cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/20166575
magic box rule
Submitted 2 months ago by notthebees@reddthat.com to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
credo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I too like toaster ovens.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I recall taking a date to the lab I was working in as a grad student and realizing after we got there that none of it is terribly impressive if you don’t know what any of it does. She was unimpressed despite my excitement about all of it.
I later married a different woman who actually was excited about our lab things despite but being a scientist.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Excitedly getting monologued to about niche things that are like magic to me is the best. Learning just enough about someone’s interest to use all the words wrong though is what really gets me going
Allero@lemmy.today 2 months ago
You married the right one.
Being excited about random things you admire is a sign of genuine and great love :)
Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
And you shall never offend this boxes or else they WILL hold grudges against you.
keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 months ago
My printer started it
notthebees@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Anything that’s an unholy combination of mechanics and electronics will end up in disaster
meep_launcher@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Oh I recognize these! We’ve got:
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The 1978 super Nintendo 5 (alternate universe)
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Lockheed Martin Bread maker
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Jeff
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HP 2400 inkjet Uranium 235 enrichment centrifuge
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fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Also, these beige boxes used to be white.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
They all look like some 90ies computer device.
Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 2 months ago
The designs probably haven’t fundamentally changed all that much from their older versions.
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This is a repost from a month or two ago… and it’s still funny the 2nd time. :)
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Which is a itself a repost from a year or two ago lol.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev 2 months ago
And each of them costs about the same as a deposit on a house.
cam_i_am@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And last just as long.
The engineering department at my uni has a tensile strength testing machine which says “Made in the GDR” on it, a country that hasn’t existed for 40+ years.