This art of "Old Internet" actually offended Twitter

[@COMEBACKSOON568]

Pin❤

[@COMEBACKSOON568]

GG❤

[@HelenaSan425]

Cool 😎

[@Personontheinternet4598]

NOOOoOOOOoOOOO

[@josueveguilla9069]

Congratulations 🎉

[@Just_an_random_who_likes_stuff]

GG

[@EnigmaBarry]

Old internet wasn't perfect, but it was a lot less egocentric. Social Media is what makes you think everything is about you.

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

YEAH!!!!

[@Mikedot]

100%

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

It was certainly better.

[@Aereto]

Social Media is a mistake. We are proving that Humanity's stupidity is infinite.

[@riotkitty]

It’s due to centralization of the internet. Old internet was decentralized and mostly didn’t have any defined sites to go on. Basically everyone had their own spaces

[@moonum4567]

"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness"
That's a damn good quote for what I'm seeing here.

[@SuperSylar]

Honestly, put that on a shirt with Nahida. No one will question if she actually said that.
(It is a quote from *Alejandro Jodorowsky* , a filmmaker)

[@Butter_Warrior99]

So the oldest rendition of “touch some grass.”

[@madmintentertainment6268]

thats cold. wheres that quote from?

[@thepikachugamer]

it's in this video. from where exactly? no idea

[@limeyell0w945]

what does it mean

[@SamSamii2.0]

It's getting to the point where:
Random user: Hey I like water
Twitter: *SO YOU HATE DEATH?!*

[@YeetAHomeboi]

"Yes... Yes I do"

[@WhatIsThatThingDoing]

Turn back and repent, accursed Hydrophile!

[@MrBrezelwurst]

"WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST SODA HUH? ARE YOU FATPHOBIC OR SOMETHING?"
I wish I could say I was just joking, but I actually have seen something similar before

[@dejus_e]

@@MrBrezelwurstthere are people on twitter legit saying “Why do you hate Nazis? They’ve done absolutely nothing to you, you’re just getting on a hate train.”

[@witheesoul]

"WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD WATER AND HAVE TO DIE OF THIRST HUH??!!!"

[@mrbigglezworth42]

Man, look at all those happy faces.
No wonder modern Twitter hates it.

[@campeãodomundo2137]

Issac Clarke pfp = instant respect

[@user-mo5mo3rd7d]

@@campeãodomundo2137 so real

[@troybaxter]

How to piss off Twitter:
1. Post literally anything
2. Don't apologize
3. Profit

[@frishter]

Or:
Exist

[@platinumchromee3191]

Bonus: turn off notifications for more peaceful sleep

[@fleurala]

Tip: Be a straight person or a man for double the results👍

[@platinumchromee3191]

@@fleurala "white hetero male" to be exact

[@Jawsomest]

Step 2 is ehhh…?
Pretty sure that just pisses them off, as it is just step 1.

[@adrianmadsen5551]

Twitter users need to understand that being offended isn’t an identity

[@smaaron_j_46]

They probably have more identity issues than any other person 💀

[@Phatnaru0002]

Frankly, yes. I miss the slurs, too. Because they were almost never said in ernest back then. They were usually just to poke fun playfully, or just to be shocking.

[@Cofcos]

They identify as miserable.

[@nolilado5452]

Don't give them ideas.

[@johnny718bravo]

@adrianmadsen5551 THIS!!!

[@forgetmenaut2354]

"birds born in a cage think flying is an illness"
modern internet -> cage
flying -> creativity & free expression

[@KellyBeeSan]

👏👏👏

[@FriedFanta]

lightning -> kachow

[@drroopy]

birds -> people

[@EarthButNotFlat]

think -> brain

[@After-all-this]

born -> live

[@MrSkeleton14]

“Do you really think the old internet where everyone was calling you slurs is better?”
YES! YES I DO!

[@itsskully4390]

I missed being called a squeaker on CoD lmao

[@LordLux]

At least before we were all honest, like in real life. now we need to do an essay to just insult someone

[@beauwalker9820]

I got called the wrong racial slurs that weren't my correct race, and I just found it funny. I didn't correct nor react out of anger, and that seemed to piss off trolls more. It was fun to tease them back.
Now all that's gone, and now I get called either an evil republican, or a bleeding heart liberal...

[@thehomeofbanananater3173]

Cause everyone did it so it felt less insulting
Get called a slur in 2010 it’s just some troll
Get called a slur in 2024 someone actually means it

[@xXTroller_69Xx]

"ATTACK THE D POINT"

[@pierredelapotterie5996]

Old internet was less about race, less about bigots, less about politics or at least it's not on your face all the time, social websites weren't a thing, people weren't trying to make clout out of anything and everything. Common sense was still alive then

[@honkworld9405]

And calling people slurs was a bonus. I've been called and called others all kinds of stuff and it really is no big deal, it was fun.

[@jenniferhamels1176]

The clout back then was how many "friends" you had on Myspace and how "pretty/cool" you customized your Myspace page. Those were the days, the days of first learning about hex codes, and photoshop, gifs, etc.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

We were all equal.
We were all n-words.

[@SonOfHubris]

mate the only people that ruined everything are the sjw/lgbtq/woke people, there was nothing woke or lgtq before that i remember, it was normal and it was glorious

[@nujevad28]

Common sense is an illness nowadays.

[@inendlesspain4724]

"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness"
This quote perfectly encapsulates why the current generation of kids (at least the part that feels comfortable in the modern internet, somehow) will never understand what made the old internet so great; it wasn't about being able to say slurs, it was about the freedom, the creativity, and the sense of community.

[@MrRobot-0]

It was about an world where no one care who you where and everyone fucked with your mom yesterday. Shit was edgy and stupid.
Today people are either jaded or intelectually dishonest

[@USAltefore]

Exactly! Most people had no inclination to use slurs despite having the freedom to do so. Efforts to crack down on slurs had a chilling effect on creativity and community.

