I was most pleased the day I had a direct lesson that “nostalgia” is another word for “brain rot.”<\/p>\n
I remember using a Mac LC 475 all the time in 1995 and 1996, working on a student newspaper. I remembered it as having been just a startling joy to use; haunting in its ease of use.<\/p>\n
Then I used Windows 95 with Office 97 for much of 1997.<\/p>\n
Then in early 1998 I got in front of an LC 475 again. Holy crap, what is this clunky piece of shit.<\/i><\/p>\n
Remember: human memory is provably awful, and history is therefore bunk. And you can’t go back again because you’re a different person now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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