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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

When I was young, older people thought the monitor was the computer and had no idea there was a chassi under the desk connected to it. :)

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

When I was young people thought the keyboard was the computer. And they were right.

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 3 points 7 months ago

Reminds me of that story where a company secretary thought the towers are just junk and asked the whole lot thrown out the entire office

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