FabSwingers.com forum: What did we do before the internet?

By * Jay69 OP Man
over a year ago

Bridgwater - Somerset

"Everyone knows that the Internet is changing our lives, mostly because someone in the media has uttered that exact phrase every single day since 1993. However, it certainly appears that the main thing the Internet has accomplished is the normalization of amateur pornography. There is no justification for the amount of naked people on the World Wide Web, many of whom are clearly (clearly!) doing so for non-monetary reasons. Where were these people fifteen years ago? Were there really millions of women in 1986 turning to their husbands and saying, 'You know, I would love to have total strangers masturbate to images of me deep-throating a titanium dildo, but there's simply no medium for that kind of entertainment. I guess we'll just have to sit here and watch Falcon Crest again."

Quote from Chuck Klosterman - discuss?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lots of "TOP SHELF" magazines had a readers wives section.

Just like the contact magazines, they are also now online.

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By * Jay69 OP Man
over a year ago

Bridgwater - Somerset

"Lots of "TOP SHELF" magazines had a readers wives section.

Just like the contact magazines, they are also now online.

Yes, but 'reader's Wives' was hundreds, now it's thousands.

Guess people did.t know thwy wanted to do it till they could?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Masturbated less

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Digital instant pics, or Video cameras hadnt been invented.

Your sexy pics had to be sent off, or taken to your local Chemist.

Now you can do it all instantly, and in private.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was still at school before the internet

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

There was no energy left. By the time you'd cycled oop hill for t' Hovis and put sheets through mangle you were fooked

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

you used to have swingers magazine, also clubs and venues where you could meet.

It has always been there just a little more open or easier to fnd now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Internet existed way before the 80s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We used our vocal chords to converse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shudders... All those evenings sitting round the piano, singing and even .... Talking !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

there was a time when there was no internet

ah i remember learning about those prehistoric times in history one..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"there was a time when there was no internet

ah i remember learning about those prehistoric times in history one..

Alright ducky don't rub it in

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By *imjohnCouple
over a year ago

Clacton on sea, Essex

We used Desire and the LOOT...both for meeting people.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

I think the internet opened the world up for a lot of people. Before that they probably thought they were the only people that had the fantasies they did. All of a sudden people could find others that were into the same as them.

I wonder what the timewasters did pre-internet?

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By *ustMyselfWoman
over a year ago

At the end of a cracked Rainbow

"I think the internet opened the world up for a lot of people. Before that they probably thought they were the only people that had the fantasies they did. All of a sudden people could find others that were into the same as them.

I wonder what the timewasters did pre-internet?"

They were probably flicking through magazines and not buying

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"We used Desire and the LOOT...both for meeting people."

It was LOOT that first got me into swinging. I (Rob) met a couple from an advert in there, had a couple of nice meetings and they told me about the Adam & Eve swinger club, I think it was the only one in the UK back then (1987 ish). I didn't know that such things things existed, so I started going there regularly and I've been swinging on and off both as a single guy and now as a couple with my second long term partner ever since. I have to admit though that buying my 1st PC in 1999 made life much easier.

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

The internet has existed since just after World War II. The World Wide Web was launched in the early 90's.

Personally I would like to thank the internet for LOLs and troll face.

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By *cottishrichMan
over a year ago

Here and there

"The Internet existed way before the 80s

Where did you get that from?

Tim Berners-Lee used hypertext protocol to share files across computers at CERN in 1989/1990, thus inventing the what would later be known as the World Wide Web.

He did not patent his invention/idea so that the world could benefit from it and it wasn't until around 1996 before anyone other than academics started to use the Internet.

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

Need to know basis

I still have many of the Porn mags I bought 30+ years ago. It was very daring to reach for that top shelf (being 5ft made it harder), trying to be discreet, looking over your shoulder to make sure nobody was looking, holding the mag cover page down all the way to the counter, sliding it across to the shop assistant with burning cheeks (not those ones

), keeping eyes low, quickly handind your money and running outside as quickly as possible in a dignified manner...ahhhhhh! The good old days of reading porn!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to love the readers wives/story's in escort and fiesta

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Internet existed way before the 80s

Where did you get that from?

Tim Berners-Lee used hypertext protocol to share files across computers at CERN in 1989/1990, thus inventing the what would later be known as the World Wide Web.

He did not patent his invention/idea so that the world could benefit from it and it wasn't until around 1996 before anyone other than academics started to use the Internet.

You are talking about the World Wide Web, not the Internet. Two different things.

I've been using the Internet since 1988.

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By *cottishrichMan
over a year ago

Here and there

"The Internet existed way before the 80s

Where did you get that from?

Tim Berners-Lee used hypertext protocol to share files across computers at CERN in 1989/1990, thus inventing the what would later be known as the World Wide Web.

He did not patent his invention/idea so that the world could benefit from it and it wasn't until around 1996 before anyone other than academics started to use the Internet.

You are talking about the World Wide Web, not the Internet. Two different things.

I've been using the Internet since 1988.

Ok, yes, technically. The Internet is the infrastructure not the content.

But back then it really was just a large network used by institutions such as MIT and CERN etc. It was nothing like the Internet we know today.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Internet existed way before the 80s

Where did you get that from?

Tim Berners-Lee used hypertext protocol to share files across computers at CERN in 1989/1990, thus inventing the what would later be known as the World Wide Web.

He did not patent his invention/idea so that the world could benefit from it and it wasn't until around 1996 before anyone other than academics started to use the Internet.

You are talking about the World Wide Web, not the Internet. Two different things.

I've been using the Internet since 1988.

Ok, yes, technically. The Internet is the infrastructure not the content.

