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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by Retr0id on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:00AM (#44767253)
> Web surfing has never been a group activity.

It often was, in my childhood. There was only one computer.

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by somenameforme on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:09AM (#44767303)
Mine as well. Trolling pedos on AOL who thought they were meeting up with teen girls was our past time. We got quite good at looking up locations, organizing places to meet, and more. We were Chris Hansen, in bored teen boys form.

Ah the days of A/S/L.

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by cheschire on Saturday August 02, 2025 @10:01AM (#44767720)
For the younger crowd, A/S/L? Was a typical introduction between people who were taking their chat to the next level. Like a handshake introduction in a room of crowded people where up to that point you were just throwing responses into the group discussion. This was in the days of IRC and Yahoo! Chat.

Age/Sex/Location?

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by strken on Saturday August 02, 2025 @10:10AM (#44767780)
And 13/f/cali was the traditional facetious reply.
Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by _puk on Saturday August 02, 2025 @10:55AM (#44768116)
Wasn't that the standard greeting on ICQ from randoms across the globe?

Uh-Oh! A/S/L?

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by Izkata on Saturday August 02, 2025 @07:40PM (#44772717)
It was the standard greeting in AIM chatrooms too. It was still a novelty to chat with someone unknown from somewhere else in the world, so it was neat to know where they were.
Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by 0points on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:41AM (#44767540)
I was a teen meeting real girls from IRC.

Guess you missed out on the S part.

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by HaZeust on Saturday August 02, 2025 @03:53PM (#44770816)
"Me? Having sex from the IRC days?! Oh, don't you worry, I had sex."
Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by 0points on Sunday August 03, 2025 @04:31AM (#44775067)
I was pointing out that besides parent being a 90s incel, there were other ways of life.

So sorry that triggered another incel /s

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by HaZeust on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:00AM (#44775191)
inb4 "AAAAAAAAAA I'm *TRIGGERED*"

Just thought your answer was funny, carry on without ego!

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by bloqs on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:18AM (#44767369)
sadly only a portion of its early existence