Ya know, what we know as "the internet enabled hobby" in the U.SA. existed for hundreds of years before 1999.
Was mostly very quiet except for certain spas, madams and red light districts tolerated and indeed even regulated by police and sheriffs and judges and legislators.
The many gentz and ladiez "in the know" always had fun and much less stress, imo.
Kinda like how much has not changed since Prohibition ended and resumption of legal alcohol except the price of regulated booze increased.
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