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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Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoYeah - 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.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 weeks 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
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.