there could be a double dose of hauntology from 20 year old phone texts, first the ghost of the person you used to be and no longer recognise and even more sadly old friends or acquaintances that are actually gone from this earth now.
― calzino, Saturday, 5 June 2021 10:53 (three years ago) link
Planned obsolescence is good now
― The đź’¨ that shook the barlow (wins), Saturday, 5 June 2021 11:13 (three years ago) link
237. Was a useful person for knowing HTML
things people thought were funny - a whole lot of what now looks like proto-alt-right shit passed for liberal or apolitical at the time
238. This one, again
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 5 June 2021 11:34 (three years ago) link
yeah that one sums up a lot for me
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 5 June 2021 12:03 (three years ago) link
re: old phones, i actually did recently power up (before finally saying goodbye to) my first cell phone, a solid little flipper owned from 2006 to 2009. most of the txts were from the late end of that period but even that time gap brought a real whoosh of complex feelings about the person i used to be and the friends on the other end (mostly still very fond friends though in less frequent contact).
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 5 June 2021 12:06 (three years ago) link
i have that even just for 2021. a friend died recently and my last text to him, after he couldn't make it to a kids-and-playground meeting, was "hope to see you next time"
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 5 June 2021 12:30 (three years ago) link
i'm sorry to hear that, CT.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 6 June 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
Death and the digital world is a weird thing. I'm of an age where I have quite a few people in my phone contacts who are now dead. What do I do, delete their numbers? It doesn't feel quite right. Ditto Facebook friends.
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 6 June 2021 12:13 (three years ago) link
239. Said that The Simpsons isn't as good as it used to be but it's still one of the best shows on television.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 6 June 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
240. Were excited that Family Guy was coming back from cancellation.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 June 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
241. patted Seth McFarlane on the back for moving forward, doing the work and fighting like fuck to defy the FCC
― deepfake chopra (unregistered), Sunday, 6 June 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
242. patiently counted down the days/hours/minutes/seconds until the Olsen twins' 18th birthday:
https://i.imgur.com/ctgqkjz.jpg
(ironically, of course!)
― deepfake chopra (unregistered), Sunday, 6 June 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
Celebrity Boxing
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 June 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
243. Tried really hard to get Firefly uncancelled*
*Joss Whedon has obviously since been cancelled
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 6 June 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
2580, right down the center. SEND― Tracer Hand, Saturday, June 5, 2021 5:37 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, June 5, 2021 5:37 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Dialed down the center with 1-800-CALL-ATT?
― peace, man, Monday, 7 June 2021 12:11 (three years ago) link
Bob Weaddababyeetsaboy
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 12:22 (three years ago) link
TIL 1-800-COLLECT still exists
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 12:37 (three years ago) link
when Mr. T and Carrot Top dominated our commercial breaks
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 7 June 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
lol apparently a 6 minute collect call on 1-800-CALL-COLLECT is like 42 bucks now
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
a strange return to the early 20th century, when long distance was insanely expensive and barely used, and provided largely so AT&T could claim it offered some special public benefit justifying its monopoly ownership of local phone companies. who is the target market for ludicrously expensive collect calling in 2020?
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 7 June 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
prison inmates
― Bnad, Monday, 7 June 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
ugh. god our society is fucked.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 7 June 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
that makes sense. sadly.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
244. Watched movies with Tobey Maguire and/or Elijah Wood in leading roles.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 7 June 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
It was neat when they told Tobey to act natural when filming on a street, and so he did finger guns, went into a club, did a line of coke and started dancing on a piano in Spider-Man 3.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 02:01 (three years ago) link
244. be reminded of the existence of Sven Goran-Eriksson and Lembit Opik on a regular basis and not just when this happens
I can't believe this is real https://t.co/8t9wVfZac5 pic.twitter.com/r3VlPQ0VtG— Patrick Maguire (@patrickkmaguire) June 8, 2021
― soref, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:00 (three years ago) link
lol wtf!
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:09 (three years ago) link
Speaking of the 2000s, I interviewed Opik when I was a journalism student in 2003, and found him super inspiring and likeable. I spent the day with him on a secondary school visit. Even then he was undoubtedly a self-obsessed goofball, but the kids were rapt with him, and he gave a speech about the importance of getting involved in politics, campaigning, not being apathetic, etc. that was as inspiring as anything I've heard on the subject. His subsequent career as a triple-z-list celeb, Sunday Sport columnist, and holder of bad opinions is an utter embarrassment, obviously, but also a real waste of a talent that probably wasn't that apparent to many, even himself.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:13 (three years ago) link
245. visited Stileproject for proto-edgelord vibes
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:25 (three years ago) link
246. extremely relatedly, thought 'pimps' and 'hos' were funny concepts to roleplay as middle-class white people
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link
lol #245
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:58 (three years ago) link
247. Often thought about, but couldn't quite explain why "Stuff White People Like" felt extremely racist while trying to be the opposite
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 11:01 (three years ago) link
248. Saved Karyn.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 13:57 (three years ago) link
249. Bought string quartet tribute albums
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
250. Consider 256mb mp3 players with LED displays serious cutting edge shit. More of a self-own here because I was well behind the curve on music players.
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
251. Shagged Ariane
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
252. Laughed at cross-dressers. ("I'm a LADY!")
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
Of course now all the disablist/anti-trans/racist blackfacing elements are indefensible now, but really they should have been at the time as well. Not that I'm getting on my high horse here. I only boycotted it on the grounds that Lucas/Williams are horribly unfunny performers and absolute despicable wankers to boot.
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
253. Not automatically lol when you thought about Joseph Kony and the Lords Resistance Army
― Fart low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:37 (three years ago) link
lol @ 251, had completely forgotten about that particular gem
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
254. Ran a spyware scan on your parents' computer and removed bonzibuddy.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
(Today: help your parents use spying apps from google, apple, facebook)
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
My in-laws once asked me, in the 2000s, to look at their computer because it was “going slow”. Literally a full half of their Internet Explorer window was bullshit toolbars, because they always clicked Yes to everything.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
374a. used physical tickets to get into events
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
471b. lots of fast food places didn't take debit cards yet (at least in the early 2000s)
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:46 (three years ago) link
258. Yelled "Whazzup!" at each other
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
259. Yelled "Nice one Brova!" at each other
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
xpost I have a friend who said that to me a week ago, and she's only 25 - she woulda been like, a toddler when that came out.
but she didn't know it from the original commercial - did it appear somewhere else recently?
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
260. "Bud...Weis....ER!"
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
260b. worried that the frogs screensaver was a virus261. still used a screensaver
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:25 (three years ago) link