[@GamerConnoisseurRei]

truly a wise word from Archon of Wisdom

[@DigitalPand3mic]

Thats why gaming is trash now, old cod lobbies were filled with us just trying to say the most extreme jokes for fun without getting mad. Thats was the whole point, just shit talk the funniest shit you cant think of. Now we can lose our entire console and gaming collection for it....

[@RetroDark2008]

@@DigitalPand3micYeah, now people yell and scream over politics and start yelling every time they see a woman.

[@funnyname8004]

I miss the old internet eras just because no one really cared about what others did, you could just draw your art, play your games, express your opinion and have fun without being critisized or cancelled by someone who's extremely polarized

[@scribblecloud]

not during 2016-2018 though

[@fedethegreat88]

​@@scribblecloudold internet is far before 2016-2018

[@Imclinicallyobese]

​@@fedethegreat88the clout chase era

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

Unless you're Chris Chan but that's a long, sad and unique story

[@jonal5126]

Unless youre in 4chan. Just remember how they loved to bully people they don't even know

[@mr.trololo9073]

Twitter is literally "there only two opinions, my and the wrong one"

[@Burn_Angel]

And if you answer with a "mine*", they'll also get offended.

[@beauwalker9820]

In the old days of the Internet you could be friends with people who have different opinions, and aren't even the same political party as you. I miss that.

[@SERGX1994]

I do miss internet before mass social media
-RUclips wasn't TV 2.0.
-Artists didn't have to apologize for their creations
-People doing the most deranged, ridiculous and absurd bs for clout weren't that often
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness" Absolutely perfectly landed quote, it is the bird app in a nutshell.

[@Jawsomest]

Bro twitter cancelled a god damn cat; IT’S…. A FREAKING CAT.
Istg social media platforms are stupid sometimes.

[@fwjxwkejeckcekfwkj2f3fj3ff5]

old is gold

[@Mr.Smiler1]

@@Jawsomest and they cancelled dog.... A FUCKING DOG

[@TarrareyoutubeOF]

I feel likeMost of the time that is a minority or a bad thing that happened be sad about it yes but look at the good of the present

[@giganigga455]

unless the art was some fucked up illegal shit, loli's existed in the old internet to. but i agree with you

[@britasha1194]

The old free and creative internet IS BETTER.
The new overly sensitive, censored, obsessed and angry internet sucks in comparison.

[@kamilslup7743]

it's literally 1984 expect everyone is the big brother and will kill you on sight

[@totallyrealname8849]

Don’t forget the near 50% of traffic being bots

[@ssg-eggunner]

About the angry part
Well there used to be a lot of AVGN clones..

[@TheRobloxianBeatSabertist]

Overly sensitive, censored, obsessed, and angry is most likely the understatement. We’ve all seen how bad stuff is.

[@Wendeez_Nutz2024-mk8ub]

Does anyone notice there is a worlcorp enterprise logo?

[@seansmith6255]

1:52
The perfect way to describe people who hate the old internet they never experienced

[@frvicboi]

"I like waffles"
"SO YOU HATE PANCAKES!?!? HUH!?!?"

[@Alfenium]

Oh oh so your'e saying that you support french toast!?!?
doot doot doot-doot doot

[@uastyrdzhii]

"I miss when the internet was less politicized and divided"
Twitter: *So YoU aRe RaCiSt???*

[@RobotPlush]

They’re hyper fixating on the bad things about the older era of the internet, and yeah they’re not wrong. There were many things about the old era of the internet that aged like milk, however they’re neglecting to also point out the great things about the old Internet. People are reminiscing on a better time of the internet’s life because the internet nowadays has dissolved into infantile teenagers arguing over politics, constantly crying over how the world could end, bullying everyone that threatens their fragile egos. Old Internet was a lot more lax than it is now, though it would still put up a fight if you went too far. Creators could make content out of passion rather than ego or money.

[@TornaxOfficial]

Yea sir

[@dataexpunged93N15]

For me, even though it's cringe, I miss the fandom culture. People were usually very open to others, regardless of how they identified politically or otherwise; as long as you're not an ass who wanted to make drama for the sake of drama, it didn't matter. Now we have this "DO NOT INTERACT IF YOU LIKE (SHOW) OR (CHARACTER!!)" and it's... Really stupid. People aren't just the media they consume, they're deeper than that, lol.

[@tanmaskeddoesvideos]

These days everyone's trying to be the exact same most of the time.

[@laughingfurry]

The sad thing is that despite there being more slurs back then, there was a lot less prejudice. Modern internet is overloaded with prejudice. Unfortunately, the fools who act like slurs are the worst are ignoring the prejudice because no slurs are used.

[@Uzarran]

They've forgotten the mantra "sticks and stones".

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Slurs are way less toxic than doxxing and sending death threats. It's just a fact.

[@deadlinkofficialartst5592]

agree

[@nadrewod999]

In the minds of cultural Marxists, there is no way to "agree to disagree". They fundamentally can't understand the concept of "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

[@hermos3602]

It's strange how people are more racist now than before. Back then it was edgy teens who would troll people to get reactions put of others. Now it's privileged young adults who never got out of their bubbles who are being actually racist but aren't self aware to realize it.

[@adrian.5128]

The world has changed...
2000-2010's era was legit something else, yet, nostalgic.

[@sober_katz]

i grew up with the early to mid 2010s internet. i miss ytp's, classic jumpscare videos and anime memes, and when people wouldn't get offended at every little thing.

[@swellsauce6115]

“What about slurs?” Yes, because slurs are inherently an internet thing. Totally.

[@lv1543]

People would see slurs and wouldnt give a shit. Theyd be like “yea thats a slur, ok. ”
Keep scrolling
Then move on like normal well adjusted individuals.

[@DemonicRemption]

@swellsauce6115
I don't know why I didn't realize that these people think that... I kinda want to get off this planet now.

