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Generational Divide (lemmy.world)
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[-] SecondaryAnnetagonist 13 points 1 month ago

People argued about Startrek and posted fanfiction back in the days of ARPANET, literally the earliest incarnation of the modern internet predating Bulletin Boards and relatively affordable Microcomputers.

[-] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 1 month ago

IRL here in Brazil, I've never seen anyone talk about star trek (or even star wars), like... ever. Online, it took me a while to get used to how much people talk about it.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Does Brazil talk about a different space show/film?

[-] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 1 month ago

Can't really think of any

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

What the hell is a foot long diameter?

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

A foot as in 12 inches. An inch is 2.54cm.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What's that in bananas?

Edit: sorry, I forgot I was on Lemmy. What's that in beans?

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The only part that makes sense. I am not sure any tv was round and also who says "foot long diameter"?

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Early CRTs were round, like in the Manchester Baby computer. They got squarer as they started being used for TV, more so as the scanning technology improved. You'll see early TVs from the 50s or so looking very squircular.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah some CRTs used to be round but consumer ones afaik weren't round at the time anyone could afford a 12 in display

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