No, they didn't. Especially not in relevant numbers: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1450450/employees-remote-work-share/
This only starts in 2015 (I was too lazy to research your idiocy), but even then (very very much after the internet was a very relevant factor) we start at 7% and you can clearly see that there was an upwards trend at that time.
So in short: get your head out of your ass and don't vomit you unfounded stereotypes and boomerisms on the general public.
Nee, tut mir leid, das glaube ich dir nicht.
Du bist faul, nicht überfordert. Wenn du nicht in der Lage ist, Haferflocken und Milch in der Küche zu haben, bist du nicht überlebensfähig und brauchst Hilfe.