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The Guardian, 24 years ago
I’m terrified to think of what Oppenheimer did with the first A-bomb then…
“I am becum death, hnnnnnnngh!” --Oppenheimer
Why do I hear this quote in Mr. Regular voice?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
It was a case of an unfortunate mistranslation due to the lack of awareness among historians about the thriving scalie scene at the Manhattan Project.
He unleashed his Little Boy all over Hir! (oshima)
This comment reminded me of a cherished Little Joel video.
That porn was one of the big drivers for home VHS and online payments.
Yeah, honestly, you could go way further back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurine
For context, we figured out agriculture and started to move away from hunter-gatherer life about 12,000 years ago.
I have a guess.
Its a bit overstated. Sure, Sony blocked adult material from Betamax, but VHS simply had longer running time on the tapes, a larger library, and far cheaper hardware.
Same with Blu Ray. People claim that porn was responsible for the adoption of it over HD-DVD, but Bluray was a disc with nearly double the capacity in the same form factor. In what world would people choose HD-DVD?
People didn’t care that betamax was technically better quality. You couldn’t record an entire sports game on a betamax tape.