[@mahoganydoughnut6082]

I unironically see more slurs now just because people are fighting more than before.

[@DemonicRemption]

@@mahoganydoughnut6082
You're not wrong, but are we not gonna talk about how messed up that is, especially when it's due to these narcissistic clods?

[@lv1543]

@@DemonicRemption call them the f slur

[@dawsonpierce263]

Tip for everyone; If you are offended, you can leave. If you don’t like someone’s opinion, you don’t have to agree or argue why they are wrong. If you don’t enjoy the art you can use the mute or block button.

[@jzpowell2108]

That’d require a functioning brain… something most Twitter users sorely lack
That said, one hundred percent agree

[@jamesbond3w]

@@jzpowell2108 you said it way better than I could.

[@jojotard5027]

Twitter mf: "I'M OFFENDED"
The whole human race: "Bro its a canon event kys"

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

ok

[@scottroxford5715]

That sound, sane advice has been flat out ignored for over a decade now, these people just want to be validated victims. They can't do that without evidence.

[@Wandering_Weeb]

Rule 69: if it exists, there is Twitter user offended about it

[@50ksavagegoodsavage4]

I never forget the times where the ppl did music but turned it into chipmunk version...

[@scribblecloud]

nightcore?

[@ssg-eggunner]

Crazy how slop existed back then too

[@rosalinamacarita01]

Or that time when JB was everywhere, literally everywhere

[@ssg-eggunner]

@@rosalinamacarita01 GRAHHH I HATE JB AND HIS BABY SONG!! (I think it's still 2012)

[@Gacha_Nazrinofficial]

I will never forget when toy unboxing is the only thing I know on youtube

[@captaincraftit696]

"Where you get called slurs three times a day!"
Sweet, sweet summer child. Sweet, thin-skinned, weak-willed summer child.

[@persona9709]

I know right?! back in the day (christ on a crispy cream cracker I can't believe I'm saying that) if you were on a part of the net where that kept happening, you'd get off that site an stay the Hell away from there. Common sense really is going the way of the dodo smh!

[@bobowon5450]

i remember xbox 360 voice chat was so fucked up when I heard someone had to flee their home town because of constant death threats i didn't think anything of it, figured they were just over reacting because who doesn't get at least 5 or 6 a day?

[@BlooMonkiMan]

Three? Based on my grand total of zero seconds on Halo and COD, and the wisdom passed down by Millenials, those are rookie numbers.

[@tyranidswarmlord9722]

I remember when death threats is our way of saying hi.
The Fraps wars and eventual Dox wars.
If you couldn't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen.
The current inhabitants are more fragile than glass.

[@xerostar2K09]

@@persona9709 The Call Of Duty lobbies added more to the hellfire.

[@CHNO-kk4rl]

If the comment said something like, "do you miss the times before constant moderation" I would just simply reply "yes." Letting people be unfiltered and awful is the best way to know who to avoid.

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

Just like real life!
Future generations gonna grow up the suprised how the real word isn't filtered.

[@CHNO-kk4rl]

@@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257 I mean, they are already trying to ban people irl with the cancel culture so it's only a matter of time they'll do even more bs.

[@then00brathalos]

Also its not like moderation is keeping the bad apples away anyways, most mods only punish those standing up for themselves and leaving the corrupt, the ignorant, the mindless hive to seek out new victims since most mods they themselves dwell in the same cesspool as the trolls.
take roblox, discord, twitter, reddit and many more for example.
Moderation is not a judge's hammer, it is an execution axe wielded by tyrants

[@DigitalPand3mic]

@@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257 Its already happening with younger gen z, we see it everyday with how they freak out in normal real life situations. In public or at work...

[@kamilslup7743]

@@then00brathalos so basically school teachers.

[@xanderonamy]

0:59 NGL this makes a lot of sense, the reason people miss old internet is because people were actually less crazy, yeah you had slurs and people going nuts over normal groups for dumb reasons, but nowadays it feels like they targeting even more groups for even DUMBER reasons, and the hating is even STRONGER when it comes to hating in nowadays internet, and even tho the people that back then where REALLY hated are less hated but still KINDA hated, it doesn't matter, they somehow managed to make the internet even worse, if you wanna you can respond this comment with even more reasons of why the internet nowadays sucks
(tho in my opinion in the internet all you need for social media is youtube, i mean its entertainment, if you want social media, RUclips, that's it, stay there, social media is the main reason people hate the internet, and i have not heard anything wack over youtube that is SUPER wack or has RUINED youtube nowadays, so RUclips is to go)

[@aymaad]

Twitter gets offended by everything 💀

[@right662]

Next they will get offended by seeing people existing

[@aymaad]

@@right662 nah offended when stars are born

[@tengri_kut_motun]

@@right662 They already do Imao

[@ZanyCat]

Calling people slurs on the internet has never stopped being a thing. I would even say it's more of a thing now than it ever has been. I have no idea what that Twitter user has been smoking.

[@EpicFurbynerd76YO]

probably crack mixed with blue meth

[@SomethingBoutEclipse]

They’ve been smoking literal shit if you ask me

[@HYpr1337time]

ahh my favorite pasttime.

[@shadowrobot77]

That user cooked "math" in the wrong way

[@PhantomGato-v-]

Tbh I don't remember many people being called slurs at all (at least in my everyday spaces on the internet, which haven't changed so much) until around the 2020s. I guess it could be nostalgia shielding me but it does feel like it's more common nowadays.

[@FoxheimStudios]

We did it. We found a point in time where some people are so dense that the internet itself offends people on the internet.

[@Rapiers-and-flowers]

Wow. Those people really need to step away from the internet and never come back.

[@PutineluAlin]

Step away from the internet nah they need to move to another planet.

[@Odie_Nico]

​@@PutineluAlin reality. Planet is Not enough.

