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"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness" That's a damn good quote for what I'm seeing here.

Old internet wasn't perfect, but it was a lot less egocentric. Social Media is what makes you think everything is about you.

It's getting to the point where: Random user: Hey I like water Twitter: *SO YOU HATE DEATH?!*

“Do you really think the old internet where everyone was calling you slurs is better?” YES! YES I DO!

Twitter users need to understand that being offended isn’t an identity

How to piss off Twitter: 1. Post literally anything 2. Don't apologize 3. Profit

I remember back then the easily offended crowd was on Tumblr, and people on other sites referred to them as "Tumblrinas." Then when Tumblr fell out of use they migrated to Twitter.

I miss the old internet eras just because no one really cared about what others did, you could just draw your art, play your games, express your opinion and have fun without being critisized or cancelled by someone who's extremely polarized

Old internet was less about race, less about bigots, less about politics or at least it's not on your face all the time, social websites weren't a thing, people weren't trying to make clout out of anything and everything. Common sense was still alive then

"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness" This quote perfectly encapsulates why the current generation of kids (at least the part that feels comfortable in the modern internet, somehow) will never understand what made the old internet so great; it wasn't about being able to say slurs, it was about the freedom, the creativity, and the sense of community.

"birds born in a cage think flying is an illness" modern internet -> cage flying -> creativity & free expression

Man, look at all those happy faces. No wonder modern Twitter hates it.

I do miss internet before mass social media -KZfaq wasn't TV 2.0. -Artists didn't have to apologize for their creations -People doing the most deranged, ridiculous and absurd bs for clout weren't that often "Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness" Absolutely perfectly landed quote, it is the bird app in a nutshell.

The old free and creative internet IS BETTER. The new overly sensitive, censored, obsessed and angry internet sucks in comparison.

Twitter is literally "there only two opinions, my and the wrong one"

I miss this Internet era, too!! 2000s, Vocaloid, Nyancat, anime aesthetics, viral clips and music, mmd, animations, rainbows depicted in an innocent way.. For me, it was so much better than it is now.

"Where you get called slurs three times a day!" Sweet, sweet summer child. Sweet, thin-skinned, weak-willed summer child.

Jesus Christ, the old nostalgic memes offended people?

Even more ironically, I've seen waaay more ACTUAL bigotry and hate on the internet in the past few years. Like yeah I've always gotten my fair share of slurs (which I wear proudly) but in recent years is when death threats, suicide encouragement and "shitposts" about the most horrendous content have become normalized.

The world has changed... 2000-2010's era was legit something else, yet, nostalgic.

Tip for everyone; If you are offended, you can leave. If you don’t like someone’s opinion, you don’t have to agree or argue why they are wrong. If you don’t enjoy the art you can use the mute or block button.

“What about slurs?” Yes, because slurs are inherently an internet thing. Totally.

1:52 The perfect way to describe people who hate the old internet they never experienced

We’re not saying old internet was perfect We’re just saying we liked it more then what we have now

We did it. We found a point in time where some people are so dense that the internet itself offends people on the internet.

I miss the late 00's and early 2010's when people weren't easily offended

I never forget the times where the ppl did music but turned it into chipmunk version...

I was born in 2004, so I probably didn't get to experience the Internet in its true glory, but I miss being able to watch old Looney Tunes cartoons for free on KZfaq. It was the early 10's, the place was flooded with unauthorized shit quality 240p uploads of pretty much everything, and it was then that my lifelong love for classic cartoons began.

Freedom of speech pronotes creativity, but comes with the chance of being offended. I'd rather be offended than have my freedoms taken away

Calling people slurs on the internet has never stopped being a thing. I would even say it's more of a thing now than it ever has been. I have no idea what that Twitter user has been smoking.

Miss early 2010's and late 2000s, internet, culture, and vibe. Will never see that again so long, old friend.

The internet should be completely decentralised and ripped away from the mainstream so we have no more monopolies and many smaller sites with small yet strong communities and the return of forums, no “social media” just communities online where people talk and share things.

The sad thing is that despite there being more slurs back then, there was a lot less prejudice. Modern internet is overloaded with prejudice. Unfortunately, the fools who act like slurs are the worst are ignoring the prejudice because no slurs are used.

Twitter users don't hate on anything good and wholesome (IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE)

Twitter gets offended by everything 💀

people got along better back then because they were not always looking for something to be offended by and did not care about what they were called by others in the internet

Love how Twitter immediately proved what the artist wanted to say with this picture xD

They literally think anything from the past is fascism, so of course it did.

