• box464@kbin.social
    30·
    9 months ago

    I grew up in a very rural area of the southern U.S. back in the 80s. The internet wasn’t quite a thing yet, so my window to the world outside my small town was our mailbox, located at Rural Route Box 464. I had pen pal letters, catalogs, magazines and comic books delivered in the mail and it was pure joy to run down the dusty road and check for something new every day.

    The internet became my new window to the world, so it just seemed natural to use “Box464” as my address. Even got the domain!

  • thb_tx@lemmy.world
    13·
    9 months ago

    When ICQ was new, I met a girl online that went by Tina. Cute blonde with a gap in her front teeth. She and I would video chat all day while I worked. Many NSFW video chats from her side.

    She named me Tina’s Horny Boyfriend. And I lived in Texas.

    Sadly, we never met and I lost track of her.

  • vynlwombat@lemmy.world
    11·
    9 months ago

    I had a screensaver in the late 90’s that made random but grammatically correct sentences. One sentence said “I once was a vinyl wombat”

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
    11·
    9 months ago

    I was a bookish child and my mother used to take me to the local library weekly. On the way to the children’s section I had to pass the large print shelf. There was always this one hardback book there, The Spitting Image. It had a bizarre looking gargoyle on the cover and I used to look away so I wouldn’t have nightmares about it, but peek at it between my fingers. Every week for years the spitting image would watch me run past it to the Tintin books. Eventually I lost my fear and I could look it straight in the face. It was a goofy thing, nothing like as sinister as I first thought.

    Once upon a time the world was a magical place and I used to invent my own rituals as protection.

  • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    9 months ago

    My name’s Hiram. I was born in Chihuahua, and raised in Chicago.

    Both are home, and both start with “Chi.”

    • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      I apologize if this is inappropriate, but have you ever met any Chichimeca? I’m a Mesoamérica history dork and La Gran Chichimeca is an area of interest for me and I believe the Chihuahua desert was in that territory or at least neighboring it.

      I imagine they would be hard to find in Chicago, so once again I apologize if I’m being ignorant.

      • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Not to my knowledge.

        Also: My understanding is that La Gran Chichimeca was further south from Chihuahua, around the Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, and Guanajuato region. Basically between Chihuahua and Mexico City.

        You might know better than I would though, if that’s something you study/studied.

        I got Tarahumara blood in me, but you wouldn’t know it from the current state of my cardio lol

        • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
          3·
          9 months ago

          Thanks for the clarification, I thought it might be a neighboring territory. While it is my joy to study the regions the only reason I would know more is that I ask questions to eliminate my assumptions.

          It is a pleasure to meet a Rarámuri though! From my books I’ve been told that your ancestral lands were part of a vast trade network. This is best evidenced in macaw burials and feather art found in Arizona of all places.

          As far as my bloodline, if you have seen one fat celt you’ve seen them all.

          • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            While it is my joy to study the regions the only reason I would know more is that I ask questions to eliminate my assumptions.

            Always a good approach. Commend you for that.

            It is a pleasure to meet a Rarámuri though! From my books I’ve been told that your ancestral lands were part of a vast trade network. This is best evidenced in macaw burials and feather art found in Arizona of all places.

            Is that so? It would make sense, given its geography.

            As far as my bloodline, if you have seen one fat celt you’ve seen them all.

            You funny for that 🤣🤣