april (villainous lesbian) @smokestack.mom · 27/12/2024hey chat, i need your help for a bit of fiction i’m writing. what would you say is the onomatopoeia of a modem connecting? please feel free to be as elaborate as possible. 14542079
Ferengi Liaison to Buck-A-Slice @sovietcola.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr .. Beepboopboopbeepbeepboopboopbeepbeep *EEEEEEEEURRGHHEEEURRGHAH* krhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh vvvvvvvvVVUUvvvvvvv 010
MiqoRems @miqorems.bsky.social · 27/12/2024I guess it depends on how much space it's allowed to take up? For brevity I'd probably go with something like "beep beep boop bwee-ooo bwee-ooo KSHHHHHH" 0100
Rae Ele Hawkins @elephande.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Like an autotuned dolphin screech meets British siren: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 040
OmegaDoesThings @agentomega.bsky.social · 27/12/2024*booo-boop-beep-bip-bip-boop-bip* *krah-kroh-EEEE-AAAAH-EEE-AW-EEE-AW-AR-EEE-AW-AH-HHHHHH* (Optional "Welcome! You've got mail!") 1130
Halaylah Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee @halaylah.com · 29/12/2024wheEEEeeeeeee schrrrzrzrzczhkchczhzzkzchkz BING BONG BING BONG chkchhhhkck! 030
(Morgann’s Version) - transgender probably @morganngicquel.com · 28/12/2024Pilipilipiliiiiiiii toooot pilipiliiii tooooot brrrrmpp brrrrmpp tatatatattatatayayayayayaya eeeeeeeeeeh *halting scratch* *few seconds of complete silence* PWURMPiliiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiii toot haaan klesh 2240
OneBrilliantArc @kingbyblood.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Beeeeep… chirp-chirp… brrrzzz-brrrr… shhhhhh… krrrrk… ping! That messy, awkward sound of a modem trying its best—like a nervous handshake with the internet. 0130
Post-Punk Clarity @reversedracula.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Bring-oh-bring-oh-ri!ei!ei!ei!eieieieiiiii-a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a' 040
Ronni @veronicat1993.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Eeeeeeeeeeeee...Eeeeeeeeee...cronk...mmmmm Wait is that the sound of a modem connecting or the sound of me watching smut? 070
Thomas Newton @thomasnewton2323.bsky.social · 27/12/2024ggggggggdldldldldlddl-kshhhhhphhhhfff *skbungskbungskbuuuung*ffffffffffff 040
black coffee @blackcoffee237.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Lurlurlurlurlurlurlur Beep Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Beep Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 020
Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 27/12/2024BREEEEEEEEoooooooooooooooooWEEEEEEoooooEEEEEoooooooOUUUUUfzfhgfhjghfjrumrumrum 1270
KT chows down on chow mein @kinkyturtle.bsky.social · 27/12/2024doot dit doot dit dit dat det doot dit dit beep beeeep dorrrrrr dreee dorrr deeeedeeedeee dorrrr drerrrr jeeeng BOONG da BOONG ja dee KRRSSSSSSSSSHHHH KROOSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHH 1270
Margo @margrouse.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Doooooooo. Beepbeepbeep boopbeepboopboop. eeeeeeeeeoooooo EeEeEeE šššššššššššš. 080
drew92.bsky.social @drew92.bsky.social · 27/12/2024REEEE-reee VAnaVAnanaaa, BUHHHHHHHH, brrrrrrrrynnng 060
Daniel med tanden @mrdanielsir.eurosky.social · 27/12/2024Beep boop boop boop boop boop boop bip bee-lulululululu krrrschhshrshrshs 080
phrosty @phrost.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Boopboopbeepboop-EEHHEEHHEHH-shhhhGrrrrShhhhhhhh-boingyboingy-errrrrreshhhhhhhhhhhh you've got mail 0421
Gyratorio @gyrate.bsky.social · 27/12/2024“The internet used to come in through the phone. It made a terrible noise, like robots screaming.” 1342