[@callibur2215]

​@@Odie_Nicono another multiverse

[@biggreen276]

​@@callibur2215nah the plane of extensive existence

[@user-e7h9f]

The internet should be completely decentralised and ripped away from the mainstream so we have no more monopolies and many smaller sites with small yet strong communities and the return of forums, no “social media” just communities online where people talk and share things.

[@oldfavorite]

Miss early 2010's and late 2000s, internet, culture, and vibe. Will never see that again so long, old friend.

[@seanchan4478]

Freedom of speech pronotes creativity, but comes with the chance of being offended. I'd rather be offended than have my freedoms taken away

[@bigfoxki]

I would rather be offended than have your freedom of creativity taken away.

[@UtubeH8tr]

God damn right.

[@waterking74]

I didn’t get shot in the sewers just for some small peepee basement dwelling racists take my freedom away from me

[@thatguybrody4819]

But don't you know freedom of speech is grounds for hate and bigotry? I dont want freedom if my feelings have a chance of getting hurt. I want temporary safety from mean words that might offend someone and if you disagree I'll call you a bunch of buzzwords and right wing.

[@loner9832]

@@thatguybrody4819 yep, that's today.

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

Twitter users don't hate on anything good and wholesome (IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE)

[@sonicdash9652]

Showing them a picture of Josef Stalin, I say

[@spoohater6949]

I don't think half of them don't know who that is

[@javier9177]

@@spoohater6949 HE's COol CoMmUniSms MAN RiGht!?

[@dezalt]

​@@spoohater6949Ah yes, Twitter's lord and savior (They never know anything about communism or it's history)

[@def3ndr887]

@@spoohater6949that pig is better off forgotten

[@anon6350]

people got along better back then because they were not always looking for something to be offended by and did not care about what they were called by others in the internet

[@ErennYeagerMlbb]

Th old internet art is giving us memories that we can't never get it back

[@psyxypher3881]

They literally think anything from the past is fascism, so of course it did.

[@kok8346]

they are turning into the things they hate the most lmao

[@BlooMonkiMan]

We didn't even have the internet during the 40's 💀

[@NameIsDoc]

@@kok8346 Turning? They always were

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

​@@kok8346They don't hate fascists.
They hate being powerless. They hate not being fascists themselves.

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

​@@DonVigaDeFierro
I despise those kind of people.
Accept being powerless goddamnit!

[@Ahlnie]

I remember back then the easily offended crowd was on Tumblr, and people on other sites referred to them as "Tumblrinas." Then when Tumblr fell out of use they migrated to Twitter.

[@pmchad]

Yeah, they originated from Tumblr and everything was good when they stayed on Tumblr, now they're fuckin everywhere

[@ltb1345]

@@pmchad Exactly.

[@66ixty9ine]

@@pmchad Unfortunately, Tumblr Tumbld.

[@zeal9442]

At least Tumblr became a decent site afterwards. Nowadays, it's pretty chill.

[@mat2000100]

​@@zeal9442bollocks, after Tumblr banned p0rn, it became nothing but SJWs.

[@TerrorKidd2006]

Something completely harmless offending Twitter? Gee, that sure is unheard of.

[@exospaceman8209]

I grew up with the old internet and as a person who witnessed the era of the early internet and early memes I’m saddened what the internet has become nowadays.

[@bloodmuzzle]

"I miss the old Internet." SO YOU LIKE SAYING SLURS??? IS THAT IT? HMMM????? I truly underestimate how brain dead Twitter users can be.

[@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad]

"i like pancakes"
"SO YOU HATE WAFFLES!?!"

[@ChrisSuperDude]

“So you like saying slurs?”
*Insert Yes Chad meme*

[@hermos3602]

As if people still don't say slurs these days. Actually, Twitter freaks think anything is a slur. Like the word trap is apparently a trans slur.

[@sol-hunter2332]

I really wish they would stop making 1984 references so easy to make.

[@dumblenutz5561]

I do miss it because back then people could take it like a champ since they knew it wasn't actual prejudice and merely common shit talk

[@animebro14]

I miss the late 00's and early 2010's when people weren't easily offended

[@jade-reaper]

Yep. But you either had 4chan or MySpace. So pick your poison

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

Back when you could say all the n words you wanted to

[@Firedragon220716]

I miss those golden days as well

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

Same

[@animebro14]

​@that1skull118 oh my god MySpace feels like a lifetime ago. It sucks cause it was more intuitive than most newer social media platforms

[@The_Weird_Fella]

Bro
Offended by internet?
I’m being honest I love the old internet. Those were the days without Covid, with Early roblox, Minecraft was awesome, the memes weren’t dirty minded.
Twitter just only focuses on the bad from what I’ve seen.

[@Sadmouse-AVI]

People is offended by literally everything rn i hate it so much

[@The_Weird_Fella]

@@Sadmouse-AVI Fr

[@hank2124]

​@@The_Weird_Fellathe nostalgia blindness has consumed another soul.

[@Brusznik]

Even though I was born almost in the end of that era I grew up watching those memes and boy they were good

[@arandomgamerwithideas3257]

This is the equivalent to remembering the fun moments of childhood only for someone to constantly remind you of the terrible fights and broken relationships during that time. Buzzkill is the word of the day.

[@arandomgamerwithideas3257]

I understand some twitter comments looking at that internet era realistically and I appreciate that. Others just want to ruin everything.

[@omega97hyper24]

It's like missing when you were a kid in 2001 and someone being like "uGh BuT wHaT aBoUt NiNe ElEvEn"

[@water6006]

@@arandomgamerwithideas3257or they just want to stand in a echo chamber

[@hellmasterjoleck]

Every Party needs a pooper thats why the invited them

[@energeticyellow1637]

It's like that every time someone tries to reflect positively on a period or time.
"Dude, I really miss the 1980s. The neon lights, the fantastic movies, the rock and roll music, the fashion..."
"WELL WHAT ABOUT THE COCAINE EPIDEMIC? WHAT ABOUT AIDS?"
It's especially noticeable on vids about the 1950s where you have really old people reminiscing about their long-gone youth only for a bunch of literal children to chime in about racism. It's sad really.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

“You really truly miss this era of the internet without filters and being called slurs three times a day”
Chad: “Yes.”

