Cynicism and hating the "mainstream" on internet forums

>>60287630
is 4chan not enough for you?

>>60287643
Even 4chan seems tame compared to the older 4chan/online forums. If you go on /mu/, you get called a neckbeard for hating on hip-hop and pop and teased for liking obscure metal music for example.

I'm not asking for that stuff to come back, I'm just curious on what caused everything to change.

If it makes you feel better i think you should totally kys

>>60287630
You grew up. All those stupid kids grew up. New stupid kids replaced them, they get into stupid fights on Youtube comment sections instead.

>>60287770
I feel like the youtube comment section is the final remnant of the "old internet cynicism" that I'm talking about.

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>>60287630
1 word
smartphones

>>60287802
So were normies on the internet then limiting themselves to Myspace and news sites and ignored forums/urban dictionary/comment sections or whatever?

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people grew up
some more than others

>>60287873
Almost everyone I knew back then had a PC hooked to the internet though. It's not like the internet was "underground" until smartphones were a thing.

>>60287630
Nah, it's the other way around and you probably know it. The "normie" thing grew on fourchan and has since grown out of control. Its pretty sad really. Suffice to say, the old internet wasnt very concerned with living up to some stereotype of what it was supposed to be. Everyone was still to starry-eyed amazed that there could be things like goatse.cx, free cheerleader porn, and so on.

>>60287630
The 90's and early 2000's were edgy in a kinda angsty, apathetic way; gorey Newgrounds flash animations and games are the best example that jumps to mind.

We're probably more cynical now, but it's in the form of more straightforward anger instead of omnipresent snarking.

>>60288335
Internet access was widespread, but maybe cable access exceeded a threshold at some point. I remember mom having her own cable line in the early 2000's while my dad and brother used dial-up, and that was treated as a fairly special case because she was a webmaster and needed high-speed internet to work remotely. When Nintendo introduced DS wi-fi they also sold a USB adapter because a large chunk of their customer base wouldn't have routers at home.

>>60287630
>>60287660
People started getting locked up because shit they did online, that's what happened.

>>60287908
>He said as he tries to continue and "Smash Capitalism®" with his fellow communists who still unironically communism can actually work in the real world, despite the whole Eastern bloc, the USSR and Venezuela becoming shitholes because of it

>>60287660
/mu/ has been cancer for years now.
Its a place for normalfag waifu worship and fantano jerking.