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💾 Dial-Up Days & Flash Files: Growing Up on the Early Internet (2000–2005)

Remember when the internet felt like uncharted territory - full of mystery, pixelated avatars, and auto-playing music? This week, Jarus and Jonny fire up the modem and take you back to the weird, wild web of the early 2000s.

From building glittery MySpace profiles to accidentally crashing browsers with too many animations, they dive into the early digital playgrounds that shaped a generation. Jonny even tells a shocking story of meeting an online friend… in real life… at a middle school musical 👀

They also explore the games and platforms that raised us:

🪙 Neopets - low-key teaching us economics before we knew it
❄️ Club Penguin - where snowball fights and dance parties ruled
⚔️ RuneScape - the original grind, and the birthplace of online scams
🔥 Homestar Runner - Flash animation gold featuring Trogdor, Strong Bad emails, and early internet meme culture

Whether you lived through dial-up or never had to wait for AIM to load, this episode is a digital time capsule packed with nostalgia, humor, and insight into how those early online experiences still shape us today.

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