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In my memory, by 1995 in high school computers were still a weird nerd subculture thing. There were a few non-nerds who had discovered PC games like DOOM, and t
by nsxwolf 9y ago
In my memory, by 1995 in high school computers were still a weird nerd subculture thing. There were a few non-nerds who had discovered PC games like DOOM, and that created interesting socialization opportunities for nerds.
No girls though. Just the few you met out in the BBS scene.
- ghaff 9y agoFunny you mention the BBS scene. There was a period (probably late 80s) when I was pretty involved with a large local commercial BBS. And we did a bit of socializing together. I imagine it skewed male but my recollection is that it wasn't overwhelmingly male.
- nsxwolf 9y agoI wonder if it being a commercial BBS had something to do with the demographics? The underground/hacker/warez boards were pretty male.
- ghaff 9y agoMaybe. This was a subscription local BBS as opposed to a commercial service like CIS. But the main board wasn't really an underground/hacker/warez demographic. As I recall it was a pretty civilized atmosphere. Also was definitely post-teenager demographic.