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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The fediverse. I can't believe nobody mentioned that yet.

After all, this entire website wouldn't exist without it, and we'd be all stuck on terrible, terrible Reddit (and Twitter, and... pretty much any centralized social media platform that are so well known).

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The Internet Archive. Technically founded in '96, but didn't come into its own until the mid aughts. It is an awe-inspiring thing that corporate greed has been trying to take from us.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Sodium-ion batteries are likely to be the obvious answer in another decade. Dirt cheap, abundant materials, competitive density.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago

Skibidi Toilet, specifically this video and this video

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia (Jan 2001, so barely squeaked in)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Hell yeah on correctly recognizing what year was the first year of the 21st century! Thinking the new millennium started in 2000 is a pet peeve of mine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Most video games

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Guys you're all wrong.

It's PornHub.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Social media ;) /s

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