I’m pretty sure the animal they used to make transparent stuff went extinct, like the one they used for the original McRib.
We all need to heal.
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TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 1 year ago
fushuan@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You are correct lmao, they do it from plastic with is made from petrol which was made from dinosaurs.
hup@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Vast majority of petrol is dead pine trees but nice try!
I_LOVE_VEKOMA_SLC@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Fun fact: Transparent electronics are a thing because prisons require radios, TV, etc to be able to be seen inside and companies later realised they looked cool.
Comment105@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Why did they end up deciding it’s not cool or worth doing anymore?
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Fashion
hup@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The marketing team realized that society isn’t cool enough to buy enough of them to make money off it.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Thanks criminals (?)
Mamertine@lemmy.world 1 year ago
IMO it’s more “thanks prison industrial complex”.
The prisoners are just there to satisfy the funding.
HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I thought they’d also test the moulds with clear plastic so it was obvious if there were internal defects due to things like poor flow into part of the mould
theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That phone. My clear love had that phone in her bedroom. I walked 20 miles to see her once when I was 14. Man.
She married my brother a decade later haha.
dicksinabag@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s rough buddy
theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I dodged a bullet.
She developed a drug problem.
One night I was over at their apartment and she was sitting on the dryer crying and screaming at everyone (Xanax).
She launched herself off of the dryer and started beating her face on the floor. She stood up bruised, bloodied, and beaten and said, “look what he done to me. Call 911.”
I said, “Girl, if my brother gets arrested because you beat yourself up, I’m going to give you a reason to call 911, I promise.”
They divorced not long after that, he got custody of their kid and he went on to marry a damn good woman.
Part of me feels like he asked for that chaos.
My niece and I are very close and I love her with all of my heart. So it worked out really.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A friend of mine had one in his dorm room. We called it Pavlov because you had to answer when it rang.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not even transparent. Colorful design, actual individuality, recognizable imagery, etc.
Now, everything have to be like “a letter or two in one color, inside a flat geometric shape in another color”, and the most exuberant logo you can find in a well known product is like the firefox icon that just moved from an actually colorful and detailed fox on a clean blue planet like earth to a 3 and a half color based orange circle and blue dot.
YourFavouriteNPC@feddit.de 1 year ago
actual indviduality
I can’t even remember how many different shells i had for my Nokia 3310, but damn was it fun to change those around based on the mood of the day!
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
actual individuality
Man if you think buying a product is what makes individuality, you’ve got bigger problems than a lack of colorful electronics.
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 1 year ago
[deleted]breadcodes@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They can take my Atomic Purple GBC from my cold dead hands. Make America Trans-Rainbow Again.
Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Image Transcription:
X post by user cybr angel 👾 @cybrxangel reading: society won’t heal until we bring back colorful transparent technology Underneath are four images, the top left is 5 iMac G3s arranged in a circle and each with a different colour: blueberry (blue), grape (purple), tangerine (orange), lime (green), and strawberry (red). The top right image is a purple Nintendo Game Boy Color. The bottom left image is a see through acrylic landline phone from the 90s. The bottom right image is a clear purple Nintendo 64 with 6 controllers arranged in a semi-circle in front of it in the following clear colours from left to right: blue, watermelon (red and white), green, orange, atomic ice blue, and atomic purple.
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Highstronaught@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Good human
Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thank you, fellow human. 🤖
Gecko@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“X post” kinda also refers to “crosspost”. I’d suggest to instead use “Twitter/X post”. Otherwise, keep up the great work <3
Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s a fair point, I’ve changed it to X/Twitter post. Thank you!
YourFavouriteNPC@feddit.de 1 year ago
Good bot 😊 👍
Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A few more line breaks and/or paragraphs would have made the transcript a little more legible. And if you’d like me to nitpick, the GBC in question is clear purple.
