If by “back in the day” you mean “a few days ago when I found the archives”, then, yes, I thought Alex was a girl, and that when the Pizza Delivery Man called him “Mr Dark Power 451” it was a joke about how people assume everyone on the Internet was male.
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Hey, I resemble that.
Did people say “‘puter” way back when?
My grandmother still does. It’s actually one of the least objectionable things about her.
Have people ever said “‘puter”? When I was a kid we called a computer “The C.”
We played a lot of Treasure Mountain. It was pretty rad.
Yeah. It was actually a common abbreviation back in those days in my circles, though I’ve only ever seen it in typed chats.
Am I the only one that thought Alex was a female back in the day? And then thought it was strange that there was a girl on the computer?
No, I though he was also a she until I think, at one point, he gets chin hair.
Again, from the Roomies! book–that’s WHY he got a goatee. “Then everyone thought he was a girl with facial hair.”
i read dumbing of age first and saw alex as amber and a girl to
If by “back in the day” you mean “a few days ago when I found the archives”, then, yes, I thought Alex was a girl, and that when the Pizza Delivery Man called him “Mr Dark Power 451” it was a joke about how people assume everyone on the Internet was male.
I’ve only heard ‘puter said out loud once in my life. My best friends mother.
Tappity tap.
Alex is a far more tolerant Tumblr, really.
Originally posted:
December 5, 1997