0:59 NGL this makes a lot of sense, the reason people miss old internet is because people were actually less crazy, yeah you had slurs and people going nuts over normal groups for dumb reasons, but nowadays it feels like they targeting even more groups for even DUMBER reasons, and the hating is even STRONGER when it comes to hating in nowadays internet, and even tho the people that back then where REALLY hated are less hated but still KINDA hated, it doesn't matter, they somehow managed to make the internet even worse, if you wanna you can respond this comment with even more reasons of why the internet nowadays sucks (tho in my opinion in the internet all you need for social media is youtube, i mean its entertainment, if you want social media, KZfaq, that's it, stay there, social media is the main reason people hate the internet, and i have not heard anything wack over youtube that is SUPER wack or has RUINED youtube nowadays, so KZfaq is to go)

>purple guy (2014) >surprised pikachu (2017) >no bitches (2022) The artist didn’t do much research

"I miss the old Internet." SO YOU LIKE SAYING SLURS??? IS THAT IT? HMMM????? I truly underestimate how brain dead Twitter users can be.

“You really truly miss this era of the internet without filters and being called slurs three times a day” Chad: “Yes.”

There is only one good thing about the recent internet: It made us value the old times. I fell bad for not seeing how unique the old Internet was. I see it now, but only thanks to this New Era. I never expected to be glad for the recent times being trash lol

Rule 69: if it exists, there is Twitter user offended about it

This is the equivalent to remembering the fun moments of childhood only for someone to constantly remind you of the terrible fights and broken relationships during that time. Buzzkill is the word of the day.

If the comment said something like, "do you miss the times before constant moderation" I would just simply reply "yes." Letting people be unfiltered and awful is the best way to know who to avoid.

Th old internet art is giving us memories that we can't never get it back

I recognize damn near all the of the memes in that drawing. The good old days where the internet was just fun and not a dumping ground for political takes and rage. Back when Hyadain still uploaded music, back when I first discovered Touhou and its wonderful music and back when there were a million shitty AMVs (usually Naruto related) with 'Everytime We Touch' or 'Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!'. The LTG cover of it is pretty good though, lol. Caramelldansen is still a bop.

How did they offended by this? This is wholesome.

Those days truly were the Golden Era of the internet. Now all we have are memories of a world long forgotten about.

I grew up with the old internet and as a person who witnessed the era of the early internet and early memes I’m saddened what the internet has become nowadays.

I first, officially got myself on the internet in the late 2010's, so I wasn't able to witness the beauty of the wild western internet. And yet, I wanna experience it for myself, despite that era being long gone. Why is that?

People back then were more mature and secure with themselves to the point toxicity was seen as childish and most often hilarious, not life threatening as seen by these adult babies. Ironically, humans tend to behave better when they aren’t being babysat or controlled with an overbearing parent.

It was trendy to be edgy and offensive back then. But no one was offended, everyone would have fun and share a laugh together. Today’s internet is so toxic and divided and the reason I am adamant about using little to no social media altogether. We have been breaded into obnoxious, power hungry goons. I hate it now

Why is it so hard for Twitter to stop being offended by the littlest things like bro chill out 😭

I miss the old internet too. too many hateful people ruining peoples lives. they need to face real consequences for such things. otherwise it will just keep getting worse.

Man these people are the reason gatekeeping exists.

I love how they say how the old internet was filled with people calling each other slurs, even though is literally the same issue in the modern internet.

Thx for playng ravenfield on the background, im glad that you choose this game to play

God it fills me with such joy recognizing everything in the image ❤

Looking at the art, a part of me feels so sad knowing that we'll never be able to go back to those times again. It really sucks how Twitter users and equivalents to them pollute it and ruin it, they're all so just easily offended and thinskinned to ANYTHING. God, I miss the old creative, open-minded, carefree, and jokeful era of the internet.

Sometimes it's not rose-tinted glasses, sometimes something in the past really was just better.

tbh i love this artwork it makes me think of the old days of the internet so much i miss those times

Irony is that mordern internet people say nore slurs than people in the old internet

In the "old internet" we would send these offended people a special jpg image, conveniently named "offended". It contained all the nicest things to improve their mood - they just need to keep on scrolling. Damn, now I'm sad, seeing how the internet went to shit...

“What are you doing to bring it back?” Well, personally, I do my best to say at least 50 slurs a day over the internet. It’s hard, but everyone’s gotta do their part.

