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  • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    tfw I explained to my kids what a BBS is, and they both called me a geezer.

    tfw I tried explaining how a computer used to use a dial up line to access chat rooms.

    Tfw I then have to explain what the hell a dial up line is.

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      tfw I explain to my kids what an MSX keyboard is and about how rad the games were

      tfw I explain what a 7.5in floppy disk was

      tfw I explain how rad cartridges and diskettes are and how discs (blu-ray, CD, DVD) are lame and will never match the hype, or how digital is just a laughable shadow of physical copies (God I hate how cyberpunk is now more digital rather than about diskettes and computer chips)

      tfw I explain how VHS standard def had style

    • krolden@lemmy.ml
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      If I ever had kids I would set up a local modem they had to dial into to access the internet. This would probably be difficult as I couldn’t just give them a tablet to get them to shut up and leave me alone

      I’ll probably never have kids