It was a long time ago, but I probably first discovered ED around 2005 or 2006 after doing a Google search (also discovered Unencyclopedia and Urban Disctionary but both were shit). The first article I remember reading was the Gorgeous George article along with "Offended", which was disgusting. Didn't like the site at first since it seemed more like a shock site, but like a train wreck it looked so bad you just couldn't look away. Another article I read in detail was the Obama article right at the height of the 2008 election with McCain and Palin. I came back every once in a while to check the front page and found out about Zoe Quinn and Gamergate drama in 2014. Also discovered the forum during that year, but wasn't very interested in joining. Didn't join the forums until 2018 after there was a link on the front page of the wiki saying that Zaiger had nuked the forums because of some bullshit drama.