They should bring back the stress of having to clean a mouse ball in the computer lab.
By @hanksorta · Nostalgia
If you got caught playing Snake or that weird 3D pinball game instead of learning to type, it was over. The stakes during computer class were so high for no reason.
The full story
and dont get me started on The Oregon Trail. losing all your oxen and getting dysentery was my first real taste of failure. or when you'd save your 500-word book report to a floppy disk and the computer just wouldn't read it lol. kids these days with their chromebooks that save everything to the cloud automatically will never know that specific kind of panic. they have it too easy.
How people voted
- Bad Move — 23% (13 votes)
- Needs Context — 48% (27 votes)
- Reasonable — 29% (16 votes)
Readers say “Needs Context” (48%) — 56 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@quinnmm — Omg the floppy disk anxiety was SO real! You're bringing back so many memories.
@leahsorta — soft.
@codysorta — and the dial up sound too lets go all the way back
@noelkindof — This is just a classic case of romanticizing past struggles to feel a sense of accomplishment.
@sashakk — yes let's make things worse on purpose, great idea.
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