Back in the '90s, the internet was a new and scary thing for kids and parents, and the result was a bunch of wacky "online safety" VHS tapes like "Internet and Street Smarts." This vintage jam taught pre-teeny boppers of the '90s that sometimes on the internet, you're going to accidentally "see some things."
Of course, today's kids are reading Pokémon tumblrs on their PSPs and posting pics of themselves to Facebook at the same age when their '90s counterparts were still nervously typing "A/S/L?" into AOL chatrooms and actually believing the responses they got. "Internet and Street Smarts" is a dated artifact of a more innocent time, but it does give us something we can use today ... a hilarious animated gif.
Check it out below.






















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3.30.11
By SLO
I don't know what is so hilarious about this video. The information still holds true today. These precautions should be taught in the public school system, starting with Kindergartens. This would heightened the level of awareness among children and possible safe them from harm from a potentional predator or other actions that could affect them for the rest of their life.
Parenting is extremely tough with all the techonology distractors. Even the most prudent parents using parental controls and GPS locators on cell phones, cannot stop the proliferation of such predators. They will invent new ways to circumvent sites to reach your children.
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4.22.11
By ramon
shut up punk
3.30.11
By hysonmb
I think the humor is in the quality of the video. Just like we got a chuckle back then when watching things that were recorded 15 years earlier, we chuckle now. We'll laugh at ourselves again in another 15 years.
The message is not lost, it just needs to be updated.
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3.30.11
By jen
As a child of the 80's and 90's, I fondly remember these videos and going into an AOL chat room, trying to figure out WTF a/s/l meant. However, I'm a little freaked out by something from the mid-90's being referred to as "vintage."
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3.30.11
By KrazyCalvin
The first time I saw IM me on a chatroom in the mid nineties I thought it was a declaration of their existence so I agreed... IM me also.
3.30.11
By jd
My favorite part is the "chat room" that I'm pretty sure consists of them just typing into a word document..
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3.30.11
By feartheswans
I actually remember some chat rooms coming up like that, just not on AOL.