+ long but a lot more tolerable because it just lets you walk away and do something else rather than gating everything