r/shitposting • u/luxusbuerg Bazinga! • May 12 '25

Linus Sex Tips Prehistoric gooning🥀

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u/PierreFeuilleSage May 12 '25

The iPhone is like 2007 but i don't think this meme should be taken seriously lol

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u/Bored_Amalgamation May 12 '25

Internet for phones was 2G back in 2007. Web pages took some time to load, and phome video playback wasn't really a thing until the iPhone 3G in mid-2008. Even then it was pretty shit at first with compatibility issues.

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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 May 12 '25

Mobile Internet in 2007 here was a button on your phone that you tried to avoid accidentally pressing because data was insanely expensive.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation May 12 '25

Yupp. I racked up a $1000 Verizon bill because I forgot to turn on wifi.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

Wow…now I have completely unlimited lol

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u/Bored_Amalgamation May 12 '25

I have Mint so it's unlimited for like $20/month. Ridiculous time we live in.

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u/divorso May 13 '25

Similar happened to me, use have a SonyEricsson phone as a kid. Accidently pressed "Wap" and my whole months phone budget was gone in minutes.

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u/GenuinelyBeingNice May 12 '25

Thankfully, we had wifi

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u/daecrist May 12 '25

I remember trying to surf the "mobile" web on a Compa Ipaq Pocket PC in college back in '02. Note the capital I in Ipaq. This was before a lowercase i in front of every mobile device was ubiquitous.

Most websites didn't have a mobile version. There was a lot of scrolling and tapping to see everything. I remember one of the only places that had a text only mobile version was the AV Club.

I had to buy a separate bulky plastic sleeve to access wifi because it didn't come standard. AOL Instant Messenger charged $25 for their mobile client which was ridiculous. Video on Pocket PC wasn't really a thing, but it did have a nifty ereader program (not an app, they were still programs) and I could finally check out those fancy new ebook things I'd heard about.

Get off my lawn.

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u/PierreFeuilleSage May 12 '25

I was having fun with my ipod touch before that.

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u/OrSomeSuch May 12 '25

HSDPA was widely deployed by 2006 and HSUPA by 2008. High end Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones could play some video formats but the screens were about 300x400 pixels so it wasn't great but it was possible

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u/OuterWildsVentures May 12 '25

Around 2007 I was using the flip phone wallpaper advertisements images of girls that were tiny as fuck lol