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still have no idea wtf people did before computers

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cerebral pisswyrm gaping
  01/25/22
A lot fewer of you and your fagg0t ilk back then.
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Composed hundreds of keyboard sonatas
Topaz odious public bath
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180 we need to go back
cerebral pisswyrm gaping
  01/25/22
they went to the library and checked out books, they went to...
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disgusting lol
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wtf
lilac swashbuckling dopamine principal's office
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Bossy site generalized bond
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Chartreuse Misunderstood Box Office
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lmao - i'm dying man can't stop laughing at this
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sneak a photo of his office and poast it or this is flame
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It's fascinating to read about "databases" before ...
Big Peach Chapel Karate
  01/25/22
shit like this https://external-preview.redd.it/3Sj0inMI2...
hateful honey-headed space immigrant
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people just called each other on their home phone numbers ho...
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Before PCs? As a kid it was TV, Nintendo, playing in the str...
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I… remember We would also dig up fossils from the...
Poppy gas station
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Jigsaw puzzles, board games, card games, TV, movies
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There were a ton of people who just typed (previous to that ...
Emerald hell
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Yes, a lot of mid century US skyscrapers were actually built...
Big Peach Chapel Karate
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I remember using rotary phones in early childhood. And thing...
blue exhilarant plaza
  07/21/23
we used to go over to each others house completely unannounc...
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  07/21/23
Lots of solitaire imo
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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:01 AM
Author: cerebral pisswyrm gaping



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:02 AM
Author: curious dun idea he suggested

A lot fewer of you and your fagg0t ilk back then.

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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:03 AM
Author: Topaz odious public bath

Composed hundreds of keyboard sonatas

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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:04 AM
Author: cerebral pisswyrm gaping

180 we need to go back

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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:06 AM
Author: lilac swashbuckling dopamine principal's office

they went to the library and checked out books, they went to parks and played baseball and stuff, they assembled model airplanes and painted them, they played touch football in the streets, they watched lousy tv shows like 'I Loathe Lucy,' they drove to relatives' houses while Glen Campbell songs played on the car radio, they cleaned out the chicken coop they kept in the backyard...etc etc etc

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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:36 AM
Author: Cordovan hominid

disgusting lol

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Date: January 26th, 2022 7:56 AM
Author: Galvanic address gay wizard



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Date: July 21st, 2023 2:37 AM
Author: Dark bateful pistol nowag



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:07 AM
Author: Galvanic address gay wizard

*Leans over secretary's desk*

"Take this down for me: Is lettuce prole? Dictated but not read."

*secretary types on typewriter*

"Anything else, Mr. Quotemo?"

"That's it. Send it to my mailing list via overnight express, please. By the way, you look great today."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5016269&forum_id=2#43843103)



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:10 AM
Author: Bossy site generalized bond

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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:10 AM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:20 AM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:35 AM
Author: Topaz odious public bath



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:36 AM
Author: sienna overrated trump supporter



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:39 AM
Author: Adventurous rusted international law enforcement agency son of senegal



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:40 AM
Author: Adventurous rusted international law enforcement agency son of senegal

Oh and your ass looks great in those pants. I meant, bass in those plants.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5016269&forum_id=2#43843185)



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:40 AM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:22 AM
Author: Fantasy-prone razzmatazz ape



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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:36 AM
Author: fragrant chad cuck



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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:41 AM
Author: Pearly lay patrolman



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Date: January 25th, 2022 12:13 PM
Author: sinister hideous private investor



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Date: January 25th, 2022 9:57 PM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:26 PM
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Date: July 14th, 2023 1:18 PM
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Date: July 21st, 2023 1:25 AM
Author: Mildly Autistic Citrine Puppy



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Date: July 21st, 2023 10:14 AM
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Date: January 31st, 2024 5:53 PM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:41 AM
Author: Orchid floppy background story

lawyer in my office suite is boomer historically black college type dude, doesnt use computer. I peak in his office sometimes. African masks and ebony statues, more gold paint than a trump property, million framed pictures of him with obscure politicians, and he's sitting there, dressed to the absolute nines, behind a clean desk just staring into space

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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:12 AM
Author: lilac swashbuckling dopamine principal's office

wtf

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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:13 AM
Author: Bossy site generalized bond

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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:35 AM
Author: Chartreuse Misunderstood Box Office

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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:36 AM
Author: fragrant chad cuck

lmao

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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:37 AM
Author: light hall factory reset button

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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:37 AM
Author: Mind-boggling kitty church



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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:53 AM
Author: Twisted Razzle Parlour

lmao - i'm dying man can't stop laughing at this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5016269&forum_id=2#43843965)



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Date: January 25th, 2022 12:09 PM
Author: Hairless self-centered stag film

sneak a photo of his office and poast it or this is flame

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Date: January 25th, 2022 9:40 PM
Author: Galvanic address gay wizard



