Lucky Internet Formative Years

I can't express how lucky I was to have spent my formative years with an internet that was shaped by >110 IQ nerds instead of third world content farms struggling over 5$ of ad revenue

A social media post nostalgically claims that the speaker grew up with an internet shaped by highly intelligent nerds rather than low-quality content farms chasing a few dollars in advertising revenue. The joke is an elitist, exaggerated comparison between the old internet and today’s algorithmic, ad-driven web, used as a reaction to criticize modern online content. EN: A social media post nostalgically claims that the speaker grew up with an internet shaped by highly intelligent nerds rather than low-quality content farms chasing a few dollars in advertising revenue. The joke is an elitist, exaggerated comparison between the old internet and today’s algorithmic, ad-driven web, used as a reaction to criticize modern online content.

• @gentoomemes / 21516 2026-07-29