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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 89 points 11 months ago (9 children)

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.

[–] Onii-Chan@kbin.social 56 points 11 months ago (1 children)

2014 wasn't a decade... ago, oh my fucking god.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As far as I'm concerned, it was the 90s about a month ago.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's it, I'm going to my local skate shop and buying a skateboard. Electric of course, because my knees are fucking shot.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

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

[–] mcmoor 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Genrawir@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

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

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 7 points 11 months ago

That explains why there was no 2010s panel

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

TikTok, and not being able to break away from it

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It would contain just a big "E"

[–] SolarNialamide@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Deep fried memes were also 5 years ago though

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

No, not deep fried, surreal or absurd

[–] dopeshark@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Same thing, but on a phone :v

[–] FLX@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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 =
divulgâche🐱‍🐉⚔️🐒

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[–] Case@unilem.org 28 points 11 months ago

Time enjoyed is not wasted.

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

[–] Tolstoy@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

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

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago

Memes are free. Everything else is a subscription.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 11 points 11 months ago

It's suicide by meme

[–] Mikelius@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago

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

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

Son of a bitch!

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

You're not allowed to do this to me 😭

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Instead of tamagochi it should be messenger

[–] Trollception@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Messenger? Like blackberry messenger or something?

[–] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

MSN messenger likely. But that didn't come out until 1999.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[–] smigao@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Interlinked

[–] TIN@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago

Very clever