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42 Post author: JesseGalef 18 October 2011 05:39PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 October 2011 09:57:59PM *  13 points [-]

ಠ_ಠ

When I was young people on LW didn't use pictures. There was text. And if you complained we threw another dozen links to walls of text at you.

Comment author: saturn 18 October 2011 11:52:19PM 5 points [-]
Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 19 October 2011 12:12:24AM *  3 points [-]

<lame excuse> Those aren't pictures, they're diagrams! </excuse>

(Upvoted.)

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 20 October 2011 09:26:31PM *  5 points [-]

We need our diagrams of alien invaders in order to recognize the aliens when they appear among us. Of the dangerous mutants, too.

Comment author: [deleted] 19 October 2011 06:39:30AM *  5 points [-]

They where there a few I admit. But they where shameful and modest. And we didn't talk about them. Look at how wonderfully sloppy those graphs where! These modern things are so prideful and vain.

Comment author: Nornagest 18 October 2011 10:21:31PM 2 points [-]

A fine sentiment, but the emoticon takes something from it.

Comment author: JesseGalef 18 October 2011 11:48:05PM 8 points [-]

Indeed - when I was young, we didn't use emoticons. We typed "emote smile" and let the MUD client fill in the rest.

... Too nerdy?

Comment author: [deleted] 19 October 2011 06:37:47AM *  3 points [-]

I am trying to overcome my future shock at the strange society LW has become in the fantastic, futuristic and frightening year of 2011.

Comment author: gwern 20 October 2011 12:29:12AM 0 points [-]

Oh I dunno, we're barely at shock level 2 or 3 here most of the time.

Comment author: pedanterrific 19 October 2011 05:47:54AM 4 points [-]

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 20 October 2011 12:34:30AM 0 points [-]

Firefox isn't rendering that right. What is it? An emoticon of a thumbs up?

Comment author: pedanterrific 20 October 2011 12:52:30AM 2 points [-]