“Here’s the $0.85 for the coffee, thanks!”
Ok, I'll pay you the 1995 price
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Edward@lemmy.4d2.org to [deleted]
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rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Your welcome! Enjoy your styrofoam cup coffee from a deli that smells of Malboro cigarettes. The sugar has weird moving black things and milk has been left out for 3 days.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I never understood why Starbucks became big in the US, but I always assumed it was something like that.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Remember playing pool in the 90s, I didn’t even smoke but I feel I will have copd.
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
“Do u think y2k is gonna happen?,”
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I don’t know but I’ve been stockpiling canned food in my basement and I bought a portable toilet just in case.
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Depending on the country, paying like it’s 1995 would be the best power move. Here’s, dunno, 100 francs? 5 marks?
General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh yes. If you’re a Dutch soldier you even get free drinks, and it only costs your honor.
“Toast of shame” - Mladic and Karreman drinking together
Happy 30th anniversary. Cheers to the Dutch Army.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
what am I missing? why is the picture titled the toast of shame?
UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Happy 30th anniversary
Almost to the day - it was July 11th 1995.
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
A million lire for a coffe? What a steal
merari42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This sign goes hard in countries that belonged to former Yugoslavia.
Flagg76@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I never use any public WiFi on my phone, why would you use wifi like it’s 2005?
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I used to when i never paid for data
Flagg76@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah that’s why I said 2005… data has been cheap for ages, can’t remember when I didn’t have an unlimited data plan.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
I don’t expect places to have wifi. If only phones had their own way of connecting to the internet.
polle@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Do people really want wifi these days? Why would i trust some random sketchy wifi if my own phone has a plan with >5gb.
hash@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Cool. Lemme just paint the ceiling with my brains so I can approximate what it was like when I wasn’t around.
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
GET OFF MY LAWN!
Just kidding. I’m a millennial. I don’t own a lawn.
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just page me.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
We Do Not Have ✨WiFi✨
Use The Hotspot On Your Phone Like A Normal Person
Or Get A Data Card For Your Laptop IDK Or Care
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
There’s a place near me that I don’t go to very often, and almost never if I’m alone. They have great food and it’s pretty cheap, but they don’t have WiFi.
That normally wouldn’t be a problem, because I rarely use any of my cell data, but it’s a super old building full of interference and I can only get cell signal if I happen to get one of the 3 seats within 10 foot of the front windows.
If I do go by myself, I get weird looks for bringing comic books or video games and just existing by myself, but there’s nothing else to do while waiting for food so…
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I think there’s about two games you can download to your phone that will run without an internet connection. Even fucking Balatro—what do you need internet for? People have paid for the game!
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
except that in america at least lots of data plans somehow block you from using the hotspot function, i do not fathom how the fuck it’s possible but people keep talking about it so i have to assume it’s a real thing…
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I didn’t like talking to other people in 1995, and I sure as hell aren’t going to start enjoying it now.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When my family goes out we usually have to put our phones away. It was my rule, but now I break my own rules and my kids have to tell me to put my phone away. I guess my kids are better than me now.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Am i the only one who wishes this was common? Put your stupid phones away. How have we not matured enough to not be so addicted to little flashy lights.
Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Im one of the few on here that actually has a life outside of just my phone and computer, sorry guys. Those things are great but many are far too dependent and addicted to a fleeting thing.
lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
who talked to random strangers at coffee shops even before phones?
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I did this at multiple coffee shops I hung out at. This is how you met people. Also no one smokes anymore. That was also a big part of socialization.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well Jimmy, people used to be humans and converse in person hard to believe I know.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I spend most my time on the phone socializing anyway. I’m addicted to feeling connected with people I care about not “little flashy lights”. I’m not at coffee shops to meet people I’m there to change pace for a minute and reset before I move to another task. If I’m specifically with someone then sure I talk to them but usually I want to be anywhere else because coffee shops in Seattle are so loud I can’t hold a conversation
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You have a good point. But it’s there in your post; “feeling” connected. But for many people, they actually aren’t. They feel connected because of notifications and little dings that give them dopamine, much like a rat in a test lab hitting buttons for treats. Thats why I am surprised no one sees this.
ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
i guess i am getting old. but i really think it is sad, when a group goes to the restaurant/coffee/bar and everyone is staring at their individual screen
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
McDonald’s STILL has newspapers sitting in a rack next to the counter where I am. Growing up these places had magazines and newspapers available to read. People “back then” didn’t just randomly talk to strangers, they just kept themselves busy with other things.
Yes, there’s a problem with people not interacting physically anymore, but it’s not cause we have electronics, it’s cause people don’t have a place to go outside the home anymore. This is a problem with a lack of community centers and walk-able neighborhoods, not a problem with phones.
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
and they just swipe around to see stuff that are 95% useless information. It’s addiction.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I feel the same ! Like are we this brainwashed ?? Plus theyre not even reading articles or anything to improve themselves, it’s endless TikTok scrolling. Also, im not old, and I can still see it. So it’s not really an old person thing. More of a “have we literally become idiots addicted to a shiny screen” type thing.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, and who said all these kids could be on my lawn???
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
That stupid little flashy light? Do you think of tamagochis? Because my phone has access to all the knowlege on the planet.
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
what did coffee cost in 1995 ?
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Do you think McDonald’s has the monopoly picks for the 1996 Olympic Dream team yet? There is no way they can be as good as last time right… Bird, Jordan, Magic, there wasn’t a bad player on the team!
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The 1996 McDonalds Monopoly game was one of the games that the sweepstakes company fixed, right?
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Former police officer stole the winning pieces for years, made $24 million for him/friends/family apparently. Was supposed to go on trial September 10 2001. The next day 9/11 happened and no one paid attention to what happened
EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Or just don’t be a broke bitch and get unlimited data, it’s not expensive 😅
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
How much are you paying for that?
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
100$/month and a one time purchase of a 200$ wifi router
EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
50 a month at MetroPCS, it’s not rocket science, and I’m not rich. I literally live on the streets.
jimmux@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Gaaaaaay!
(Am I doing it right?)
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah exactly. It’s not the real 1995 unless you can get called a slur for not hyperbolically performing your agab like it was a Tony award performance.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
No
jimmux@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I guess you had to be there.
And happy to not still be there.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
No and that’s pretty fucking queer, buddy. /s
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
But people in the real world don’t like talking to me.
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That sign looks like it really blocks access to those refrigerators. is it even necessary to be so obnoxious about your lousy cheap lack of WiFi? Just have a little sign that says “no WiFi” if that is even really necessary, without being sarcastic about it.
NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I don’t know about you, buy I would probably go around the counter, instead of climbing over it and through a sign, if I needed to get to the fridges behind.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Oh that’s a counter lol. The perspective is weird here to me. Almost looks like a little bench or something.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
What do you want me to act like my kin circa 1995? Because if so you may want to get out of the way cause I’ve got a weed sprayer filled with diesel and a little cigarette!
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Sure, go back to a time where you might have to fight for your life just for wearing the wrong t-shirt out of Blur and Oasis (Pulp btw).
jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
i hate phones
(i have no other comment.)
vga@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I once was in a lunch group where one of the people honestly asked the restaurant staff about wifi, standing almost next to this sign. The guy smugly pointed at the sign and said nothing.
It was cringy for everyone involved.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
1995… The peak of humanity. Industrial clubs everywhere, fun cheap bars, bright clothes, danceable music, computers you still had a chance of understanding somewhat, home appliances and lightbulbs didn’t need firmware updates or spy on you, affordable housing and groceries, relative worldwide peace…
I think I’d burst into tears if I saw this sign IRL
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So, a white bread is USD0.77?
lena@gregtech.eu 2 weeks ago
I saw this exact same sign in a restaurant in Newfoundland
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Is that Lighthouse Coffee?
hopesdead@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Back in January I went into a Bagel Me! and it looked like New York City from the 90s as depicted in tv and movie. Such a weird feeling.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
If you put this passive agressive bullshit up ima gonna smoke indoors and pay 25c for my drink.
INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Maybe drink too much, assault a woman and call the bartender the f slur. Feeling cute.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What the fuck is the f slur? Other than fuck