Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world Count Regal Inkwell @pawb.social 1 wk. ago

What's a technology that was cooler in its older iterations?

I don't mean BETTER. That's a different conversation. I mean cooler.

An old CRT display was literally a small scale particle accelerator, firing angry electron beams at light speed towards the viewers, bent by an electromagnet that alternates at an ultra high frequency, stopped by a rounded rectangle of glowing phosphors.

If a CRT goes bad it can actually make people sick.

That's just. Conceptually a lot COOLER than a modern LED panel, which really is just a bajillion very tiny lightbulbs.

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Sex toys and local multiplayer is a way better combination than cybersex and online matchmaking
- cybersex and online matchmaking
  
  For when your team literally gets fucked.
- Tell that to the furries. Every furry I know that has a VRChat avatar feels more at home with a VR headset strapped to their face.
  
  Furries and strap-ons seem to go hand in hand
- I generally can't be arsed with online multiplayer -- Just as a concept.
  
  But I made great memories with my cousins playing Wii/GameCube local multiplayer titles. Smash, Mario Kart, Sonic Adventure 2, et cetera.
  
  I too like to play "Smash" with this guy's cousins
  
  But do you bond burger my sister?
  
  I have never played a game with random strangers ever. But! My brother and sister both live hours away from me (and each other), and we keep in touch by playing online co-op games every week.
  
  I have a group of friends that I have mostly kept in touch with by playing online games too.
  
  So I agree with what I think you meant, but I'm very glad online multiplayer exists in some form.
  
  I mean. All my friends who match my freak live 120Km+ away from me and so I have played online games with them.
  
  But man it's just not the same as the experience of snacks, a beat up sofa, crowding around a television, yelling at each other, yanno?
  
  Agreed!
- Who said you can't do it anymore?
  
  Still trying to find a way to get microtransactions in there, but I've already got horse armour, thanks

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