bag of moons 🏳️🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social · 27/12/2024KRRRRRX-RUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSH-SKREEEEEEEEEX-*ding*! 040
Rejistania @rejistania.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Dit dit dit dit dit dit keeehee asheee kaeehee asheee beeebeeebeeep kshkshksh 020
The Doctor🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️ @doctor-lesbian.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Screeee hooooooooeeeoeoeoeoeoe beedoo beedoo 040
Shadow Docket Haunted House @nicoleoking.bsky.social · 27/12/2024SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-KRR-KRR-KRR-KRR-skruuuuuuuush-skruuuuush-skrushkrskrakrskakrash 0100
AndaliteBandit @andalitebandit.bsky.social · 27/12/2024nnnREEEEEskskskskrRrRrRrRr Something like that. Source: grew up reading the Animorphs, where the authors had to textually convey the sound a hawk makes (it's "Tseeeeer", in case anyone was wondering). 0130
social media enjoyer @8bitblunder.bsky.social · 27/12/2024BEE-BEE-BEE-BEE kwehghghghg kweghghgh BING! BING! KEWGHGHG hhhcccchhhhhh hccccchhhh "Welcome! You've got mail!" 070
Bloody Marie 🪞👻 @marie.tech · 27/12/2024boooooooop woooodeedle waaaa beooou beooou kssssh KSSSSSSSSH (silence) 030
Plunderer of Lush Vegetation @mysterymary.bsky.social · 27/12/2024bburrrrrrrrreeeskrreeeeskeeeeeyeeeeeeeeeeeskkkkuurrrrrrrrrrrprrprssskkkkeeeeee 090
Brian P Katz (BK) @thewordninjabk.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Wa-boing kshhhhh (with repetitions and optional briiiii) 000
mel in ballhalla 🏳️⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024breeeet-brrrrrrrt-buuuuuurt-klshklshklshklshklsh 050
Yom Torque @justbreathe.bsky.social · 27/12/2024As long as the one part is "schpeeeDONG schpeeeDONG" I think the important part is covered. 090
mswbbq.bsky.social @mswbbq.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Although it isn’t onomatopoeia, after reading all of these I am not capable of not yelling out BUNDLE-ROOSKI-DOO!! 1110
Jaymee Goh (she/her) @jhameia.bsky.social · 27/12/2024screeeeeeeeeeee waaaaahhhehOHehOH! waaaaaaahehOHehOH! kssskskskskssssss BONG! BONG! BONG k'deng k'deng k'TWANG skreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee waaaaaahhhehOHehOH! kksssshhhhhsshshhshhsh 3480
Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 27/12/2024SKRREEEEE-ong dit dit BWOOOOONGG crsssssshhhh BWEEEE 080
Brigid Brandubh (her/she) @brigid-brandubh9.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Not so much an onomatopeia, but I like combining "cornucopious cacophony". The former is a rare and probably originally irregular/improper adj. form of cornucopia (a horn shaped wicker basket of food, "horn of plenty"), and the latter is "a harsh discordant mixture of sounds." 060
Der Fisher @blackholefun.bsky.social · 27/12/20242400 baud was reee-reee-reeeee-reeeeee-booooooooooo-baaaahhhhhhhh-ERGGGGGGHHH 091
DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 27/12/2024bipbip bip bipbipbipbip eeep oooop ekekekekek Skreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Skruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh blip 020
TheBeehammer @thebeehammer.com · 27/12/2024The screech and squeal of data compressing through copper lines? 000
andrewtheironclad.bsky.social @andrewtheironclad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Eeeee errrrrrr dedu dedu dedu eeeee 030
timespace101.bsky.social @timespace101.bsky.social · 28/12/2024fttlhhhhhhhyiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrr triiiiiilililililill, c x x , x x. , ,,, klkl … klklll klklklkk ch ch kkm 030
