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Video: MTV News Explores Cyberspace In 1995

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People on the internet in 1995.

In 1995 MTV News visited the World Wide Web, which had only been around a few years. It was the year Michael Jackson moved into cyberspace, apparently! It was also the year that David Bowie decided he was already bored with the internet. That guy, always the pioneer! Check out the video below, where Kurt Loder and a cyber journalist take a dip in the cyberpool, which at the time included "a twirling image of R2D2" and, separately, lots of sex. Some of the things you'll hear include:

  • "If you ain't on the information superhighway baby, then where is you?" — Coolio
  • "You can talk to someone pretending to be a penguin!" — Kurt Loder
  • "I think it's helped, along with the bootleg tapes, to spread the word about us... it's a little weird." — Dave Matthews

[via Laughing Squid]

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  • jza1218

    Oh man...I totally forgot what Moby looked like with hair

  • And thus we created the fast seduction community.

  • mistermarkdavis

    I remember the Micheal Jackson massive chat.  I couldn't get a question through.

  • ddhboy

    "technology fad like the CB radio."
    Oh, 1995 MTV

  • mistermarkdavis

    At the time Compuserve was still calling it's chat rooms CB radio.  At the time it wasn't really a odd thing to say.

  • TheRealCannibal

    Gothamist:  Your source for irrelevant viral videos 2 days after the rest of the world has seen them

  • Guest

    they're too busy talking about bike lanes...

  • mistermarkdavis

    gothamist is the bike lane on the information super highway

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