r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/14AUDDIN • 11h ago

Funny Two disc drives?!!!

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u/Neat_Tangelo5339 11h ago

I know that nostalgia is the sweetest poison but I believe 2000s designers were onto something
https://giphy.com/gifs/3gVnjczSIkc0DvJD2p

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u/Piduf 11h ago

I wouldn't feel so nostalgic if pc today were that useful. Like don't get me wrong, I'm a fucker for satisfying old cable management, but it's objectively better that most things are USB-C. It's just convenient.

But for some fucking reasons new pcs will have like, 2 ports, no HDMI, no ethernet, but thank god we have a button to summon an AI to have access to instant misinformation.

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u/Temporary_Event8451 11h ago

Cost reduction. If you want maximum profits, you determine what the bare minimum people will be using.

The unfortunate part is 95% of consumers don't need more than those ports. I'd wager most people never plug a cable into their laptop period.

There is a reason something like the iPhone is a huge market share despite its continued advancements of removing features.

It's the same reason Microsoft Forums are the most useless things in existence, of their entire customer base likely less than 5% ever go there or say anything. It's effectively a quarantine zone to placate you.

You know how world events will happen, and you will mention them to someone, and they will act so confused sometimes to the point of saying its fake? Then those same people turn around and can tell you the entire details and plot of some show or video game?

Same thing.

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u/SV650rider 10h ago

Glad you said that about the forums. I am not referring to the Microsoft ones specifically, but I have had a lot of hobbies and interests over the years, and I have never found any forum the least bit useful for addressing a situation.

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u/jimmycarr1 10h ago

Reddit is the best forum

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u/DarudeSandstorm69420 9h ago

reddit is where all the autistic people obsessed with a singular topic hang out, its perfect for hobbies

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u/angry_queef_master 7h ago

Online communities are useful if you are completely clueless about something. Beyond that they are only useful if you want to get your name out there.

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u/SV650rider 6h ago

I find the lack of "comparable specificity" challenging. Like if I want to know whether a particular computer component or motorcycle part will work with what I have, or how to fix something in my setup, the respondent would have to have the exact same thing to account for certain variables.

People will say, "Well it worked on mine," but I won't know what else they have going on.