The good ol' day

[TooLittleTime]

Showing my age, pre internet there was BBS systems, and they never completely died out. There was even systems where you could access Usenet through BBS boards. Unsurprisingly, BBS boards were often rampant with porn. Plenty of clean boards on different subject matters, but many other would at least have a porn section, or just be dedicated to it. And even subscription systems.

Understand, your downloading 640x480 images and such, on the likes of 14k modems. My experience in that space was it was easy to find all types of adult HC porn. For the young ones it seemed to primarily be underage nudity much more than anything else. Much like Usenet later, until HC porn exploded on there and then the usual repercussions eventually kicked in.

I'm sure there were CP bust around BBS systems, but it definitely didn't usually make mainstream news that I remember. And these are just hobbyist with an extra PC in their house and a few extra phone lines. Definitely one way to build a collection by accepting uploads.

I even knew a guy who was a regular BBS user who met a very young teenager on a BBS system through chat, and went on a date with her. He was in his late teens or early twenties. Sadly, he wouldn't spill any detail on the date or any further activity. I do remember she completely knew how old he was, and the fact he had a car was a big deal to her. LOL. Kids.

[on the rocks]

I do remember she completely knew how old he was, and the fact he had a car was a big deal to her. LOL. Kids.

Damn rideshare killed that angle for dudes looking to score dates with jailbait.

[OneLove]

A tricked out van and a bag of weed used to be the way to go.

[on the rocks]

A tricked out van and a bag of weed used to be the way to go.

"Gas, grass, or ass; no one rides for free!"

[OneLove]

A tricked out van and a bag of weed used to be the way to go.

"Gas, grass, or ass; no one rides for free!"

OMG I forgot all about that. Now that's a principle worth fighting for.

[TooLittleTime]

A tricked out van and a bag of weed used to be the way to go.

Like pedo's at playgrounds, the van thing certainly had its basis in reality. Of course, one of the young ladies I knew had a "boyfriend" who had a van and she would sneak out and he would pick her up in his van, where interesting things would happen, and then return her near her home. In one of those straight out of a movie moments, she was fine with this until she went in one night and saw a video recorder in the corner of the van set up on a small tripod to record their fun. She tolerated this for awhile, but it was eventually the trigger she needed to recognize what the relationship was really about and she just stopped going out to meet him.

Unfortunately (for me) she didn't know or want to say how old he was, though I definitely got the impression he was more a young man in his early twenties than an older teen. She herself was an early teen.

I suppose the van thing got traction from many similar stories decades ago

[OneLove]

Hey at least he was out in the open about the recorder 😆
And now has some golden memories

[TooLittleTime]

Hey at least he was out in the open about the recorder 😆
And now has some golden memories

Yes, I also always have had some level of jealousy when I hear something like this from a teen or adult. Regardless of my own experiences