From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Sun, 7 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > I tried. I really did. BBSes. USENET. Web. Gopher. Gemini. sftp   
   > file sharing.   
      
   sftp?? Please elaborate! =)   
      
   > Regardless the protocol veneer, it was always a search for fun-ly   
   > intelligent others to interact with.   
   >   
   > It's never panned out.   
   >   
   > Sure, it could be (READ: probably is) me.   
   >   
   > But somehow selves - apparently be definition - wind up taking   
   > them*selves* far more seriously than the hilarity of    
   > taking itself to be utterly separate, isolated selves/individuals   
   > taking them*selves* far more seriously than...  self-referential loop>   
   >   
   > And *poof!* is it - the hoped-for interactive possibilities -   
   > gone....   
      
   I'm sorry, I did my best! =(   
      
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