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what are some Internet shibboleths, that u could use to convey (90s?) Internet-savvy, thatd draw a blank from someone who isn’t? text or visuals kids these days probably don’t know what http:// is? geocities? I’m struggling to articulate what I’m looking for…

oh like this guy is a good example, you either know him or you don’t But im lookin for something less proprietary ig t.co/P6eFm75acF

couple of other bonzi-adjacent choices but they’re all corpo. I’d love these on t-shirts but it’s a little tacky to tattoo them ykwim. I’m looking for something less corpo. Maybe like a feature or accordance rather than a logo t.co/a50JJqV7pX

ah man this genre of gif was iconic!! im still hoping to find something else that hits in a sorta surprising way… t.co/QYSpNBkulq t.co/PdRw0vdgU8

asl? and and l33tspeak are some of my favorites so far though still a little on the quirky silly side. hoping for something sorta classy might be asking for too much but ima keep looking lol

oh here’s a thought I like the idea of: Tim Berners-Lee’s diagram! It’s a little on the complicated side… wonder if anyone would recognise it if it were remade into an icon without text, like if you reduced it to pixel art or an engraving on a small sheet of metal t.co/UTJGJH3OpZ

similar to: t.co/iEADAo7oLg

not directly relevant but I just got reminded of these guys t.co/Jg26BmqRen

random trivia: "The earliest yet discovered @ is found in a Bulgarian translation of a Greek chronicle written by Constantinos Manasses in 1345. Held today in the Vatican Apostolic Library, it features the @ symbol in place of the capital letter alpha "Α" as an initial in the… t.co/0sf2WBK5kf t.co/v1RjN0dq2p

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