>>40016692I would broadly describe it as generally similar but much softer. Instead of ywnbaw we had admiral akbar. Instead of basedjacks we had forever alone, rage comics, and epic fail guy.
Early memes are kind of hard to describe, you had to be there. But things are more deeply layered and ironic now so that's fun. Porn and whoring overtook /b/ in about 09-10, pol started gaining steam around when that happened.
The main difference was that back then trolling used to be a thing that was somewhat distinguishable from people's real selves, now everyone acts more inherently hostile at baseline.
Uhh within trans culture a lot has changed, the main difference is that youngshits are a huge thing now as are NBs, and even though not many people identify as NB, trans people have carved out a sort of niche for ourselves within gender and sexuality which means gender is objectively much less binary. This comes with both good and bad.
For the record I am not the oldest old fag around, the truest old fags are in their early 40s. I was a little kid