>>105929455You didn't need 'internet'
You had actual phone calls and texts with people.
And often those would relate to meeting somewhere irl.
You had internet at home.
On your computer.
When the internet was actually good.
No social media.
IRC, ICQ, forums with people who on average were much smarter and willing to engage in actual discussions than people online today.
Old internet filtered most of humanity.
Not to say there weren't still retards online, but even the retards then were of a higher caliber.
And even then, we were apparently relatively retarded compared to the pre-Eternal September people.