May Chong 🇲🇾 @maychong.bsky.social · 27/12/2024*bing bing bing KRONK eebydeeeeb* *burst of static* *angrier burst of static* 180
Don’t Run With Scissors @bsky-sam.bsky.social · 27/12/2024“Eeeee-derder-derder” is the opener. Then “Blu-der-blu-der” is the reply. 020
🏳️⚧️CHIRONSEYE🏳️⚧️ @chironseye.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Skreeeeeee-AHHHHNNN-NEEE-NAAA-shhhh-SHHHHHHHH-shhhhh-beeeedo 040
spookygrouchy @cpgrouchy.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Eee-eee-eee-eee-brrr-KSHH-shhh-SHHHHH /and if you recognize that, you probably know the connection speed 1331
Don Sheldon 🌱 @donsheldon.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Hkhkhkhkhk dhghghon dhghon bkrhkrhkrhkrhkh krhekhrhe eeeeejEEEEEJEeEeEee!! 021
Mad Digital @maddigital.bsky.social · 27/12/20241. pull up youtube video of a dialup modem 2. turn on auto-generated captions 3. copy and paste into story 0110
Lil Miss Sinister Fairy Godbitch of the Burrow Mump 🧚♂️😈🌾 @fairygodmegan.bsky.social · 28/12/2024[squelching] 1111
Brandon 🦬 @brandonmarchand.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Beep beep beep beep boop boop boop boop. Chtz. Wrrr. Wrrr. wrr wrr. Brrr brrr. WrrrrrrrrrWrrrr. Cssh. Brr duh brr duh duh. Hsssssssss. Hzmmmmm. Hssszzsszzzszzsh. Dzzzzzzz wrr woo dzzzsszzssssszzzh. (Silence). You’ve got mail! 060
Josie C @cattythespy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Bee-bee-bee-boo-bee-bo-be SKREEEEEEEEEEEEE Hrwooooo wahhhhhhh bonCHEEbonCHEE Hrrrrrrrrrrrrr...... 060
floby ⊛ 🦊·°(🍨) @flo.by · 29/12/2024Beep beep boop beep boop boop- heee hooooooo heee hooooooooooo heoooooo kkkrrrrrsssshhhhhhhhhhhhh tooodoootdoooototo kkkkrrrrrrrrrrsshhhhh 030
thormageddon.bsky.social @thormageddon.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Brrrrrrrtzeeeeet Tuuuuuhhmding. The former Prime Minister of Macedorusa 1987-1991. 0110
Jonathon Colman @jonathoncolman.org · 27/12/2024Howl howl gargle howl gargle howl howl howl gargle howl gargle howl howl gargle gargle howl gargle gargle gargle howl slurrp uuuurgh 3120
Thomas A. Fine @thomasafine.bsky.social · 27/12/2024There's a video that plays the sounds of different modem connection protocols and speeds, which would be from different eras. For your purpose though, one super useful part is that they close captioned it. Both accurate and hilarious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xalT...youtube.comDial Up Modem Sounds, from 300 bps to 56KYouTube video by Retrocet 54810
Irish 🌈 @irish55344.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Cheat mode - login into the modem and type ATM0. If you can't hear it - is there really an onomatopoeia? 010
Willo WIP Tarmigan @drunk0nheat.bsky.social · 27/12/2024dddddddvvvvv EEEEEErrrrrrr kztkztkztkztkzt kCHNK kCHNK kCHNK doot doot doot doot doot 090
Aaron Kimball @gremblor.com · 27/12/2024Beeedeeedeeedeee bongbongbongbong BEEbong BEEbong DEET DOOOOO Dooooo dooooo kshhhhhhh. ksk. "Welcome! You've got mail!" 0233
Brianomite 🧨 @brianomite.bsky.social · 27/12/2024media.tenor.coma man wearing a white helmet and a microphone on his headALT: a man wearing a white helmet and a microphone on his head 030
Jeff Lessem ❄️ @lessem.org · 27/12/2024ATM0 because it's late and you're supposed to be in bed, not on a BBS 000
Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 28/12/2024Eeeeeeeeeee Rrrrrrrrrrrrrr Eeeeeeeeeee Ghghghghghgg- Beee-bongbebongbe 180
Frankenstein's Mons Pubis 🏳️⚧️💖🏴☠️ @samanthaduke.bsky.social · 29/12/2024SKREEEE-RRRRRRRRRRR PSHT! GANANG GANONG GANUNGA PSHSHSHSHSHS 070