But back then it really was just a large network used by institutions such as MIT and CERN etc. It was nothing like the Internet we know today. "

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Before the internet I think I probably did the housework !!!!! lol I soooo need to leave the keyboard alone and do some .......... hey ho five more minutes .....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Simple reason is its easy. Can sit at home in the buff and click a button. Anonyity ease and webcams made it possible.

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By *cottishrichMan
over a year ago

Here and there

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way. "

That was in regard to using the internet at home, the internet was available before 1990!

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way.

That was in regard to using the internet at home, the internet was available before 1990!

I can vouch for this. I was downloading hamburger shots from the University of Pisa with Gopher and Usenet in about 1989. Some of the pictures still haven't fully downloaded.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way. "

The web was sparse but IRC, Gopher etc. were extremely active.

My point really was that the Internet is not the Web, and many people confuse the two.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way.

That was in regard to using the internet at home, the internet was available before 1990!

I can vouch for this. I was downloading hamburger shots from the University of Pisa with Gopher and Usenet in about 1989. Some of the pictures still haven't fully downloaded.

Argh it's Thursday!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way.

That was in regard to using the internet at home, the internet was available before 1990!

I can vouch for this. I was downloading hamburger shots from the University of Pisa with Gopher and Usenet in about 1989. Some of the pictures still haven't fully downloaded.

Haha. Ah, the joys of uuencoded porn.

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way.

That was in regard to using the internet at home, the internet was available before 1990!

I can vouch for this. I was downloading hamburger shots from the University of Pisa with Gopher and Usenet in about 1989. Some of the pictures still haven't fully downloaded.

Haha. Ah, the joys of uuencoded porn.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still have many of the Porn mags I bought 30+ years ago. It was very daring to reach for that top shelf (being 5ft made it harder), trying to be discreet, looking over your shoulder to make sure nobody was looking, holding the mag cover page down all the way to the counter, sliding it across to the shop assistant with burning cheeks (not those ones

), keeping eyes low, quickly handind your money and running outside as quickly as possible in a dignified manner...ahhhhhh! The good old days of reading porn!

exactly like this , but i used to choose the sexy woman behind the counter to take the mag to just in the hope she would react with a smile

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not get scared to death with Freaky Thursday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being back monopoly and other board games lol

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

"Not get scared to death with Freaky Thursday

BOO!

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

Need to know basis

), keeping eyes low, quickly handind your money and running outside as quickly as possible in a dignified manner...ahhhhhh! The good old days of reading porn!

exactly like this , but i used to choose the sexy woman behind the counter to take the mag to just in the hope she would react with a smile "

Ha ha good thinking Batman

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not get scared to death with Freaky Thursday

BOO!"

Hides under the bed

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

Need to know basis

"Not get scared to death with Freaky Thursday

BOO!

Hides under the bed

Not nice Mr Funkey Monkey to scare my friend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Shudders... All those evenings sitting round the piano, singing and even .... Talking !

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god I miss those days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not get scared to death with Freaky Thursday

BOO!

Hides under the bed

Not nice Mr Funkey Monkey to scare my friend

Shush I kinda like it! And he may come find me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way.

That was in regard to using the internet at home, the internet was available before 1990!

I can vouch for this. I was downloading hamburger shots from the University of Pisa with Gopher and Usenet in about 1989. Some of the pictures still haven't fully downloaded.

Argh it's Thursday!

Quick Julie, hide under the bed with me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Masturbated less"

I didn't

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Internet existed way before the 80s

Where did you get that from?

Tim Berners-Lee used hypertext protocol to share files across computers at CERN in 1989/1990, thus inventing the what would later be known as the World Wide Web.

He did not patent his invention/idea so that the world could benefit from it and it wasn't until around 1996 before anyone other than academics started to use the Internet. "

Although working on completely different protocols to the internet we know today, it is generally accepted that the nearest precursor to the modern internet is the system being used by the US military (specifically the US Navy) as far back as 1958.

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over a year ago

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way.

That was in regard to using the internet at home, the internet was available before 1990!

I can vouch for this. I was downloading hamburger shots from the University of Pisa with Gopher and Usenet in about 1989. Some of the pictures still haven't fully downloaded.

Argh it's Thursday!

Quick Julie, hide under the bed with me

budge up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Lots of "TOP SHELF" magazines had a readers wives section.

Just like the contact magazines, they are also now online.

Yep. We used to have them handed around at school Lol! The I always remember - and the one which sparked my interest in erotic fiction - was called Experience (dunno if anyone remembers is from the mid-70's). I think all the porn mags had contact sections in those days, and it sometimes took weeks to get a response if you replied to an ad. Tried that once with my then fiance in the early 80's when we wanted to try the lifestyle, but got so frustrated at how long it all took!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

when club first had the peaches(anal) section it certainly did it for me xx

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

Need to know basis

I've been using it at home since 1994, and the web was around then.

Prior to that there was Usenet, email, FTP and Gopher (among others), and there was a thriving community of normal users.

Yes, it's different now, but it's changing all the time.

Exactly, post 1990!

I've been using it since '96 and it was pretty sparse back then.

Its only over the past decade or so with the introduction of fibre optic broadband and small cheap computers that it's really taken off in a big way.

That was in regard to using the internet at home, the internet was available before 1990!

I can vouch for this. I was downloading hamburger shots from the University of Pisa with Gopher and Usenet in about 1989. Some of the pictures still haven't fully downloaded.

Argh it's Thursday!

Quick Julie, hide under the bed with me

budge up

Is there space for a tiny little Bambi?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What did we do before the internet"

We kept it real.

Even with the internet I keep it so real you cant even handle me

Ben

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

"Not get scared to death with Freaky Thursday

BOO!

Hides under the bed

Not nice Mr Funkey Monkey to scare my friend

Shush I kinda like it! And he may come find me

Muhahahahahahahaaaahhhah cough ahahahaaaaa

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