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I'm ready to build my own PC (lemmy.ca)
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[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 36 points 7 months ago (12 children)

I am old. I remember when pricewatch.com and tigerdirect.com existed. You wanted to build a PC, you were picking parts manually uphill both ways while wearing an onion on your belt.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wait, what does the onion do in this scenario? That seems oddly specific.

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It was the style at the time.

~~It’s a reference to The Simpsons.~~

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