Penpals, LDRs, and the Early Internet

Jump on into the Wayback Machine, we’re talking to Steve about Asynchronous Communication. Not to be confused with simultaneous communication, or face to face conversation. So what is it like to date asynchronously? Many of us know! How frustrating is it to send a chat to someone in an app and they leave you on read? But sometimes, just sometimes, you hit up someone who has the same communication style as you and everything falls into place.

Do you want to hear more from Steve? Follow them on Twitter @SKleinedler And listen to their 2019 podcast Fiat Lex: A Dictionary Podcast.

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Music strummed by Omar Nassar. Cover art by Bekah Rich. 

Sources:

• Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet, 2019. 
• Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985
• On Our Backs (California)
• Camp Ink (Australia), Australia Gay and Lesbian Archives
• San Antonio Community News (Texas), April 30, 1999.
• G Street (Eau Claire, Wisconsin),  March 2001

Thank you to Dr. Alex Ketchum for sending me a link to the Usenet Archives!

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