[@ahawdjkmwodjikma6543]

tbh though, a lot of people didn’t slur each other because of a genuine hatred for the group behind the slur itself. they just used slurs as “curse words worse than the f word” so it never felt personal. nowadays, slurs are usually used with the intent to slur people, so it’s honestly worse to hear one now than back then.

[@francesco8572]

@@ahawdjkmwodjikma6543 tsmt!

[@rotunda_]

@@ahawdjkmwodjikma6543 Using a slur out of genuine hatred is too easy, if somebody's gonna be racist they at least gotta be smart about it

[@cooleecoolee9504]

​@@ahawdjkmwodjikma6543Call of duty black ops 2 players: I am gonna pretend I didn't see that

[@picolasbnf]

"Three times a day"? Dang, those are rookie numbers

[@crimsondragon1794]

I miss the old internet too. too many hateful people ruining peoples lives. they need to face real consequences for such things. otherwise it will just keep getting worse.

[@OLDSCHOOLPLAY]

Thx for playng ravenfield on the background, im glad that you choose this game to play

[@decrepitmanlet652]

Jesus Christ, the old nostalgic memes offended people?

[@raptor4916]

Don't you know nostalgia is the first step to genocidal fascism

[@Thebroadcaster759]

The differences between modern memes and classic memes is that the classic memes were actually funny, modern is not ‘funny’

[@warrenlanham9088]

Let's be honest..... at this point..... that's not shocking.... that's the norm

[@austinbradley8551]

Unfortunatly idiots are affend of anything

[@xerostar2K09]

@@Thebroadcaster759 Loud + Hanna-Barbera sound effects = funny

[@Moschel91]

Love how Twitter immediately proved what the artist wanted to say with this picture xD

[@KingKrouch]

Based BMTH album art avatar.

[@GeneralBitBoat]

@@KingKrouch Do you remember "Suicide Season" album?

[@qazwsxedcrfvtgbyhnujmikolp995]

I only got to experience the tail end of the Internets good years, (2011-2014) and although the memories of that time are a bit foggy I distinctly remember a much more positive environment on RUclips, less drama, news wasn't constantly being shoved in our faces, less censorship, less corporate branding, it just felt more free with most videos just being skits done on crappy low quality cameras, ytps, and lets plays done by kids using notepad, it just felt so much simpler and I hate ho people boil down that era to "slurs and hatred" when I never experienced that kind of stuff, it only started in 2016 when all the hatred and slurs shit began to appear and honestly, new internet is WAY more hateful than the internet I experienced 10 years ago.

[@lestradewilson2962]

Why is it so hard for Twitter to stop being offended by the littlest things like bro chill out 😭

[@googleisevil8958]

Those days truly were the Golden Era of the internet. Now all we have are memories of a world long forgotten about.

[@GDC2127]

@raynalldoprime The golden era of video gaming with some of the best titles from developers that actually cared.

[@newbplaygames]

@raynalldoprime from soft still making AC and people still complaining about difficulty just not from the players.

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

Yeah. The order of Trollface was ruling the world with a stern, but very just wiggly fist, the Virtue-signaling was a sin worse than murder, and SJWs and other feminist-like white knights were always made fun off.
I miss those times. You could justly call someone a slur, and no one would bat an eye, if it was well-deserved.

[@noxxyy]

you may think that you only have memories, but you can use them to learn what made it work. get some pals together, find a platform that lets it happen, and have a nice unmoderated time. it's worth it to try

[@martinramirez1856]

This is the 41 millenium of Internet.
The seas are along dry

[@Devin7Eleven]

People back then were more mature and secure with themselves to the point toxicity was seen as childish and most often hilarious, not life threatening as seen by these adult babies.
Ironically, humans tend to behave better when they aren’t being babysat or controlled with an overbearing parent.

[@najpotenicewolf934]

Pretty much true. If you don't ever have to act like an adult, you won't. Because why would you? Critical thinking and taking responsibility are hard. I kinda feel bad for them, as they will have a lot of problems with adapting when they become adults/move out of their mother's basement.

[@tanmaskeddoesvideos]

That parent being the toxic world of Twitter!

[@paprikagames]

@@tanmaskeddoesvideos more like they dont have parents bcus people with parents dont behave like children

[@Web720]

Agreed. People will tell you to grow up or tell you the internet isn't real life, if they are being childish. Nowadays, saying a person to grow up is looked down upon or even worse, they will praise you for being a child.

[@Ultrakrillon0]

This is true

[@user-some_failure]

The old internet is far better then it is now

[@EmotionalParaquat714]

You don’t go deep enough to know.

[@mr.classicragememerook96]

The Twitter user behind that art sadly deleted that Tweet. Man, just because someone misses the old memes of the internet doesn't mean they miss the times when you call someone the gay F-Slur and not get hated on. It's truly sad what internet people are like today. Always looking for the bad in everything.
I just feel lucky that I screenshoted the Tweet so it wouldn't be lost cause I too miss the old internet memes.

[@fr0g3man350]

Can you link the screenshot?
Also, if you could repost the original art that would be rlly cool ^-^

[@mr.classicragememerook96]

@fr0g3man350 I could share the link but I refuse to share only the art.
I'm sorry. But I'm not trying to be one of those thieves who steal art and claim it as their own.

[@torchi6883]

How did they offended by this? This is wholesome.

