Xennial Memes
Dark-mode Threads screenshot. User thriller_instinct, 3d: "Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here" (254 likes, 3.1K replies, 28 reposts, 46 shares). Reply from corporateash, 18h: "My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using…

We Made Social Media: ICQ, Telnet, and Top 8

A Threads user asks if it's okay to bully 40- and 50-year-olds online, and a Xennial replies with ICQ, GeoCities, dial-up modems, .edu Facebook and Top 8 credentials.

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Dark-mode Threads screenshot. User thriller_instinct, 3d: "Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here" (254 likes, 3.1K replies, 28 reposts, 46 shares). Reply from corporateash, 18h: "My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using…

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