You miss so much if you put it in a CD-ROM

2 months ago by The Picard Maneuver to c/antiquememesroadshow

Ypsilenna 38 points 2 months ago

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LifeInMultipleChoice 12 points 2 months ago

Envelopes, the ultimate encryption. Just break the adhesive on the back and use a similar adhesive to reclose it. Most people don't pay attention to things, you could probably just use a gluestick lol

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wonderingwanderer 6 points 2 months ago

Bring back wax seals and signets

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LifeInMultipleChoice 2 points 2 months ago

Ive done so before, but I rarely send letters now

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wonderingwanderer 3 points 2 months ago

Send more letters. On fancy heavy parchment. With illuminated letters on the first line, and your signature at the end in obnoxiously large cursive preceded by seven titles of escalating pretentiousness.

It's the only way to really get their attention.

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atomicbocks 6 points 2 months ago

The lick-able envelopes can be opened and resealed with the steam from a kettle.

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AnUnusualRelic 8 points 2 months ago

So you're saying that they're tamper proof in the US?

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atomicbocks 4 points 2 months ago

Funny joke… but you do happen to be talking to a tea drinker who lives in the US… we have three kettles…

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Zwiebel 4 points 2 months ago

I mean it's not hidden just very small

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hypnicjerk 3 points 2 months ago

the wonderful story of henry sugar?

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Ypsilenna 1 point 2 months ago

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craftrabbit 35 points 2 months ago

In contrast to me who only reads data gay off disks

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ODuffer 39 points 2 months ago

Non-binary?

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Angryhumanoid 17 points 2 months ago

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Whelks_chance 16 points 2 months ago

Easier to use the butterflies

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black0ut 6 points 2 months ago

C-x M-c M-butterfly

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MacNCheezus 9 points 2 months ago

This is what you had to do back in the day if you were too poor to afford a CD-ROM drive for your PC.

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purplemonkeymad 6 points 2 months ago

Didn't that teen drama Roswell High with the aliens have one of them "listen" to a cd?

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flambonkscious 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, you can listen to CDs if you put them in an audio CD player but is just awful noise

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bstix 2 points 2 months ago

You must be thinking of cassette tapes.

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Kolanaki 6 points 2 months ago

The only person who probably could read a CD/DVD with their naked eye is Cyclops from X-Men. Still need his visor to control the laser's power tho.

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captain_aggravated 5 points 2 months ago

What discs are those? I can't make out the label.

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LovableSidekick 4 points 2 months ago

I bet Spock could do that if he felt like it. He just never felt like it.

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Sirius006 4 points 2 months ago

Can somebody tell me where the battlestar Galactica is parked? I just hope I get there in time.

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 3 points 2 months ago

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OhStopYellingAtMe 3 points 2 months ago

💿💿🥜

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solidheron -8 points 2 months ago

They're using them as mirrors

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Sailing7 29 points 2 months ago

Woosh

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Appoxo 3 points 2 months ago

Whooooshwith4os

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solidheron -13 points 2 months ago

Like you're too young to know cds are reflective on the back?

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Trex202 24 points 2 months ago

CDs nuts on the back

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Fluffy_Ruffs 12 points 2 months ago

Gottem

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BoosBeau 8 points 2 months ago

Jesus Christ man, they might have had a family before you destroyed their life

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solidheron -6 points 2 months ago

No just a cassette tape

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Sailing7 17 points 2 months ago

Nahh mate. Woosh is a common phrase that is used when somebody missed the joke and took a joke seriously. ❤️

Just like in this post. Its obvious that they acutally use them as mirrors. And you pointing that out makes it seem you missed the joke. Hence why i commented woosh. As this is something you say in this situation.

It comes from the subreddit r/woosh

As in - "woosh, that was the sound of the joke that just flew over your head" - to point the poster to the fact that they missed the joke in the post or took a joke for a serious post

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solidheron -12 points 2 months ago

It's obvious if you used a CD. CDs are becoming increasingly obsolete and there's middle schoolers that never had to interact with a cd

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ekky 6 points 2 months ago

Nah, we (hopefully) all know, which is why the meme is funny.

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waz 10 points 2 months ago

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solidheron -6 points 2 months ago

Yeah someone else already made that joke and now I'm reminding them of their chronic back pain

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mcz 5 points 2 months ago

Actually if you have some experience at burning CDs you can tell if the data burned is music or images or video. This is very practical! Unfortunately contrary to what some people might claim, it's impossible to tell how much data has been written or if a writing session is closed or not. Now you have a full picture.

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solidheron -5 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah you can see the different textures on a CD that has written data, but it's likely they're using them as mirrors and I think that's clever

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mcz 1 point 2 months ago

It's impossible to use CDs as mirrors. This is due to bright lasers used for burning. Wait – actually it can be done, but only with pressed CDs, not CD-Rs.

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solidheron -1 points 2 months ago

Does the laser burn your eyes 🤣. Im recalling my experience with CDs from decades ago (both from CDs from the era now and me interacting with CDs back then)

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