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[–] tsz@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago (1 children)

30 years after I get my first AOL disk, reddit cancels itself and I'm back getting news about Osama's killer from AOL.

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to take handfuls of those discs from blockbuster and use them as frisbees in my living room

[–] SymphonicResonance@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I took the write protection off of them and used them as spare storage .

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah it was such a bummer when they switched to CDs. I got a Zip drive not long after though and never looked back. Shudders as diskette 4 of 7 starts making a funny sound….