I like coming back to this video, its nice to hear how much people miss ye olden days of the internet

“You don’t miss the Wild West until it is taken away” -someone based, 2019

Man I miss the "Wild West" of the internet. Sure, trolls were everywhere, trying to make ppl angry. But at the end of the day, it was just harmless banter online. The worst that would've happened back then was someone leaking your phone number and sending dozens of pizzas to your house or spam calling your home phone. All I remember from back then is getting trolled, and I loved it. The #1 thing ppl at my school wouldn't stop talking about was Annoying Orange, YTP's, Nyan Cat, or any of the other damn cats bc the internet had a strange fascination with them. I miss the old internet 🥲

THIS era of the internet, where you DONT have a risk of automatically getting Crucified for saying you like one fan-favorite character more than another, is what OP misses

how heartwarming, all those people sticking up for that one person, truly restores my faith in humanity.

I also miss the old era of the internet. Good ol' times... And I also miss Club Penguin.

People who hate the old internet couldn’t handle being in it for a second

I miss when Twitter could take a joke

Bro the art is great

I feel so old looking at these old memes, time flies.

The color circle trend was actually a lot of fun to do, and I love seeing people's own takes on it.

As my dad often says, the internet has done something that is both a blessing and a curse. Bringing people together from all over the world. On the one hand it's great because you can get all the information you want with one click and interact with people all over the world freely. On the other hand, the idiots who were once isolated and ignored can now find other idiots with whom to create flocks in which they self-validate and proliferate their stupidity.

The internet has become so toxic nowadays. Let's go back to the 90s with Dial-Up and VCRs, LOL.

The old internet is far better then it is now

Saying and hearing slurs, insults and rage back to you was peak internet. Specially on FPS and MMOS. Great... now I'm nostalgic...

I miss watching people playing Cards Against Humanity without Fear of Demonitaization

Man I know all of these memes now and appetite them all

The modern day internet reminds me of this story I heard once about a cowboy and a wild mare.

It's honestly a miracle if anything doesn't offend Twitter.

Before 2010: freely expresing your feeling After 2010: fame and money Also after 2020: *racing* through the world

i knew about youtube since 2014 (but i made my first channel 6 years later) and even though 2014 might be one of the newer eras of youtube or the internet as a whole, i can confirm it was way better than what's going on 10 years later.

I only got to experience the tail end of the Internets good years, (2011-2014) and although the memories of that time are a bit foggy I distinctly remember a much more positive environment on KZfaq, less drama, news wasn't constantly being shoved in our faces, less censorship, less corporate branding, it just felt more free with most videos just being skits done on crappy low quality cameras, ytps, and lets plays done by kids using notepad, it just felt so much simpler and I hate ho people boil down that era to "slurs and hatred" when I never experienced that kind of stuff, it only started in 2016 when all the hatred and slurs shit began to appear and honestly, new internet is WAY more hateful than the internet I experienced 10 years ago.

I love how those that called the person with internet nostalgia "problematic" just proved the point of why we're nostalgic in the first place. The Wild West era was chaotic but at least it wasn't tyrannical.

Everything got corporatized. Everything has to adhere to the brand name and everything has to feed back into making money

Bro Offended by internet? I’m being honest I love the old internet. Those were the days without Covid, with Early roblox, Minecraft was awesome, the memes weren’t dirty minded. Twitter just only focuses on the bad from what I’ve seen.

Anything:happens Twitter: and i took that personally

As someone born in that era, we didn't even had internet and I would actually go outside and head to a cafe to experience just playing flash games and memes in those time. The thing about old internet for me personally is it wasn't too integrated as much as it is now, It was an option to go to and have fun and watch funny cat videos Now, the internet is so integrated with most people that they forgot what it means to be an actual person. They don't understand the consequences of their action if they say that to people IRL nor have the thought that other people have different experiences when it came to 2000s and 2010s internet. Not all people in the internet said slurs in their past and not all even experienced the internet.

"You sure you miss the times where you could express yourself freely without having to tow the line to authoritarian karens?" That person complaining about the past did the reich thing.

Twitter gets offended by literally anything, that art is awesome btw!

This twitter artist is actually really cute and wholesome, i know this person, she does beautiful artworks, sadly internet always gets toxic for no reason

Before: “Old internet, I miss you.” After: “Old internet, I miss you even more now.”

"How dare you miss the time when mods didn’t abuse their powers to censor people that didn't agree with them or point out their corruption." Yeah, I am old enough to remember when the internet was less controlled and it was a nicer place, now that i think about it.

That bird quote is pretty real tbh