The internet is not dead though - it's bursting with life, both human and LLM claw like. It's only going to get more so as time goes on. Re:

>Can we go back to an internet like this? I guess we can’t.

Gary Brolsma is still at it with Numa Numa (2023) https://youtu.be/ZBKm1MBsTbk. There's just a bunch of other stuff out there too.