JarJarDrinks
148378
1972
82
56k dial-up connection
Feb 19, 2018 3:56 AM
JarJarDrinks
148378
1972
82
Grenateh
Too bad it never happened as fast as the gif, that would have been thine shit.
RancidRane
Its weird to think that majority of this years graduating class was born after Jan 2000. It really hits me hard thinking about it this way.
hwyckoff
And let's not forget the random dropped connections that turned us into hulks.
Megarith
There's only four or five generations that'll really ever have heard it from using them. All after will be from archive footage or museums.
TheAbyssOfOolacileWasAnInsideJob
And by "a whole generation" you mean basically everybody henceforth.
NobleSeven
Oh god I hear it, why would you do this to me!?!?!
OneSexyUnicorn
"Welcome, you've got-- goodbye."
klean9
The satisfaction if that last, connecting “ba-ding”
TheBigCheese93
My dad described it as a "Small airplane crashing into a pile of cats."
ino84
So? I never got to experience cranking a car engine to start it but it was a common thing. I’m wondering if old folks would reference that.
CommentsBruhOnStupidComments
I was scrolling looking for something like this. The world moves on, no one cares about your 'nostalgia' for entirely replaced technology.
LiterallyAWizard
The shrieking of damned souls, sacrificed to bridge a connection through hell itself so you can play Diablo 2 with the kid down the street
iGivePoorAdvice
Work in a med or law office. Facsimiles are still a thing.
Pizzadad81
Asl?
rykinpoe
They would just think it was a dubstep song if they did.
screwdriverone
BeedoopbedooopwheeeeeeeeescrrrrrrrrrrcoorrrrrrrrrrrrBONG-BONG!!!! (56k modem)
ThighHighsSaveLives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
theblackhole08
Please disconnect @OP, I have to make a call.
dendrek
"Please"? Look at this guy bragging about having considerate family members.
daminimoose
My buddy recently changed his ringtone to the dial up noise. We were hanging out, his phone rang. I'm not one to scare easy, but that did it
SaintLuciferVonAllah
Our Wifi is called Dial-Up. Not many get it.
NanoPi
some people destroyed the speaker that made that noise when all they could have done was to turn off the speaker in the settings
NanoPi
beachbum273
I have a 56k modem connecting as my ringtone. Gets a lot of laughs
dendrek
What's the joke, guys? I haven't finished downloading this gif yet.
knottheyre
Don't make any phone calls
beauchette
In the same category : my daughter (4 at the time) had a bracelet like that : http://www.midwestdesignimports.com/shop/images/56016.jpg 1/
beauchette
a colleague asked her, is it a phone cord ? she answered laughingly : phones don't have cords ! we all felt so old 2/2
currypapi
Can someone slow this down to actual speeds
Badsequence
There is a whole generation that has no idea what "Bobwehadababyitsaboy" means or why it was used!
dogestyle
enlighten us
Badsequence
From the old 1-800-COLLECT commercials. Guy is in hospital his wife just gave birth he calls his parents collect from pay phone and 1/2
Badsequence
when the phone says "say your name at the beep" he says "Bobwehadababyitsaboy" and hangs up.
omglolbah
Best part is the sounds actually have a technical reason behind them. Interesting to me at least <.<
Zecc
You mean they weren't there only for aesthetic reasons? I am shocked!
ButteryCommissar
Tell us, Grampa! *Chin in hands*
omglolbah
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/18dnmdmxzaaipjpg.jpg
sumgai0
Remembering when mp3s came around and the only way to search was through an engine that found stuff on FTPs called oth.net.
playstation360
I was googling ftp folders. I got here late.
sumgai0
Google came much much later...
playstation360
I didn't get online till 2000, not my fault we were poor.
one100hundred
or getting there cd's in the mail
knottheyre
Their...
sumgai0
Or having no CDs but tapes and floppies.
playstation360
I'm 28. I've loaded up games from tape.
acme64
try floppies
playstation360
The 5.25" monstrosities?
OBx2
We used 8" floppies --> https://is.gd/3sl3cr
acme64
thse are new to me
Davld0811
Well it never happened that fucking fast
BlueEyedTrixxyHobbit
Nope def not. BA DING BA DING BAAAAASSSSSSSDDHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
anthaneezy
It can! I had broadband and AOL (Free trial), and it used the broadband connection instead of dial up networking.
kalvious
Thatswhathesaid.gif
releasethetaters
I wish that's what your mom said.
Theauthenticdonaldtrump
LickLickLickMyBalls2
tpb01
Mom-"can you get off the Internet so I can call someone?" me-"sure, just let me finish downloading this song from Napster real quick"
MostlyJeffGoldblum
Those were dark days indeed
GarbageKoala
whoever invented downloads that can save their place. u da real mvp
TheGlow
I used to put 2 pc's on at night, download 1GB files split between and run up and down stairs with a 100MB zip drive to combine them.
outtamymind
15 minuets later you press play and get " i did not have sexual relations with that women" track
thetastiestpastry
An 8 minute mp3 that's 500kb: https://media1.tenor.com/images/306f409a8fc508ae6270ca2ead84a67b/tenor.gif?itemid=7655534
shinagami091
In my family, it was ironically my mom who was always on the internet and me wanting to call my friend. She played this card game on Yahoo
shinagami091
Called euchre or something. Never understood the game but there were tournaments and teams. She was really into it
Oblivion59
Damn, you're not from the Midwest huh? Euchre is popular here. Played thousands of games in the cafeteria in high school.
NuggetsForKitty
I'm in the mid west and never heard of it
shinagami091
In my day we played Pokémon and Yu Gi Oh in the cafeteria :p. Grew up in Texas
M4X1N10S
15 minutes later "Are you still downloading? Get. Off the internet!" "hold on, it's almost done!" (download at 17%)
saintedward
And you've also given your computer antibiotic resistant tuberculosis
Inappropriator
Makes me think of limewire :)
BellerophonM
Then she picks up the phone at 95% and breaks the connection.
GamestopDorito
That's why you use a download manager. Just get one from download.com and you can restart where you left off later.
GamestopDorito
Why did I get downvoted for this? Did people think I was a bot advertising through a time machine from the '90s?
M4X1N10S
Damn bots getting more and more advanced...