PalePaladin @palepaladin.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Sqweeee-static-beedo-beedo-sqweee-beedo-static-26.6k connected 0110
Terry Varga 🇨🇦 @macbitseach.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Two ceramic octopi the size of coffee cups having sex on coarse sandpaper. 120
Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 27/12/2024doo doo doo DEEEE DEEEE DEEEE whchhhhhhh weeONKeeONKee 1461
Quoth the Amy: Nevermore @amyamybobamy.bsky.social · 27/12/2024[dial tone] beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep: bee-ga-bee-ga-raaaaaa EEEEE ahhhh EEEEE ahhh GGWRAAAAAHH bungbung rahhhh BLAAAAAHHH *white noise* *crashing sound* 0140
transsexual wizard (subclass: necromancer) @okadaizo.men · 27/12/2024brrrr-- BIP ba BIP BIP ba BIP BIP ba BIP BIP BIP ...boop-- BAA bip brrrBRRRbrrr-- BEEEEEooooooBRRRR-- BAdeeeBAdeeeeBAduh-- KHHHHHHHHHHHH (bip-bip!) HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 090
Whitebeam (Tara) 🏴☠️🦄💜🤡 doing it for Rhysie! @whitebeam1.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Aww, flashbacks to simpler times. Though I would add more tonal scrreeeeeekeeeeeewaaaaarfznkwk 080
Jeff Cook 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 😇 🐶 @sammysdaddy.bsky.social · 27/12/2024WeeweeweeweezzzzzzZZZZZZZTkshhhhhhh. I don't remember the test of the sound, sorry 😊 000
W. Dow Rieder @riderius.bsky.social · 27/12/2024beepboopbipbeepbopbip... rrk rrk ... click hishhhhhhhhhhh BINGBONG BINGBONG WHOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 030
misha 🏳️⚧️ 🔞 @misha.gay · 27/12/2024autism too strong to not separate it into specific phases youtu.be/jpMrTxMV6E4 61026
Lilfern @lilfern.bsky.social · 27/12/2024(dial tone) beep boop beep beep boop boop boop bee bee bee bee BEEbadeeee ee ee Errrr e Errrr e ER *whoosh* *static* blurrrrrrrrh *more static* *click* 2160
Sekhi, Booper of Snoots 🏳️🌈 @sekhithefops.bsky.social · 27/12/2024media.tenor.coma drawing of a robot with the words " binaric screeching " above himALT: a drawing of a robot with the words " binaric screeching " above him 0151
pantspie2000.bsky.social @pantspie2000.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Eeeeeooooo eeeeeeooooooo beegonkgonkgonk bwip! 010
Jim Sullivan @jdsullivan1960.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Biddle-iddle-boodie-bip. Squeeee-squaaaah. klklklklklkl-ae-hap 040
🏳️⚧️Lost Lenore🐦⬛ @rareandradiant.bsky.social · 27/12/2024AwwwwwwiiiiiiighEYAAWEYAAWEYAWUuuUHuHKhkkhkh 3270
Doom Cough @doomcough.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Man, not exactly fighting the urge to be pendantic in asking, but, what baud rate? 2501
Cholula @cholulaconamor.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Skreeeee-eeeeeee-eEeEeEe KRRRSSSHHHH WEE-myah-WEE-myah-WEE-myah 0130
Starship Captain 66 @starshipcaptain66.bsky.social · 27/12/2024The brrrr-blip-blip of rapid bauds 010
The Booooobarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 27/12/2024BWHEEEEEE-oooo-[static]-BONG-BONG-BONG-eeeee-tok 050
TW Hansen @economysuperstar.bsky.social · 27/12/2024*tones oot EET oot SCHWEeEeERK B'DONG a DONG CHHHHH h h h HH hh HH 1601
ɮʀɨǟռ ȶɦɛ Dɛʍ @weirdphd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024The electronic Owl's screech of computer seeking its mate 040
Kili🌟🔞 @kilieit.bsky.social · 27/12/2024i made a mutual last time i answered this question so i repeat: daDEEdaDEEda DEEEE-KKHKHKKKHKKK-KLSDJNKDFGJNKDFGJNKDFKGD(etc.) (this is usually the point at which i walked away to go and get some squash to drink while i aimlessly web searched the games i liked) 060
D-Haas @wicketlink.bsky.social · 29/12/2024mmmmrrEEEEEEEEEErrrrrrrMRMEEHNRNEEHRNEENRHrrrmmmrrrrrrkrshshshshshshshshSHSHSHSH 000
