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The Internet Was Scary in the 90s

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The early days of the internet were full of some...interesting gems. Aside from serving as a time capsule for an era long gone, they also serve to remind us of just how weird of these unregulated, often ignored sites were. In this video, we are gonna dive right into them.

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20 Comments

@nationsquid Creator 1 year ago Pinned

@terminusblitz 1 year ago

the scariest thing in this video was nationsquid without a beard

@dyrr836 1 year ago

Dude those old paranormal websites back in the 90s really did hit different, it felt like you were looking into something you shouldn't be.

@albertogarcia9250 1 year ago

I realize that I generally only use the same social media platforms like YouTube or TikTok, and while in the late 90s and early 2000s I remember enjoying "surfing" the web looking for interesting websites.

@Whytedebil 1 year ago

The real mind fuck of time travel is that if it ever becomes possible then it already is.

@nothingelse1520 1 year ago

I got on the internet in 1996. It felt like the wild west. I miss it.

@codsworth9950 1 year ago

You're not allowed to make a "hardly know her" joke without your moustache. That's the law of Kurtis Conner.

@AlwaysOnCue 1 year ago

That was the best ad spot I've ever seen. I actually watched the entire thing! Well done.

@SweetPimpin 1 year ago (edited)

My mans finally turned into a Beatle

@simmonsjustice7000 1 year ago

Clean shaven NationSquid doesn't exist, he can't hurt you
Clean shaven NationSquid:

@RSBurgener 9 months ago

I went to college in 1998, and yes, the internet was fairly eerie. Message boards were just a different animal than what we have today. Everything was more raw. We were closer to the 70's back then! 😅

@cmfort2696 8 months ago

These companies should hire you as an advertising creative consultant.

@asghard5073 1 year ago

Man I love your retro ad spots. You should do a series or something where you just anachronize all kinds of stuff. Old things in modern ads and viceversa. I'd watch the hell out of that.

@officegossip 1 year ago (edited)

i like how much fun you have with your sponsors, im pretty much immune to being sold these kinda things but i love seeing the effort and charm that goes into these ads lol

@EchoPhoxx 1 year ago

I really think John Titor was just a desperate computer collector who really wanted an IBM 5100, made up a silly story, then took his story really seriously just for shits and giggles after nobody offered to send him a 5100.