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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 148 points 2 years ago (6 children)

People now pretending that these box tvs were great is hilarious.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

What was wrong with them? They served their purpose just fine for many years

[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 104 points 2 years ago (27 children)

The weighed a ton, they were limited in size, their resolution was terrible, they sucked down electricity...

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Their screen was curved the wrong way until they released flat screen TVs

4:3 resolution meant you lost some of the content from movies or you watched them with black bars

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Except movies keep changing so now if you want imax at home you need 4:3.

Whatever isn't available at home is what movies will change to to keep themselves unique.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Widescreen has been the movie industry standard for how many decades now? IMAX is its own beast but most movies aren't filmed in real IMAX resolution and now there's digital IMAX which is basically 19:10 which is the same as many TVs...

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Movies used to be all 4:3 before tv. It's called the academy ratio. Movies now do 1.85:1 and even 2.39:1. A few even do anamorphic 2.76:1. Anything but the dominant home format.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Major movie studios have mostly used widescreen since the 1950s and all the different ratios you mentioned except 4:3 are better watched on a widescreen TV than a 4:3 TV.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

We had four channels and loved it!

And most people were lucky to have a TV. You were lucky to have a HOUSE! We used to live in one room, all hundred and twenty-six of us, no furniture. Half the floor was missing; we were all huddled together in one corner for fear of FALLING!

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[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (7 children)

They make a high pitched whine

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are you serious?

  • Curved (the wrong way)
  • Massively heavy
  • Noise (just from the unit itself
  • Very low resolution
  • Noticably hot (might be a benefit in the winter)
  • Small picture, especially relative to weight
  • Depending how far back you go, no/shitty remote, only has 1 port for video
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[–] new_guy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

They were great until you had to move them. They were clunkier than a sofa because they had no place to hold and weighted as much as a refrigerator

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[–] Steve@startrek.website 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Stupid false nostalgia, just like the old c10 pickup trucks. They are rare now because they are SHIT and nearly all of them were scrapped like they deserve.

[–] I_Comment_On_EVERYTHING 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes, but... Counter point:

They are so god damn good looking.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago

And god help you if you are even in a car accident

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Gotta put a lot of work and/or money into one to make it look that good, but point taken.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My '96, quarter-million-mile Ford fuckin' Ranger is still running. I love it partly because it's shit. It's incredibly cheap, it hauls stuff, and I don't have to care about it. Similarly, anybody coveting a C10 knows exactly what they're getting into.

Also, I've still got a CRT TV in my back room and a couple of CRT monitors stored in the basement. I'm well aware that they're not as good as my LCD TVs and monitors in every single way, except that they're good for accurate retrogaming, so I keep them around for that purpose and that purpose only. (I'm also under no delusion of them lasting 50 years, contrary to the meme.)

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My ‘96, quarter-million-mile Ford fuckin’ Ranger is still running.

FFR Member Checking in! 1993 SuperCab with the 4.0l V6 and twin sticks!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Mine also has a manual transmission and lever-operated 4x4 transfer case, but is a regular-cab 2.3L.

I picked it on purpose because I wanted the most efficient 4x4 truck I could find, but now (with kids and with towing/hauling more than commuting) I'd be better off with one like yours.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

Moving those CRTs from one place to another is arduous.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

The fear of having to walk under a mounted crt every time I went in and out of my room was real... 😂

[–] MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Nostalgia is a powerful thing.

Do I think crt's are better? No. Do I miss them? Yes.