[FRIAM] On Blankfaces

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Ha! Yes, my first brush with the severe cognitive dissonance of "out there" was after about a month long virtual relationship over Minitel, with a very nice girl. I learned later through meatspace channels that she was not so nice, and perhaps not even a girl. It broke my tiny little Texas reared brain.

On 8/5/21 9:56 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> Remember when there was an "out there" that was tantalizing and seemed just out of reach?   I once fell asleep on a long-distance call to Houston using a 1200 baud modem just to get some new program from a BBS.  I was probably watching Night Line before nodding off.
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> No. I don't think I've ever watched Night Line. >8^D In the late '80s, I spent almost all my time arguing on bulletin boards and using ftpmail to download things like Minix. The Russians I knew didn't talk about politics at all.
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> On 8/5/21 9:40 AM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
>> Do you remember that moment, when the USSR was crumbling, that the Russians on Night Line suddenly developed facial expressions?


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