FigMcLargeHuge

joined 2 years ago
[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Personal computers were only just starting to become common. The Apple Macintosh launched in 1984, the IBM PC a few years before. There was no Microsoft Windows, no Linux. If you didn’t type your paperwork yourself, most large workplaces had a typing pool to do it for you

I was given a failing grade in school because I used a computer to type an essay and print it. Dot matrix gave me away. It was considered cheating back then. My Dad was so pissed he went and bought a letter quality printer so that the teacher couldn't tell that it wasn't typed.

Central Texas Pig Rescue - One year they put on a pig pageant, and it was the cutest thing ever.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I distinctly remember that the NFL tried that out once, where they broadcast a game with no announcers. My Dad and I thought it was amazing, but evidently we were far and few between as I recall they only did it the one time.

What I really don't understand is how they end a football game and then have to sit around for 20 mins rehashing the game they JUST SAW...
"Remember that time the guy caught the ball and then ran?"
"Oh yeah, that was like 10 whole mins ago."
"That was so good."
"Yeah."

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Living Spaces is the one that drives me nuts with the woman singing at the end. Plenty others are horrible, but that one in particular just hits a nerve for me.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

I mute commercials.