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this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
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Online & email didn't exist 40 years ago
online, 70y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/online#etymonline_v_7031
email, 41y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/e-mail#etymonline_v_5763
The internet didn’t exist at this time, but those two words did, and referred to their pre-internet equivalents.
Also, I was making a joke. But you do happen to be incorrect.
Things many people discovered again in this comment:
Fuck, I'm old.
IPv4 is 43 years old, and there was the arpanet before that. They probably meant Usenet with the term "online". The first E-Mail was sent in 1971.
But tbh, I am quite impressed how early the YMCA adopted.