SO IN OTHER “yeah in retrospect the ‘90s internet thing was a little… huh” news

remember how for a while in the ‘90s web every website was running ads for the X10 wireless camera

and they were significant because they were the first pop-ups, and pop-unders at scale in web history

like, a huge scale in those days

and that was discussed at like slashdot and ars technica and whatnot from like a technical coding standpoint, from a user experience standpoint (furious), from a user experience theory standpoint (furious), from business and legal standpoints

and it was kind of elided or winked at this whole time that the actual content of these ads was “hey, here’s some inconspicuous cameras to use with attractive women”, click to this website as the update to call now from this commercial to buy Pure Moods

only except to buy the hidden camera, to watch women, maybe your babysitter? that was an angle

that paid to put these ads fucking everywhere

if I’m looking back nostalgically on the gender politics of the ‘90s and the early internet I gotta admit that’s fucked up