Comment on Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online?

• omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Oh sweet summer child

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  • chonkyninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Son? Is that you?

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Are ya winning son?

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Age/Sex/Location

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• Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yeah - back in the day A/S/L was asked so you had a rough idea of the type of person you were talking (typing) with…

  37/M/India v 15/F/US would give you a very rough idea of the demographic the other person belonged to - and might shape your conversation differently.

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  • BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    and as internet lore of old says: that 15/F/US was either a 30 y/o living in their mum’s basement or an FBI agent

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Which was weird, because I remember being 14 in the late 90s, and EVERYONE was 14-16/F/Cali.

      And I’d always say “Oh, sorry. I’m 14, but I’m from Ohio”.

      I wonder how many FBI agents I pissed off.

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  • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Having lived in the days of IRC and BBS you did not tell people your ASL and knew anyone that asked was probably a pervert.

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• floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  awww

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