I admit it’s a very specific historical inaccuracy. To put in non-computer terms: The software screams Beyoncé, but the hardware is like a critically acclaimed indie band that never quite made it to a major label and also doesn’t know who Beyoncé is. - ThreadSky

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ernie.tedium.co • 55 days ago

I admit it’s a very specific historical inaccuracy. To put in non-computer terms: The software screams Beyoncé, but the hardware is like a critically acclaimed indie band that never quite made it to a major label and also doesn’t know who Beyoncé is.

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natashabuchholz.bsky.social•49 days ago

It’s been almost a week since seeing this tweet and I still think about it because it’s true. And also I feel old for understanding all of it since I used to own a monitor by viewsonic that was hooked up to a Power Mac G4 and by like 2003/4 AIM was already losing popularity because MySpace 😭.

natashabuchholz.bsky.social•49 days ago

Oh my…did I really type out tweet? Is that still something we can say? (Minus the obvious buyout because this the only time deadnaming is acceptable)