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Date: January 25th, 2022 9:55 PM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 12:13 PM
Author: sinister hideous private investor



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:27 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac insecure property



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:45 PM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:48 PM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 9:35 PM
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Date: January 25th, 2022 9:44 PM
Author: Adventurous rusted international law enforcement agency son of senegal



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Date: January 25th, 2022 9:46 PM
Author: dull contagious church building



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Date: January 25th, 2022 9:56 PM
Author: light hall factory reset button



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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:26 PM
Author: metal locus



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Date: July 14th, 2023 1:17 PM
Author: Topaz odious public bath



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Date: July 21st, 2023 1:25 AM
Author: pea-brained deer antler selfie

love it

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Date: July 21st, 2023 1:26 AM
Author: brass school cafeteria blood rage



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Date: July 21st, 2023 1:28 AM
Author: cracking vermilion stain state

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Date: July 21st, 2023 2:46 AM
Author: Thriller pocket flask multi-billionaire



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Date: July 21st, 2023 9:19 AM
Author: Opaque heady ratface



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Date: July 21st, 2023 9:19 AM
Author: Adventurous rusted international law enforcement agency son of senegal



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Date: July 21st, 2023 10:14 AM
Author: irradiated psychic



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Date: July 21st, 2023 1:39 PM
Author: Marvelous Godawful Incel

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Date: January 31st, 2024 6:04 PM
Author: pale multi-colored fanboi associate



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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:19 AM
Author: Big Peach Chapel Karate

It's fascinating to read about "databases" before computers. A scribe would have two tables of figures and would perform the corresponding calculations in another table, like matrices. Also they would use notched pieces of paper to select something from a set that had certain characteristics and not others.

Pre-computer graphic design is also pretty cool.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5016269&forum_id=2#43843697)



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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:39 AM
Author: hateful honey-headed space immigrant

shit like this

https://external-preview.redd.it/3Sj0inMI2tVRjYAIJCcFTaLw315GeU6PXI47GMaieTM.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=f4baa69115172710608135b9200f7d60775e1684

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Date: January 25th, 2022 10:41 AM
Author: Pearly lay patrolman

people just called each other on their home phone numbers hoping they'd be home and just trusted each other to show up somewhere at an agreed upon time that was only discussed days maybe even weeks in advance.

really a charming if inefficient time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5016269&forum_id=2#43843874)



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Date: January 25th, 2022 2:52 PM
Author: cerebral pisswyrm gaping



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Date: January 25th, 2022 8:26 PM
Author: cerebral pisswyrm gaping



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Date: January 25th, 2022 9:40 PM
Author: Stirring pozpig foreskin

Before PCs? As a kid it was TV, Nintendo, playing in the streets with the neighborhood kids, riding bikes, swimming, that's it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5016269&forum_id=2#43847711)



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Date: July 21st, 2023 8:16 AM
Author: Poppy gas station

I… remember

We would also dig up fossils from the stream and haul them back to our garage to collect.

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Date: July 21st, 2023 1:29 AM
Author: cracking vermilion stain state

Jigsaw puzzles, board games, card games, TV, movies

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Date: July 21st, 2023 9:04 AM
Author: Emerald hell

There were a ton of people who just typed (previous to that copied by hand) documents, ran calculations for accounting etc. A word processor was a person, not a machine. Book keeper was a huge occupation.

There were filing systems which were truly amazing in scale (the British especially) where someone would look in a “card catalog” and then march into a warehouse and pull whatever you needed. Things could be filed under multiple key words so sometimes things would be impossible to find or get lost or, you know, the warehouse would burn down.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5016269&forum_id=2#46573134)



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Date: July 21st, 2023 12:48 PM
Author: Big Peach Chapel Karate

Yes, a lot of mid century US skyscrapers were actually built to store files for banks and insurance companies. The amount of paper postwar America was producing, consuming, and moving around was staggering.

Typing pools wee a thing. A room or series of huge rooms full of women on typewriters. The clacking and clanging got so loud people needed ear plugs.

There were always jobs because this process was so labor-intensive and there was minimal competition for jobs because it just wasn't possible to find out about jobs in a certain area unless you physically went there. Want ads cost money and were only a small part of the picture.

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Date: July 21st, 2023 12:40 PM
Author: blue exhilarant plaza

I remember using rotary phones in early childhood. And things in public spaces were cleaner.

Newspaper and TV were the main entertainment. My dad would read several newspapers at his office each day.

Boredom wasn't really that bad. What I don't miss is the lack of information. It was almost impossible to find out about anything that are a couple clicks away today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5016269&forum_id=2#46573952)



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Date: July 21st, 2023 12:43 PM
Author: Dashing pervert

we used to go over to each others house completely unannounced and it was 180

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Date: July 21st, 2023 12:44 PM
Author: wonderful business firm sandwich

Lots of solitaire imo

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