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[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 2 days ago
[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

May he rot into nothing and be forgotten

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Medicine in general has gotten a lot better. I'm also able to buy stuff like silken tofu without having to drive quite far to find a specialty store that sells it.

[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

I'm glad that Furbys, inflatable furniture, and disposable cameras are no longer mainstream. And may they never return.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Disposable cameras are making a return.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

Like 35mm point-and-shoots? That's surprising. I wonder why?

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Disposable cameras and Polaroids have been getting popular at weddings in place of guest books or as something for the guests to do during the reception. The couple then gets something physical they can keep.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

Interesting. I still wonder why, because this was a trend in the '90s that died out with camera phones and social media. Maybe it's a retro throwback trend that got popular with younger folks? Still, I thought they stopped manufacturing Polaroid paper, and can you still get film developed at like the grocery store or a pharmacy?

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

It's definitely a hipster thing yeah, they aren't selling them cheap either since it's a novelty item now. You can still get film developed but same thing, it's a niche thing now so fewer places to do it and more expensive.

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[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 days ago
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[-] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago
[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago
[-] Kit 1 points 1 day ago

Still using mine daily! Older shows and movies just look better on it.

[-] exocortex@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

I like to have one around 😅. I like the look and it'll probably survive me

[-] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Survive you or outlive you?

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 2 days ago

Orkut, Flogão (kind of a precursor to instagram, it was mostly used by high schoolers around 2004-6), Skype, Internet Explorer and ActiveX

[-] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago
[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

I kinda miss Flash because of the amount of interesting games made with it. Some very cool animations too, good thing Ruffle exists nowadays.

The problem (besides Adobe buying Macromedia) was every fucking business deciding to make their entire sites in Flash

[-] millie@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago

Literally installed Flash 8 today because it's the comfiest way to animate for me.

[-] iii@mander.xyz 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

CDs and DVDs and (video)casettes. Took up so much room, annoying to use while travelling.

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

CDs are great though :( I love that I can rip them and back them up, play them wherever I go, no licences or streaming. :)

[-] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

So you don't actually love CDs but the fact you can not use them after buying them. You can still buy non DRM music you don't have to subscribe and you could rip or copy streamed music if it wasn't easier to pirate it.

CDs by the way also are subject to licenses and DRM has started to appear on them. The reason they did not try as hard as with DVDs and Blurays is that Music is trivial to copy, people have been ok with taping from the radio after all. If video on physical media was still a thing you would have plenty of DRM, they'd probably make you buy a newer player after 5 years or so.

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[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 days ago
[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Phones with dials.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
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