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xellbe
Nah, as a woman who streams video games I'm still terrified of people on the internet finding me IRL.
fuckinusername
My friend just started using Imgur... PleasedontfindmePleasedontfindmePleasedontfindmePleasedontfindmePleasedontfindme
Machou
So true ... #InternetIsSoBad
shesaidgoodbyetotheground
Just yesterday I realized I knew a FP OP and I wanted to out him but I also don't want to out myself to him.
BANANAFLAKE
The struggle of anonymity.
CrabbyShawn
http://imgur.com/ofxyUrS
gardenofevil
Age 9: Atari playing was happening.
ChangingMyNameToHideFromStalker
I don't think I'd have a job if I had work colleagues on my Facebook...
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Age 9: watched the movie War Games in a theater.
querolasaberdisso
Ever since internet : finding people on the internet to meet people in real life.
DomZombie
Now = Age 10
OneDayIllBeRelevant
I'm just terrified of people. Full stop.
porterh234
Boo.
Rezurektme
Age 9: parents told me to worry about getting raped by strangers if I used the Internet
GazeboWizard
This reminded me of brass eye. Well worth the watch. http://youtu.be/kx4ixXQFUQY
RocketButler
So is that why you're here?
querolasaberdisso
Let's say, last year then ?
Rezurektme
Yup. I'm 10. You got me. huehuehuehuehue.
SafeSpaceDestroyer
Unrelated question but are you alone at home right now?
Rezurektme
No, actually. Some guy named Chris Hansen and a bunch of people are in my house. Wanna come over?
SafeSpaceDestroyer
3's a party.
PrincessNausicaa
Some people talk about discussing imgur with their real life friends i.e. "I'm going to gloat that I got to the front page before my 1/
JarlUlfricStormcloak
Sometimes I tell my boyfriend I find something on imgur I want to show him. He doesn't know my account name though.
CaptainMalcolmReynoldsIsWhatINamedMyDog
I won't tell the BF my username either, let me lurk in private
PrincessNausicaa
See, that's sensible. Not like these crazy people who have imgur compettions.
PrincessNausicaa
*competitions
JarlUlfricStormcloak
Yeah, I just like to show him funny or cute stuff. He doesn't use imgur very often, so I find stuff I know he would like all the time.
PrincessNausicaa
brother/sister/boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/best friend..." And I sit thinking I'd be terrified of anyone close to me knowing my imgur 2/
PrincessNausicaa
name! 3/3
StarPine
I like Nausicaa and now I am curious :D *clicks*
PrincessNausicaa
*Clicks*?
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Age 9: Internet?
lurknomore
Its border line, but we got our first computer when I was 9 and I know it at least had email. Im 30 now.
IDoHeroinButSarcastically
You're getting old my mans.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
That is the way of things.
GrandmaSlappy
Yeah I had prodigy when I was really young, very early 90s
AuntieMeat
Same here. Didn't get dial-up until I was 15.
megamanismyhero
Internet has been around for a long ass time. Dad was clamping BNC connectors when I was a wee laddie.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Sure. When I was 9 it existed. But I hadn't heard of it.
shaggykx
I never heard of the internet was when I was 9
FrankJ7
It was that super luxe my dad let me use once a month for 5 minutes through the phone.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Now I'm thinking back to when I first heard about the World Wide Web. Somewhere around AOL trial CDs.
shaggykx
We used to have boxes full of them! came in the post pretty much every week
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
They went crazy on the microwave.
popopocelot
I loved the floppy disks, cuz if u pushed the tab up on the disk, u could use it like a USB disk.
ozythemandias
Those dial up noises "are you using the line?"
l8rz
Muuuuum, I'm on ICQ! 5 more minutes pleaaaase!
dommen
My dad taught me how to search for tornado images on yahoo and that was 1996
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Hello, commenter on a year and a half old post. I was ten years older than you in 1996.
dommen
Aah. The joys of browsing random.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
It's pretty awesome to get a reply to an old comment. Every once in a while I browse on random. I'll have to start doing that more.
NateintheNorth
Ask 9 year olds today what the Internet is. Heck, ask 6 year olds. They know.
merlinious
At toys r us i sold toddlers tablets. They know the internet
NateintheNorth
Hello 2 year old comment. :)
merlinious
Yep. I was on random and spotted it. Hello neighbor
FreakingFantastic
Tech class in the school I work in. Internet safety is one of the big things they stress there. Kids are on the web even around 5 now.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
What is the actual discussion? It seems like a tough problem to define and even hard to solve.
FreakingFantastic
They usually just talk about privacy and not sharing with strangers. And then that gets to responsibility since they are so young.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Sounds like it's geared toward educating ying users. I thought they might be taking about a tech solution.
FreakingFantastic
Well it is an elementary school so it's more of an introduction and how to get started. So yeah, definitely for the younger kids.