Beyond that, you’re doing us a great service. Keep it up 👍
Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve made some edits, and I appreciate the nitpick greatly! Thank you!
stappern@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Dildos enter the chat
NoNotLikeThat@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I have my transparent purple Gameboy tucked in a safe place. My husband had me get rid of my Nintendo 64 a few years ago, and I’m still not over it.
demlet@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Who makes someone get rid of a gaming console?
glennglog22@kbin.social 1 year ago
Seriously, why?
NoNotLikeThat@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It was because we were moving, donating items we didn’t use as often, and I have other gaming consoles. He’s a great husband.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 year ago
hit the husband, delete lawyer, up the gym
The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Delete the husband, hit on the lawyer, call the gym
Speculater@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m sorry for your loss, I hope you can find a new one that doesn’t control you like that.
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why didn’t you tell him no?
clb92@feddit.dk 1 year ago
transparent purple
Atomic Purple
CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I miss this asthetic so freaking much…
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
It’ll probably make a comeback when they realize how much they can profit from the nostalgia towards it
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 year ago
They brought this back for the Xbox controller a.co/d/4PlCsxi
I got one it’s so sweet
Boi@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I love when technology looked like candy. Now all we get is these boxes
Vilian@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
steam deck has it, steam deck fixing society
dipshit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can see all the working bits!
I love bits!
Bits please!
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 year ago
bytes even!
dipshit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Bits please, can bytes even?
Yes, bytes always even.
tooclose104@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I found a freaking NEWTON in a desk drawer at work last week. With power adapter, but no stylus. Still works though!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I had a Newton in college. Loved that thing until too many heavy books were on top of it and the screen cracked.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Minimalism sucks
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The Fairphone 3 has a translucent case, and I will never understand why they didn’t stick with this design. It’s like childhood memories in phone form.
JenIsBringingTheDrugs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Nothing phone has a transparent aesthetic going on also. Shame they don’t have one with an audio jack or I’d go for it for sure
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
But is it available outside of Europe yet?
sent from my Chinese spy device
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
8bitdo has a retro style universal controller :3 its good.
Godric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah nah, let’s leave that in the past
MrFlamey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is this posted by the guy I accidentally had sex with in Cyberpunk 2077?
Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Angel or Skye?
MrFlamey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Exactly! To be fair, it did show pictures first, but I wasn’t paying attention to their names. Then when you actually choose you can only see the names and they both sound kinda like female names. I don’t think I was the only one who made that mistake.
fushi01@lemmy.world 1 year ago
YOU WHAT
Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I kinda want a smartphone that is made of the same plastic that a gameboy was made of. Something like the iPhone 5C, but with a rougher texture.
sachamato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I had that purple n64 controller with a special transparent edition also of Zelda the Ocarina of time. What a time to be alive it was!
Nutterthebutter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’d put more money out there for my phone to come with a transparent case like this. I think they design everything against what’s trending which is white, grey, or black with solid colored LEDs. Either that or go full gamer and put in the rainbow LEDs. 80s/90s had it right with color options.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 year ago
There’s a few Nintendo Switch mods that have done this, you can buy the shells.
Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Ahhh, I can taste the phtalate cancer from here.
hitler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Xeknos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, we do.
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 year ago
Just after that wave my so got an eMac, a toilet shaped jet engine with a screen.
Back in the day it was cool to see the magic inside, today IDK.
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just get arrested, OP. Pretty sure this is what you get for electronics in prison. (Don’t actually get arrested)
Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Could look for some prison stuff for sale
mdd@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I bought a prison TV from some tweakers. Didn’t work. :(
twistedcarbon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wear a transparent clear G-Shock every day. Apparently these turn yellow after a while, so I guess it will be colorful after all.
original_ish_name@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Noooooo, people could then see the repairability before buying it. We can’t have that!!!
MorgoFett@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is it just me, or are transparent cases more brittle than opaque ones? Like more prone to shattering.
original_ish_name@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Opaque ones have a wider range of materials to choose from. Plastic is pretty unlikely to break, though. Glass is the only other transparent case and that would be brittle (guess which one modern phones use)
Anamana@feddit.de 1 year ago
based lemmy echochamber post :D