Mister Oakleaf (a nobody) @misteroakleaf.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Beedle beedle bwah boing boing. It's a nice, firm....... Handshake 0100
Ash @vabonezy.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Dial tone Dialing Uurrr dliiinger uurrkkkkvkk Uuuur BEEEEEE`EEEE`EEEE` skkkrrrr skkkrrrr gnuuuurufeebguuuuurrrrrr CHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAVHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GGERERRRRKKKGGGGG'GGGAAAAAAHHHH Grrggk 1330
xanadian @xanadian.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Now I can't decide if the sound I'm hearing in my head is a modem or a fax machine (it matches several of the replies here, though!) 120
Ivy - "Perfect Pervert" @ivynyx.bsky.social · 27/12/2024A lot of people are giving you the sounds, but if you wanted something maybe less literal: The screechy whistle of "beee eee ee" resolved into a staticky "kssshhhh" and then a mechanical whine, before the silence that denoted a stable connection. 160
Onedimental Limited Pumpkin Spice Edition @onedimental.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Are you gonna have a whole chapter on getting the perfect init string? WHAT? NOT EVEN A PARAGRAPH? 110
Peter H. Coffin @hellsop.ninehells.com · 27/12/2024What era? They changed every two years from the mid 80s through the mid 90s. 010
hard-bo̾il̾e̾d̾Gardner @kgardner.bsky.social · 28/12/2024At uni, we were told the 'official' name of this event is "The Handshake": the making of a connection between your computer and the internet provider's server. 110
Mike Quilici @msbq.bsky.social · 27/12/2024krrt-krrt-greeOOHNGREEOOOOHHHNNNH kkssshhhhzzhhhzzhhhttt That's the best I can do lol 2520
Matt @maccam912.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Beep boop boop bee doop bee doop.... .... screee REEEEEEE bahhhhhhhhhh DooooBEE<now like a robot>dooooBEEEdooo shhhhhhh SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 050
(╯°□°)╯︵ ∀IW and 666 others @mia-ironeyes.northsky.social · 29/12/2024FWEEEEEEEEEEE mrrrrrrrRRrrrrrrRRrrrrrr ENHH...! ENHH...! ENHH...! 120
(╯°□°)╯︵ ∀IW and 666 others @mia-ironeyes.northsky.social · 29/12/2024Y'all are just letting the cat stroll across the keyboard; admit it 🤭 021
wallaceford.bsky.social @wallaceford.bsky.social · 28/12/2024To use in an actual sentence in a story, tho,I was just going to say “freeep.” 010
Lime @zestylime.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Old modem? Bweeeeee bwaaaaaaa de-doh de-do-dee crzzzzzzzhhhh 070
Diana Fire @boo.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Milkshake noises like sgrhhhhhh followed by an electric badoinka ka doink then the mounting buildup at the end waaaaaaa 031
Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Needs multiple sounds since it's so long. Part after dialing: kohweekoh Next part: barinbarinpa Static Third part, during static: guriguri I'm using Japanese characters because they love making onomatopoeia over there. The name Pikachu is a pair of onomatopoeia, in fact. 071
Grant Walker Broadhurst @gwbroadhurst.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Modem: "I just... I just really get afraid sometimes that who I am isn't who I should be..." Server: "You're not alone in that." Modem: "You feel that too sometimes? Server: "I wish I didn't. I do." Modem: "But you're wonderful." Server: "Am I? Well, so are you." - A MODEM CONNECTING - 41167
eleanor of aquateen @b-rar.bsky.social · 27/12/2024at 9 years old I thought that final wall of static noise was a sound effect of a crowd cheering to let you know that you connected successfully 1680
