pstrongSocial media handles before the internet a window into a unique subculture that prefigures online identitiesstrongppThe late 1970s and early 1980s was the golden age of British Citizens Band CB radio. Legal to own but illegal to operate, a CB radio and an antenna could connect you to other users nearby, creating a community for anyone with a rig and a desire to shoot the breeze. Entirely social, separate from the more technical HAM radio scene, CB radio was for everyone.ppThe reach of the average set was only a few miles, but each local area had breakers, figures who would crossover the conversation into the next area and link ever-expanding social circles.ppEvery breaker had a handle, a pseudonym they used to identify themselves on air. These alternate identities could be amusing, fantastical, dark or bawdy, but they were always personal. Many breakers took this identity one step further and made business cards to exchange when they met up in person--Eyeball cards. With the Eye