STATE OF HEADPHONES 1983: Foam covers falls off and they buzz if you sweat 1995: Luxurious padded leather mansion for ears 2002: Earphones apparently too cheap to meter 2012: Tiny silicone cap invented to get trapped in ear 2020: $130 pair of ear tampons that require charging
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Kind of a fun phenomenon when technologies get objectively worse with time (something we're not used to!) is that it's synergistic with old person nostalgia. Young people assume it's 100% the latter, reducing the chance the better technology experience can ever be brought back
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"My keyboard breaks when a crumb gets into it and there's no HDMI output, even though I bought this laptop for high-end video editing. In fact, there's just two USB-C ports, one of which I need for the power cable" "Ok boomer"
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You forgot 2006: 70% of people watching HDTVs over composite 2010: All content now looks like a soap opera
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2015: High quality TVs suddenly now cheaper because they're subsidized by spying on you.
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1971: Coin operated with slot on the back.
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Is this an
@xkcdComic recap? lol. =PThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I follow
@Pinboard mostly for the channel-flipping takesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Yes yes. I agree that everything was objectively best in 1995 which is coincidentally when I was a very young adult and everything didn't hurt all the time and I still had hope.
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I just want to flip through TV channels quickly
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now do cars
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