11 Mind-Blowing Ways Gen X Built The Internet (Before Google Even Existed)

Remember dial-up? Gen X was conquering the digital world before Wi-Fi even knew it had a name. Here’s how we invented the future one pixel at a time.

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1. We Invented Waiting for the Internet (and Called it Progress)

Back in the day, connecting to the internet was a ritual. You’d plug your landline into your giant beige computer, dial-up would screech, and the connection would fail… repeatedly.

Each attempt felt like launching a spacecraft, and when you “finally” connected, every page loaded line by line.

Waiting for a single photo to download taught us patience, and the strategic art of picking just one website to browse at a time.

So how did we go from snail-speed browsing to high-speed internet? Keep reading to find out…

2. Why Gen X Thinks of Floppy Disks as Sacred Relics