Can they operate a telegraph?

  • Rom [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I think the funniest ones are the boomer comics where they draw kids as if they've never seen a book before, and they're holding it sideways all confused saying stuff like "father, how do I click the book." As if books are some arcane technology that no longer exist and they still don't use in schools. Like these:

    https://i.imgur.com/qKcIQke.jpg

    https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fb6wgcstptkj31.jpg

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/62/96/4c6296504e5e0399ebb05f5f451fb5da.jpg

    • AlicePraxis
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      5 months ago

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        • arefx@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Well when they started watcjing them a TV was a giant wooden box with a tiny black and white screen and like 2 channels and TV remotes didn't exist.

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            1 year ago

            I think TV remotes started pretty early. I do remember having TVs that didn't have them in the 80s though. The action economy of having to get up to change every little thing sucked, especially given how shitty the reception of TV antennas was. It's wild that the wifi card in my computer can theoretically suck down gigabytes per second when back in the day my TV couldn't even handle a maybe 240p broadcast without static, screen tearing, inconsistent audio, and generally looking like shit.

        • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          To be fair TV remotes are absolutely indecipherable these days- I had to ask my folks what button to turn on the TV.

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    • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      The social media urls in the borders unintentionally invoke so much contempt for the audience. “Haha young people dumb no read book (but for real, please visit me on the internet)”