[chrisco255]

Someone reminded me of the iconic toaster screensaver the other day. And I totally forgot that people used to go to a physical store, purchase a diskette or disc with screensavers on it and then install it on their computer for cool points.

Just wild to think of having to go through all of that for something you can download in less than a few milliseconds today.

[mentos]

Reminds me of a Kurt Vonnegut story about going to the post office to mail a letter

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9299135

[jagged-chisel]

> We are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different.

I need this on a shirt. And in a plaque on my desk at the office. And framed at home.

[tonyedgecombe]

Or copy a friend’s disk, piracy was rife then.