I've been on the internet for over 30 years.  But with Linux it has been just 30 years.  And you can blame a boxed set of Slackware Linux and a program called WVDIAL for all of this.

But, I"m still on the GOPHER at the SDF
gopher.club/:70/1/users/zenfloater2

Install PHETCH for your gopher browser program, it works great!