funny,saw,geek,nerd,dialup,90s,omg,still buffering,play him off If you get the joke in this, it probably means you are old

If you get the joke in this, it probably means you are old

posted by Leonards 2 weeks 6 days ago • 5994 views

tags: funny, saw, geek, nerd, dialup, 90s, omg, still buffering, play him off

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I felt old when I watched this!

A Saw trap everyone who was online in the 90s can relate to.

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Ironically, my broadband connection had to stop and buffer a few times while watching this.

written by dystopianfuturetoday

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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I lol'd heartily.

written by JAPR

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Good times....I had Free I internet.... LOL good vid...

written by NobleOne

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Lies! I'm not old yet!....am I? :<

written by Seric | 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Ditto on it buffering here too

Although I smirked when it did.

written by spoco2

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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You do know that YouTube did not exist in the 90s, right?

written by KamikazeCricket | 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Buffering, RealPlayer!! Dial-up. I still have that.

written by ant

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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If you get this joke, you used the internet in the 90's:

http://www.krellan.com/rant/real-buffering.jpg

written by Tymbrwulf

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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>> ^KamikazeCricket:
You do know that YouTube did not exist in the 90s, right?

You don't need to be in the 90's to be able to use dialup. I'm sure if you get an old modem and the right connection you can hook up a dialup even today.

written by cybrbeast

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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BTW, internet is now a civil right in norway. Granted by the goverment, your right to the sweet internet.

written by marinara

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Hahaha, RealPlayer.>> ^Tymbrwulf:
If you get this joke, you used the internet in the 90's:

http://www.krellan.com/rant/real-buffering.jpg

Hahaha, RealPlayer. What a piece of crap.

written by FlowersInHisHair | 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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i don't think you could watch a youtube vid via modem. typically they are 5MB/minute, and modems were more like 1MB/5min

written by joe2 | 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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>> ^joe2:
i don't think you could watch a youtube vid via modem. typically they are 5MB/minute, and modems were more like 1MB/5min

Umm what?

written by ajkido

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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I can hear the wooshing noise as this joke zooms over the heads of the youngins. I just hope that half of the comments above are sarcasm...

written by ridesallyridenc | 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Porn was a bitch in the 90's.

written by TheFreak | 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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>> ^TheFreak:
Porn was a bitch in the 90's.

You could do some amazing things with ASCII "back in the day."

written by ReverendTed | 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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upvote delayed until keyboard cat's appearance.

written by SlipperyPete

| 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Fuck you -- back in the early 80s, we had to watch YouTube videos in TEXT!

written by StukaFox | 2 weeks 6 days ago | CH

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'funny, saw, geek, nerd, dialup, 90s' to 'funny, saw, geek, nerd, dialup, 90s, omg, still buffering' - edited by calvados

written by siftbot

| 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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I missed the old modem sound so much once that I created a batch file that would play an mp3 of a dial up every time I opened Firefox.

written by ctrlaltbleach

| 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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yes..this video buffered like 9 times..I think youtube is having a bandwidth crisis tonight.

written by jmd

| 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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>> ^joe2:
i don't think you could watch a youtube vid via modem. typically they are 5MB/minute, and modems were more like 1MB/5min

On my crappy telephone landlines, I could only go 3 KB/sec. for compressed datas (24000-31200).

Here you go, guys: http://www.lazylaces.com/56Kmodem/ (simulator!)

written by ant

| 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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This makes you old? Really? When I hear the dial-up tone I get fuzzy feelings inside.

written by Gallowflak | 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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I'm pleased to find out that I can still sing along with the dial-up tone. ooombudah ooooooooom-bUH aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrssschhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhwwweeecccchhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHH

written by residue

| 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'funny, saw, geek, nerd, dialup, 90s, omg, still buffering' to 'funny, saw, geek, nerd, dialup, 90s, omg, still buffering, play him off' - edited by gwiz665

written by siftbot

| 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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this reminded me of this 24 parody - http://www.videosift.com/video/24-The-unaired-1994-pilot

written by spawnflagger | 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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So being old could now apply to any kid as early as in their low twenties?

written by Kreegath

| 2 weeks 5 days ago | CH

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pfft, old, my first was an acoustic coupled 300 Baud modem like the one in the movie War Games. Ally Sheedy optional.

written by Memorare

| 2 weeks 4 days ago | CH

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I'm 19, apparently I'm old.

written by aceofkidneys

| 2 weeks 4 days ago | CH

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I didn't even try to start playing this video until it had completely loaded, would have had to buffer about 30 times if I had tried. And I'm on broadband. And yeah, though we didn't have youtube in those days I remember how horrible Real was. And speaking of crappy streaming video systems, does anyone remember vivo? =)

And noticed that the kitty video is from a Finnish user. Didn't expect that.

written by jubuttib

| 2 weeks 4 days ago | CH

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