[@SomeGrunt_On_Youtube]

To me, it Kinda seemed like they got mad over the comment rather than the art

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

​@@SomeGrunt_On_RUclips still makes no sense

[@jytvreal]

they assume everything and think its what people actually think

[@sumbodosamsoni3045]

back then people enjoy their own life
outside

[@zeal9442]

It's Twitter. What do you expect? That said, I really wish people would stop acting like the old internet was any better. (That's just nostalgia blindness) It was just as bad back then as it is today.

[@neveronhereXD]

It was trendy to be edgy and offensive back then. But no one was offended, everyone would have fun and share a laugh together. Today’s internet is so toxic and divided and the reason I am adamant about using little to no social media altogether. We have been breaded into obnoxious, power hungry goons. I hate it now

[@doodlesyoru2108]

We have been turned into complete mooks. This is why I love my current, more stoic mindset.

[@CaptainCFalcon]

Crazy how actively trying to be offensive in the open back in the day resulted in everyone just laughing about it, but nowadays you try to be genuinely nice & people want to see you hung or some shit.

[@doodlesyoru2108]

@@CaptainCFalcon Since I'm always speaking formally with attention to punctuation and always being nice... I should not go on Twitter. (Like, when I'm mad at someone, I just keep quiet. Twitter would break me eventually.)

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

Exactly. Everyone who says "I have grown and matured" is a liar. They aren't grown. They just more of a virtue signaling shill.

[@neinja66469]

​@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778exactly lol you either think a certain way or you don't
Human beings can't fundamentally change who they are - we can only change the course of our lives
The beauty of freedom - fleeting away because everyone is scared of reality
Time withers everything
Riches mean nothing without a clear mind
Nature is an ugly thing but it's also beautiful - without suffering we don't have anything to be happy about
Sad that people willingly deny themselves such experiences because their feelings got hurt and were told to "value feelings"
Frankly pathetic - feelings are fleeting but actions speak more about someone's character than words ever could
The new generation are a bunch of cowards willing to accept tyranny all for the sake of becoming the "protected class" they once claimed to fight
Sorry homie gotta get a tangent out

[@GreatNishanka]

Irony is that mordern internet people say nore slurs than people in the old internet

[@yonaasarashutup]

i knew about youtube since 2014 (but i made my first channel 6 years later) and even though 2014 might be one of the newer eras of youtube or the internet as a whole, i can confirm it was way better than what's going on 10 years later.

[@terranghost5432]

Looking at the art, a part of me feels so sad knowing that we'll never be able to go back to those times again. It really sucks how Twitter users and equivalents to them pollute it and ruin it, they're all so just easily offended and thinskinned to ANYTHING. God, I miss the old creative, open-minded, carefree, and jokeful era of the internet.

[@user-op5gr7vr7e]

I mean, if Twitter is not going to remove that limit thing then it might die out (finally) and I don't think it's going to be that bad if Twitter users go to other platforms since they're not going to have as much strength as they did on Twitter

[@EmotionalParaquat714]

@@user-op5gr7vr7e I already saved that

[@saratoga6663]

Just listen to siiva, they’re the closest thing to old internet that genuinely feels like it. Would highly recommend, especially given the community’s creativity

[@ItsYee64]

@@saratoga6663 SiivaGunner

[@Moofshire]

Man I miss the "Wild West" of the internet. Sure, trolls were everywhere, trying to make ppl angry. But at the end of the day, it was just harmless banter online. The worst that would've happened back then was someone leaking your phone number and sending dozens of pizzas to your house or spam calling your home phone. All I remember from back then is getting trolled, and I loved it. The #1 thing ppl at my school wouldn't stop talking about was Annoying Orange, YTP's, Nyan Cat, or any of the other damn cats bc the internet had a strange fascination with them. I miss the old internet 🥲

[@bruh4138]

O7

[@the_gaming_master]

o7

[@BubblyBumbly]

o7

[@FoxGameCZ]

I was one of those trolls on facebook.

[@watchervi660]

07

[@bruhbrehii]

how heartwarming, all those people sticking up for that one person, truly restores my faith in humanity.

[@Ussonan-Foderation2016]

Anything:happens
Twitter: and i took that personally

[@WizardAmbrose]

Man these people are the reason gatekeeping exists.

[@timberthus2562]

“What are you doing to bring it back?”
Well, personally, I do my best to say at least 50 slurs a day over the internet. It’s hard, but everyone’s gotta do their part.

[@travisbishop782]

Ha!

[@squeegee-c]

It ain’t much but it’s honest work

[@zuttoaragi8349]

​@@squeegee-cNow I'm sad again

[@then00brathalos]

@@squeegee-c *presses f to pay respects to that farmer*

[@arongilbert5828]

50?? Those are rookie numbers. Gotta pump those numbers up.

[@8bitneslife1985]

The internet has become so toxic nowadays. Let's go back to the 90s with Dial-Up and VCRs, LOL.

[@demon_xd_]

“You don’t miss the Wild West until it is taken away”
-someone based, 2019

[@otterball7896]

I love how they say how the old internet was filled with people calling each other slurs, even though is literally the same issue in the modern internet.

[@MJ-kx5eh]

I think it’s because the internet was new then, so people who were there at the time weren’t as offended. Cuz “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt you”. Nowadays, since the internet is as easily accessible as ever, it hurts a ton because we adapted to communicating via text instead of taking it out in person. Also makes that “words can never hurt you” phrase completely useless.

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

In fact it's probably gotten worse since then

[@jytvreal]

@@MJ-kx5eh so basically, the internet wasn't as offensive back then because the sensitive people didnt have the internet yet

[@YeetAHomeboi]

​@@jytvreal THAT'S WHAT IM SAYING!!!

[@thegeckoisgaming]

This.

[@joshuabautch8936]

THIS era of the internet, where you DONT have a risk of automatically getting Crucified for saying you like one fan-favorite character more than another, is what OP misses

[@NameIsDoc]

Eh that still existed back then. but it was more a verbal equivalant of a Slug to the arm kinda thing then worry about people tracking you down and attacking you in real life level it is now

[@oompalumpus699]

@@NameIsDoc True. The slugging match stayed on the forums back then.

