• atomicorange@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Y’all remember the computer room? Like that guest bedroom or whatever that wasn’t really used for anything other than housing The Computer?

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      3 months ago

      Plus all the accoutrements that invariably went along with The Computer.

      A printer and a scanner

      A filing cabinet for all the things you liked to print and scan

      A rack full of CD-ROM disks like Encarta 95 and Ecco The Dolphin and CorelDRAW 4

      A beige container with clear plastic lid for storing floppy disks, that for some reason had a lock on it as if floppy disks were the Crown Jewels

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        3 months ago

        So many accoutrements! This was also the original home of the box of random cables that lived under the bed. Some day I’ll be buried with those cables.

      • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        I still have all this stuff and the room. probably because I am not good at cleaning. also the office chair straight out of 90s. Maybe if enough time passes of not throwing things out I will be able to open a museum and make some extra

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        3 months ago

        Being constantly connected is bad for us because we haven’t figured out the right coping mechanisms. I bet the generation Gen Z raises will do a lot better since Gen Z will be familiar with exactly how hooked on simulated connectedness you can get

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          3 months ago

          I doubt that. My mother was addicted to CompuServe back in the day and I was a neglected child because of it. I give my kid all the attention I can, but he wants more than I can possibly muster.

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      3 months ago

      I can still hear the white noise ringing of the hard drives that hit you as soon as you walked in. So good

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      3 months ago

      When my mom took my computer out of my room, I used to crawl to the computer room after she went to bed to use it. Fun times.