Spyke
kbin.social

The "now" of this comic is actually 2014, almost a decade ago.

Wonder what the actual "now" cell would contain today. I guess a screenshot of this comment about it being a decade old.

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The fact that there are still skate shops proves my point. I truly am 2 Legit 2 Quit.

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But how to decode that data. Better hope they find some info on character encodings too.

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That, and it would be in portrait mode, with a video playing. And ads taking up a third or the screen.

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2010's = You show your IRL friends the cool fresh meme you found

2020's = Endless doomscrolling to escape a dystopian, sick & crumbling world

2030's = 💥 💀

2040's = The Missing Decade

2050's = ::: spoiler divulgâche 🐱‍🐉⚔️🐒

:::

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That's the point of the comic, it would basically just be the same panel with more ads each time. We're caught in a techno-cultural recursion.

Think about the difference between pre-smart phone and post-smart phone. Now think about the difference between the last generations of iphones.

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Time enjoyed is not wasted.

I keep trying to get this through to my wife, who burns herself out frequently with some dire consequences.

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“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” -Marthe Troly-Curtin

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Facebook??? Think I remember MySpace having most of the 2000s. Even then, I used Yahoo!, AIM, and MSN way more lol.

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msn messenger mostly, but also mIRQ and stuff like that

Edit: damn I just discovered that msn messenger was introduced in 1999. I thought it was older

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You reached the end