[@WokioWolfy]

​@@NameIsDocI question why these people would go as far as doxxing you nowadays than say you're wrong at stuff. Feels like witch hunting.

[@allenmaask6448]

Instead, you get crucified if you hate Justin Bieber lmao (by the beliebers, not the major internet, they find it funny to roast the dude iirc)

[@aceash5.065]

“Someone somewhere will be offended by anything. Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right.”

[@cherrypiekitten8013]

Baker:*Bakes pastries*
Twitter: THATS OFFENSIVE

[@hideshisface1886]

In the "old internet" we would send these offended people a special jpg image, conveniently named "offended".
It contained all the nicest things to improve their mood - they just need to keep on scrolling.
Damn, now I'm sad, seeing how the internet went to shit...

[@Azyne]

I could call someone a slur back then and they'd smile. Now I can call someone pretty and get cancelled for it. People on the internet have lost their common sense.

[@MSinistrari]

I think I still have my 'Internet Butthurt' form where I'd tick the boxes and fill it out according to the appropriate offended, then upload the image. Everyone would have a laugh and the offended person would either come to their senses or get so mad they'd log off for a few.

[@yoshipeamachinespawn3658]

And that form still works to this day?

[@maximeleninja4029]

It's sad, people became more and more pessimist at a point where if you say anything you would get cancelled for it.

[@gabrote42]

How can I find the image?

[@bakawaki]

Sometimes it's not rose-tinted glasses, sometimes something in the past really was just better.

[@troybaxter]

Look at old RUclips Rewinds. This will give you a clear picture as to how much better the Internet used to be, and how much the Internet has devolved over the past 12 years.
I mean hell, look at how the Internet was between 2010 and 2016. You will see a vast difference, and not in a good way.

[@dumbartist864]

Twitter gets offended by literally anything, that art is awesome btw!

[@SomethingBoutEclipse]

People will find literally anything negative about the topic at hand and try to twist the intentions to make it look like people are trying to offend them like it was the main intention

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

People who hate the old internet couldn’t handle being in it for a second

[@21Raph___A]

The color circle trend was actually a lot of fun to do, and I love seeing people's own takes on it.

[@BrutalSalamander1]

The rise of social media, streamer culture, digitization and overall corporatization shifted a lot of things around. We have more and more people that have pretty much thrown away anonymity for the sake of streaming, social media presence, clout, etc. and thus have become susceptible to all sorts of things reaching the actual person behind the screen which was not as prevalent back then. Not to mention the increased rate at which people try to dox others these days. On one hand legitimately terrible people and even criminals end up getting called out and reap the consequences of their actions but on the other hand we have people getting harassed and witch hunted based on nothing but hearsay, blatant lies, forged evidence made by AI or photoshop or some childish nonsense that may have been said 8 years ago when they were still a kid.
People back in the days didn’t generally say slurs with the intention of actually attacking minorities. They were seen as generic insults and people said them without actually thinking about their meaning. It’s kinda like how people say “Oh, my God!” when shocked or surprised even when they aren’t religious. They are merely conditioned into impulsively saying expressions without deeply thinking about the expression itself. Overall insults were said with the intent on making someone feel insulted rather than directly taking a cheap shot at someone’s identity or race. In people’s heads all of them were pretty much just harsher sounding alternatives to calling someone “stupid”.
Though we have to remember that not every era accommodates people equally.
A lot of “general” spaces were certainly less open-minded or pleasant in some areas. If you were part of a minority you borderline felt like you were forced into hiding in some niche internet corner to ever speak up about anything or else you’d get flamed and spammed 24/7 for no reason. This was especially bad in some fandoms. You drew 2 boys kissing on deviantart? You’d get at least 5 comments of homophobic insults and people would raid the artist’s page on multiple accounts or even try to hack you. Not to mention the kiwi farms mentality that bled out from sites like ED and 4chan among others.
Depending on one’s experiences one may look back with either nostalgia, disgust or anything in-between. There’s a lot of nuance to both sides as long as one doesn’t feel too attached to either side of an extreme. A lot of good and bad happened though not everyone may have been around to see either.

[@awakehopps]

"You miss the times when people openly called you names and you called them those names back?" YES YES I FUCKING MISS BEING ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING

[@Swxg]

I miss when Twitter could take a joke

[@googleisevil8958]

Before the Tumblr migration.

[@XxExtremeSamX]

I miss when people I general could take a joke.

[@nakedmario9359]

Twitter could take joke ????

[@notimportant3033]

​@@nakedmario9359Once upon a time, yes. They could.

[@crystalwings4520]

@@nakedmario9359 From what I remember, yeah. It was wholesome back then... Well, until that pandemic happened.

[@kaiyotee2475]

Even more ironically, I've seen waaay more ACTUAL bigotry and hate on the internet in the past few years. Like yeah I've always gotten my fair share of slurs (which I wear proudly) but in recent years is when death threats, suicide encouragement and "shitposts" about the most horrendous content have become normalized.

[@mofik26]

Yeah, in the past there were bunch of different forums and stuff where people talked and these forums moderated themselves individually. But now we have these platforms with billions of users and dollars which cant moderate themselves due to the extraordinary amount of messages and content they have to check. I mean around 10-20 zettabytes (10-20 *billions* of terabytes, or 10-20 trillions of gigabytes) of data was created last year, and this amount grows every year by like 30-40%, this is insane amounts of data. The internet of the past was probably better moderated than today simply due to the decentralization of it all back then, also internet speeds sucked so there wasnt much data to distribute at that speed.

[@sacripan4425]

FOR REAL

[@Burn_Angel]

As mofik said, it was probably because everything was decentralized, so it wasn't that there wasn't bigotry back then, but it mostly went under the rug because there wasn't that much people around to moderate, and also because people (generally) didn't go out of their way to offend others because people didn't actually get offended that easily back then, and because people would usually flock in specific communities back then, in which users would usually behave or get banned from the community, as tight-knit communities would detect when new accounts were specifically made to troll people were ill-meant, so old users would be willing to behave, and new trolls were detected quickly.

