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For all of you who are misty-eyed pondering those wonderful, probably-lost-forever Usenet posts from the 90s, I dare you to read Kibo's .signature (last updated 5/5/94 4:52AM <-- CINCO DE MAY-O !!!!) at http://archive.birdhouse.org/etc/kibosig.txt to cure yourselves of misplaced misty-eyed nostalgia for those long-ago times when the Internet was something else.

Kibo for President!

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What did I just read. It’s like trying to understand satire from a hundred years ago.

I was convinced it was hopelessly corrupted by the archiving process, but some of the ASCII art still works (mostly).

It's concentrated 90's memes, straight from the Gen X tap. Can be hazardous in large doses.

It's a usenet signature that grew longer and more ridiculous over time, with the changelog slapped on top.

It really is archaic; we don't use signatures for anything anymore (email, barely).

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