>>509221313
most people still didn't have it yet unless they worked in tech or simply bought their kids the latest tech. I'd still say that around 25% of people did where I live. kids would all go over to the kid's house that had a computer and internet so they could all use it, just like gaming consoles. by around 2000 though, most people had a computer and internet, and by middle school shortly after most teens were using AOL messenger and such.
>>509224578
mos people definitely didn't have it, see above. just because you did doesn't mean everyone did. I was lower-middle-class but had it because my parents always made sure I had a computer from an early age since they didn't know how to use one and wanted me to be able to. internet became free once they started putting AOL trial discs in all the mailboxes. kids would just raid them and use them all because most people threw them out anyways. nothing like grabbing an ice cold pic rel and booting up Encarta Encyclopedia or Motocross Madness. then there was the era where everything was Pamela Anderson if you know what I mean.

> eat shit in front of the entire neighborhood when jumping your Huffy™ off of the kicker ramp
> limp home and crack open an ice cold pic rel
> sit down on your beanbag in front of your tube tv and blow the dust out of your Donkey Kong Country for SNES
What happened to the world?

> Eat shit in front of the entire neighborhood on your Huffy trying to jump the farthest on a kicker ramp.
> Limp home and crack open an ice cold Yoohoo.
> Blow into Goldeneye 007 and insert it into the N64.
We are currently living in an alternate dystopian universe that we never expected while politicians make millions of dollars off of insider trading.