‘Retrogeist’: 50 Posts About The ’80s And ’90s That Show How Much The World Has Changed Since

For me it's a 'one time fingerburner'..

It's a burning-holes-in-the-upholstery-thingy.

And the only reason they still exist is because the socket is a convenient place to charge your cell phone.

LMAO WAIT SO THAT'S WHY THEY CALL THOSE CHARGERS CIGARETTE LIGHTERS 💀💀💀 IM SO DUMB

Also known as a "Look at the Pretty Red Glow, child. Touch it, and make a wish, and it will come true!" finger trap. ;-P ("When one panda sticks his w***y in another panda's ear, that makes me a saaaaad panda...")

An ouch

The first modems were acoustic couplers that you had to physically put the phone handset onto. Sneeze loud enough near one and it would hang up.

napster was ruined by so many incoming calls

When my little brother wouldn’t get off the internet (and I wanted to use it), I would lift up the phone receiver.

*screams noiselessly into the void*

300 baud commodore 64 (or 128)!

Or your sister would pick up the phone! Oh it was maddening.

I started using a program that could restart downloads from where they stopped. Very useful with flimsy connection.

doh!

I remember the website would just crash if someone called on landline even if the page had loaded. It was so bogus.

….Datapac…. IYKYK…

Thank you for explaining this. I always wondered

Yup 😆

This is heavy...

Because they always leave him out. Really got the short end of the stick in regards to this movie. Damn shame.

First of all, YOU are not wrong here. The problem is this: in a democracy, we are expected to make an informed decision, based on things that at best relate to picking a winner in a popularity contest, not a position of genuine responsibility with a necessary skill-set in order to perform well. The so-called actual candidates are kissing babies and shaking hands, which likely has NOTHING significant or meaningful to do with the actual position being sought.

A politician not lying ? Already a lie

I would upvote you for voting for him.

Me too

This is too funny because I told my husband last night that I would vote for Oprah or Samuel Jackson over Biden. I wouldn't trust him (or the orange guy) to pick out spinach at the store or explain The Declaration Of Independence. Time for grandpa to stay home and complain about the price of peanuts. We want Katie Porter but sadly don't think that will happen.

🎵... we can't rewind, we've gone too far

It killed TV in general.

When they did that first show down on the Jersey Shore that wasn't about music it was the death knell for "M"TV

And vidoe killed the radio star. Vicious circle.

🎶 Video Killed the Radio Star... Video Killed the Radio Star... 🎶

Less catchy.... but accurate.