>>107092708 (OP)
>for one image to load
If you where not retarded you open the next image in another tab therefore having a buffer. 2005 these where the days!
>Waiting several minutes for one image to load
Unironically YES.
It literally prevented the entshitification of the internet by bloated web pages who now shit out 50 images and 5 auto playing video ads when you try to brows something. It also did create a culture of collecting files locally because you where suposed to SAVE the content from the internet locally to view later.
It also prevented the terminally online zoomeroids from existing since you got tiered and did something else.