[@beauwalker9820]

I'll take being called bad names over being stalked, sent d**** threats, cancelled, dehumanized, and such.

[@kaiyotee2475]

@@beauwalker9820 definitely

[@Fatih_M177]

I too miss the old Internet, i was born in 2008 so i can't exactly say that my experience was the same as other people, it was still a golden experience
especially with channels like Smosh
good to see they are back!!!

[@EmotionalParaquat714]

You don’t go deep enough to know.

[@Psuedolarp]

>"offended alot of people"
>theres only 1 tweet of 1 person being mad

[@fischlnseele6715]

As my dad often says, the internet has done something that is both a blessing and a curse. Bringing people together from all over the world. On the one hand it's great because you can get all the information you want with one click and interact with people all over the world freely. On the other hand, the idiots who were once isolated and ignored can now find other idiots with whom to create flocks in which they self-validate and proliferate their stupidity.

[@aaronsimba]

your dad is based

[@oldoutlet6946]

I love how those that called the person with internet nostalgia "problematic" just proved the point of why we're nostalgic in the first place. The Wild West era was chaotic but at least it wasn't tyrannical.

[@kursatemekse9737]

Exactly, I’m autistic and the word „retarded“ didn’t offend me

[@EmotionalParaquat714]

You don’t go deep enough to know.

[@ibstummyhurt8057]

​@@EmotionalParaquat714 You go deep enough and you'll just drown in more shit.

[@Edgso]

I also miss the old era of the internet. Good ol' times... And I also miss Club Penguin.

[@glitchedgamerz]

After seeing the image in the video, instead of the thumbnail, I could see EVERY part of it!
And honestly, I got struck by a thousand spears of the golden age!

[@CheshireGhost]

"How dare you miss the time when mods didn’t abuse their powers to censor people that didn't agree with them or point out their corruption."
Yeah, I am old enough to remember when the internet was less controlled and it was a nicer place, now that i think about it.

[@elwen8525]

Everything got corporatized. Everything has to adhere to the brand name and everything has to feed back into making money

[@goGothitaLOL]

Welcome to capitalism

[@cellardweller5245]

​@@goGothitaLOLapart from "pure wholesome communism that totally hasn't been tried yet and is very implementable" what other options do we have? Like, don't get me wrong, I am anything but a firm believer in the glory of capitalism but the Internet we know wouldn't become a thing without it.

[@ltb1345]

@@goGothitaLOL *Corporatism. Would've been the inevitable outcome in a socialist society as well.

[@TsuyuAsui4life]

You got corporatized

[@mrscruffles801]

@@goGothitaLOL 🤡

[@Mozzarellapumpkin]

God it fills me with such joy recognizing everything in the image ❤

[@flaminpirates]

i dont think people realize how slow the internet actually was back then

[@ArIf-ix4xb]

Before 2010: freely expresing your feeling
After 2010: fame and money
Also after 2020: *racing* through the world

[@sunbeames1847]

"You sure you miss the times where you could express yourself freely without having to tow the line to authoritarian karens?" That person complaining about the past did the reich thing.

[@bruh4138]

The reich thing ?

[@bruh4138]

Bro formed the next reich

[@sunbeames1847]

@@bruh4138 they're certainly helping to form it with their authoritarianism.

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

"You miss the times when social justice freaks didn't have control over everything you said or did?"

[@gydeon7135]

Twitter is officially getting offended by nostalgia💀
How long until we lose superheroes?😭

[@mckay7965]

I'm actually glad that people are getting offended by this. Now, I'm a firm believer in good internet etiquette, and try to practice it whenever possible. People need to realize that not everything is about them, though, and that one or two negative aspects of something shouldn't completely ruin an experience. There's nothing wrong with getting a bit offended or angry, even online, it's all about how we react to those feelings that shape the outcome. Remember that, everyone.

[@UziOmega]

Saying and hearing slurs, insults and rage back to you was peak internet. Specially on FPS and MMOS. Great... now I'm nostalgic...

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

For real! I love raging gamers screaming in voice chat.
Especially I'm messing with them.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Squeakers in old MW lobbies losing and instantly raging was peak comedy😂

[@LB-yg2br]

Lol yea I’m nostalgic too…nothing like being called a Mexican jew lizard by a random internet dumbass. Precious moments that will be lost in time like tears in the rain…

[@Kessogsasaina]

I miss having squeakers call me the nword or the f slur... I miss old Xbox live.

[@arkbien9303]

​@@Flesh_WizardOh how I loved to hear their reactions when I'd finally use voice chat and they'd find out they just lost to a girl.... Makes me sad that I'll never be able to share those moments with my brother again 😢🤣

[@user-xu5ym4jd3m]

I miss this Internet era, too!! 2000s, Vocaloid, Nyancat, anime aesthetics, viral clips and music, mmd, animations, rainbows depicted in an innocent way.. For me, it was so much better than it is now.

[@ItzMelissa9]

But not just rainbows, also other things like peaches, eggplants werent defined as "sus" and ppl back also werent this dirty minded

[@SEXlSDEATH]

Back in the days when animation had Blood

[@ltb1345]

@@ItzMelissa9 People have always been dirty minded, but at least there wasn't cringe usage of emojis back then.

[@ItzMelissa9]

@@ltb1345 Fr

[@aquafaceproductions1150]

​@@ltb1345Yeah. Makes me wonder what went wrong, ya know?

[@MellowNova]

I may not have the attachment to the old internet to miss it, but once a new era happens for the internet I sure as hell won't miss this one

[@MellowNova]

To clarify (in case it gets misinterpreted), I'm referring to the internet when I said "this one"