ya boi timJun 21, 2024

ME: Hello computer! Please show me what I was doing recently

COMPUTER IN THE 1980's: l cease to exist when I am powered off. Please start whatever you were doing from scratch

COMPUTER IN THE 2000's: Yep here you go champ

COMPUTER IN THE 2020's: I stored 10,000 identical copies of what you were doing in 500 different global datacentres at a carbon footprint equivalent to leaving a semi-trailer idling 24/7 and also sent a copy to the FBI just to be safe. Let me know which one you want and I'll do my best to figure it out. By the way here are 10 things which are similar to what you were doing and 9 of them are ads. Do you like this? Please select "I love this very much" or "I'll be in love with this later" to continue

Show threadMinisterofimpedimentsJun 21, 2024
@burgerdrome [raises hand sheepishly] “I’d like to amend the 2020s description a little…”
Computer in the 2020s: Your WiFi is down…so you can just ‘eff off until it comes back online m’kay? Because if I can’t get online you don’t have a computer. Local drive? Listen neckbeard you downloaded the security updates and they undid those tweaks you looked up and popped your files and emails right back into the cloud. Because corporate needs to know what cat food you buy…”
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@ministerofimpediments @burgerdrome
What?
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