I also remember when the internet was as fast as a fax machine.
That was the newbie experience for some of us. It just means we are able to adapt to new sites, like Steemit, faster.
"A professional is someone who has made every possible mistake in a narrow field." Amusing, but the clincher is, "And has learnt from them."
My very first online experience was on my next door neighbors father's machine... from the Pentagon, he was a naval officer high up. There was no screen, we played hunt the wumpus and "adventure" on text that came out on a roll of .... drum roll... thermal fax paper.
Ah, we were one step up - Adventure on a screen and dot matrix printer. I was still a teen but had access to a uni computer at weekends.
$ look <enter>
# You see a flashlight.
# There are exists to the N,S,E & W.
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