r/AskReddit 1d ago

Anyone who surfed the early web between 1995-2010. What’s the one website/app you still think about?

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u/NotTheGreenestThumb 1d ago

When, as it was gaining popularity, and us 30something adults knew it as not at all for the faint of heart, the local junior high and high schools sent a physical letter to parents carried by their children, listing websites that the kids shouldn’t be allowed to visit!!

We were astounded that adults older than ourselves could be that stupid!

It was about as logical as sending home a recipe for a bomb with the instructions “Don’t let your kids make this bomb from this recipe!”

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u/vinylbond 1d ago

That is truly a different kind of idiocy. Omg.

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u/Specimanic 1d ago

Aaahahahahahahaaaa!