In 1995 I think I was surfing the internet on a 14.4 baud connection on mostly a text-based browsing system (although it was really browsing at the time).

I made a very earnest, teenaged angsty comment on a (now) embarrassingly named webpage. Under my full, real name. (It was the early days of the net. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING.)

This thing is still out there. LONG after badly designed well-intentioned webpages (and their caches) would have disappeared, this thing still exists 12 years later. I cannot believe I’ve been on the internet THAT long.

In my defense, it was barely even “The WEB” yet. I think I was surfing from a used 286 (and if you know what *that* means you’ve been around as long as I have).

Anyway, after many aborted attempts over the years I found a contact email for the PAGE THAT WOULD NOT DIE and sent this email:

I put up a quote on a website many years ago. Long before I knew the joys of Google Cache and not using your real name on the Internet.

It’s been 12 years, and my earnest yet embarrassing comment still comes up on a google search of my name.

My name is Axxxxxxx. I made that comment when I was 17. I am 29 now, and I’d prefer it not exist. PLEASE acknowledge this email, and please remove my comment from the web page.

Thank you.

I got a response back within half an hour. It stated this:

LOL….we’ll get it to our webmaster.

That’s good enough for me

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