[jakzurr]

Early 90's, 2-3 friends and I had all bought 486's. I got home and listened to answering machine, and the voice was practically gasping.

"You're not gonna believe this game.... You're just not gonna believe it! Uh-huh-huh, you're not gonna believe it!!"

I still wish I'd saved a recording of that.

[ryanklee]

It's these kinds of unprimed expressions of authentic astonishment that can mark off the entrance to new cultural territory in tech. They don't always accompany quantum leaps, but whenever you do hear such noises, you can be sure something big has happened.

I heard such sounds only a few times in my life: - When the internet entered my brain, life, and social circles in the early mid 90s - When the iPhone landed - When ChatGPT tore a hole in the sky just a few months ago