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[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 minutes ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago)

Objectively, dial-up.

Otoh, what I would really badly like to become a thing again is actual media ownership, ie. not having streaming services randomly yank your stuff away from you.

Also, I would nominate the fact that the 'It's obsolete as soon as you get it in the door' meme hasn't been valid for decades now, but hardware manufacturers, Windows itself, and the game industry are trying really hard to make that a thing again seemingly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago

The Nazis.

OH WAIT.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

The Hedolith.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Vinyl (for music, not floors).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I don't care much about the supposed fidelity, but having a group of mates around each pick an album from my stack is a lot of fun.

It stops people from focusing too hard on the music and going "oh wait lemme queue up this track" etc.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is probably completely uninteresting to everyone else, but this has re-surfaced an old memory for me. I had a really dull data entry job one summer, and the crowd I worked with included a few odd figures. One particular guy was always making jokes that were just a bit too edgy for the workplace, especially amongst a bunch of people that didn't know him well enough to know how much he meant any of it. For some reason, completely unprompted, he brought up that "you never see white dog turds any more". Everyone heard this as "white doctors" and immediately winced in anticipation of some incoming racism, and everyone still heard it that way when he tried to clarify several times. Turns out no, it was 100% innocent, just weird.

He was fired for unrelated reasons a few weeks later; he had gone to the nearby pub on his lunch break and had several pints

[–] [email protected] 2 points 34 minutes ago

goals, honestly

[–] [email protected] 12 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

It's not "gone", but the notion of it being "acceptable" is gone:

Using 'retard' as a slur, not only for people with intellectual disabilities but also just for people or things you think were stupid.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Using ‘retard’ as a slur, not only for people with intellectual disabilities

That's actually the one group of people I've never seen anyone call that, lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly that slur's starting to become in vogue again ⚰

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I was gonna say the same. I saw the R word casually dropped in a CRT enthusiast group the other day and called the guy out, and a bunch of people stood with me, but nearly as many brushed it off as no big deal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Worst part ? Seen LEFTISTS say it wen clearly they should know better ❗❗ And in my experience see it on tumblr more than any where else

Oar wat about "sch⬛⬛⬛" ⁉️⁉️ Wen we'll ever move past describing (peop|thing)s using ableist words

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I have no idea what word you're redacting there. "School"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 34 minutes ago
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