My son is reading! He read a whole “level 1” or whatever you call it book with no help and a level 2 with me just talking him sounding out a handful of words.

What didn’t you like? I remember having a few issues here and there but otherwise being entertained.

Consider yourself lucky. I think I was in high school.

I was very relieved when Rick Rolling replaced that trend.

Oh yeah and there were a handful of multiplayer ones where one player used the left half of the keyboard and the second player used the right half.

And maybe a handful of websites where there was actually a chatroom where you talked with a stranger while you played your shitty flash game.

The Internet was…Weird. it was way more anonymous and way less centralized. You didn’t just check Reddit or Lemmy or YouTube, you had a favorites bar. You would go down the list and check 4 different flash websites, 3 forums, and some news/entertainment article sites.

And friends would constantly tell you new sites you had to check out. And webcomics. You would find a webcomic and read it from the start, then add it to your weekly update list.

It was also peak gross Internet. You would always be wary of links friends would send. Goatse and lemon party were guaranteed to be hiding in one.

Everyone had their favorite flash game site. Simple, one player games that you did just for fun. No achievements or social element besides sharing the link with a friend.

IDK if I missed something or I just disagree, but I remember all but maybe one short story ending up with the laws working as intended (though unexpectedly) and humanity being better as a result.

Didn’t they end with humanity being controlled by a hyper-intelligent benevolent dictator, which ensured humans were happy and on a good path?

What a fucking boss.

My wife and I were talking about this while we were struggling to figure out how to occupy our young children in the hours that school doesn’t cover while we’re still at work.

It seems a scam that children are meant to go to school and do other activities for 9 to 10 hours a day just so we can put food on the table.

Why does this make you mad?

The lead singer, Jonathon “Smash” Mouth was actually a leading climate scientist for 30 years before forming the band.

The band was actually started as a way to wake the world up. Their first hit single “walkin’ on the sun” was another hint for people to pay attention to the global climate.

The drummer, Al Gore, actually attempted to run for president in the year 2000. Although he was unsuccessful, he continues to try to fight climate change through documentaries.

Lol, picturing OP taking this picture while sobbing bitter tears because Tina-bot02 is cheating on him.

Not pictured was the moaning and grinding on strangers.

No but most people just read the headline and move on nowadays.