Keep in mind Kiril, in the 80's Algore's invention of the internet had not quite hit the general public. Which was also true for much of the 90's as well.
Wait! Wasn't Algore still taking photos in Viet Nam then?
Hmmm, there's something fishy here.
I had a netnews feed in the late 1980s, on unix systems that polled each other via modems at scheduled times (UUCP net). Then actual internet around 1990, though it was just text in those days -- pre-web.
The shit-talking in the unmoderated parts of netnews was very very similar to modern forums. People are people.
Guy in the rack next to me was doing rows off the floor. He hadn't cleared the work space well enough and there was a collar on the platform. When he dropped the weight after the last rep it hit the collar and rolled directly back into his shin. He's a good dude so I felt more sympathy than lulz.
Same session - I'm warming up squats. Have 225 on the bar, belt on the platform, bag and other shoes behind the rack, water bottle, phone, just all my shit so you know it's occupied. I walk the 100' to the bathroom, use it (#1), wash hands and walk back out and some jackass has already deloaded my bar to 135 and is half squatting with his GF behind him watching. All while there's an open rack two over. "Were you using this?" How can one be so oblivious?