Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1308
arrow-up1308message-squareThe recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarej4k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·23 hours agoI see your overhead projector and raise you a zip drive and a mini disc. I blow my NES cartridge to bid adieu to you.
minus-squareJoShmoe@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 hours agoI bet a zip drive could blow their minds. The mini disc and nes cartridge wouldn’t even phase them. Stuff like that are too iconic.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 hours agoI barely knew that minidiscs were a thing when they were contemporary.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoI always thought zip drives were another term for flash drives because so many people just used the terms interchangably.
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoReminds me of how everyone is now misusing the term “ROM” to mean “Storage” when it actually means “Read-Only Memory”. Drives me nuts every time I see it in advertising.
I see your overhead projector and raise you a zip drive and a mini disc. I blow my NES cartridge to bid adieu to you.
I bet a zip drive could blow their minds. The mini disc and nes cartridge wouldn’t even phase them. Stuff like that are too iconic.
I barely knew that minidiscs were a thing when they were contemporary.
I always thought zip drives were another term for flash drives because so many people just used the terms interchangably.
Reminds me of how everyone is now misusing the term “ROM” to mean “Storage” when it actually means “Read-Only Memory”. Drives me nuts every time I see it in advertising.