This year marks three for me. Also still learning.
I’d quote Abe Simpson about being “with it” until they change what “it” is, but that doesn’t quite apply online. You’re always going to be a couple of steps behind with something as niche things crawl out of the darkness, ever mutating as they turn mainstream.
And to think, when I started on the Internet, I was already technically an adult, but I didn’t act like one, that’s for sure. Some lessons were hard learned.
Some of it is immortalised if you know where to look. I’ve changed my pseudonym a handful of times as a result.
I was in my mid-twenties and my second marriage by the time I really got into internet forums, and they were mostly bicycle related ones. God only know how I’d have turned out if I’d been a teenager or Reddit or the like had been around. I think the closest thing at the time was slashdot, which I looked at briefly and noped the fuck outa there. Bikeforums.net is still alive and kicking, apparently.
I think the most important lesson I learned early on is that you’re not going to change anyone’s mind.
I’m still learning, despite being around it for over 2 decades at this point.
This year marks three for me. Also still learning.
I’d quote Abe Simpson about being “with it” until they change what “it” is, but that doesn’t quite apply online. You’re always going to be a couple of steps behind with something as niche things crawl out of the darkness, ever mutating as they turn mainstream.
And to think, when I started on the Internet, I was already technically an adult, but I didn’t act like one, that’s for sure. Some lessons were hard learned.
Some of it is immortalised if you know where to look. I’ve changed my pseudonym a handful of times as a result.
I was in my mid-twenties and my second marriage by the time I really got into internet forums, and they were mostly bicycle related ones. God only know how I’d have turned out if I’d been a teenager or Reddit or the like had been around. I think the closest thing at the time was slashdot, which I looked at briefly and noped the fuck outa there. Bikeforums.net is still alive and kicking, apparently.
I think the most important lesson I learned early on is that you’re not going to change anyone’s mind.