(Deleted, so here's a detailed look)And one last example, not mentioned in the piece but much-loved by me: the Casio QL-10, which, yes, came with a built in cigarette lighter. From the zenith of pocket calculator commodification, when companies were trying anything they could to shift products. pic.twitter.com/65P7Wvgtty
— James Vincent (@jjvincent) September 27, 2023
I was wondering when this was going to get out.....https://t.co/txLEjeoPfD
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) February 11, 2025
guessed a store’s bathroom code using the street address pic.twitter.com/80mFZjzImB
— helmet girl (@sbodrojan) January 12, 2025
For the youngsters out there, these are:
— Tom Shugart (@tshugart3) January 15, 2025
- a coin holder for paying at the toll booth
- a "car phone" (meant you were a big wheel to have one back in the day)
- a 5-disc CD changer (also has a tape deck in the cockpit). pic.twitter.com/yyHTUnB3UJ
I'm assuming this is truetil that while filming tokyo drift, the crew couldn't get a permit to film a scene in shibuya, but they filmed it anyway and paid a guy to pretend to be the director and spend a night in jail instead of the actual director
— “paula” (@paularambles) January 13, 2025
Today (or rather sleepless at 3am), I learned that Iran tests their ejection seats with an F-5 cockpit j-b weldeded to the tail of a Tu-154M.👀
— Tim Farmer (@timfarmer) January 16, 2025
Just wanted to share. Carry on. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/TTWkdyZdGv
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