Current Events > Kinda wild how the save icon is still a floppy disk

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Smashingpmkns 05/23/22 2:52:30 AM #1:	Mfs using hieroglyphics in computer programs and shit. --- http://i.imgur.com/x04tPRZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/t7T392I.jpg <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:965237679] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>Mfs using hieroglyphics in computer programs and shit. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nfearurspecimn 05/23/22 2:53:39 AM #2:	I was thinking about this the other day lol. --- Wake up. You have to wake up. currently a preta/hungry ghost Dai Grepher: I was wrong. My entire theory is incorrect. Zero Mission IS a remake of Metroid. <cite>nfearurspecimn posted [p:965237689] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>I was thinking about this the other day lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
obsolete 05/23/22 2:55:49 AM #3:	Keep it as a relic to the past. <cite>obsolete posted [p:965237703] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>Keep it as a relic to the past. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RustyReborn 05/23/22 3:07:49 AM #4:	Floppy discs > All --- BotW board and Sequel board town drunk now and forever <cite>RustyReborn posted [p:965237811] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>Floppy discs > All </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 05/23/22 3:08:54 AM #5:	I don't want to come off as a "its called pound not hashtag!" kinda guy but I do wonder if the younger generation even questions what the save symbol is or if that shit is just save to them. --- http://i.imgur.com/x04tPRZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/t7T392I.jpg <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:965237820] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>I don't want to come off as a "its called pound not hashtag!" kinda guy but I do wonder if the younger generation even questions what the save symbol is or if that shit is just save to them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Poorly 05/23/22 3:09:36 AM #6:	Floppy --- <cite>Poorly posted [p:965237827] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>Floppy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Butterfiles 05/23/22 3:16:16 AM #7:	I got a floppy for ya right here --- http://www.last.fm/user/PigBun CEO of Antifa <cite>Butterfiles posted [p:965237880] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>I got a floppy for ya right here </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WaterLink 05/23/22 3:22:19 AM #8:	What would they change it to? A USB drive? --- https://i.imgur.com/Y5Tq1gV.gif https://i.imgur.com/sgLkVQU.gif Joe Burrow, the legend <cite>WaterLink posted [p:965237935] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>What would they change it to? A USB drive? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WaterLink 05/23/22 3:23:14 AM #9:	obsolete posted... Keep it as a relic to the past Nice username to subject matter ratio too btw lol --- https://i.imgur.com/Y5Tq1gV.gif https://i.imgur.com/sgLkVQU.gif Joe Burrow, the legend <cite>WaterLink posted [p:965237947] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>obsolete posted... </cite> <quote>Keep it as a relic to the past</quote> Nice username to subject matter ratio too btw lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Poorly 05/23/22 3:26:55 AM #10:	WaterLink posted... Nice username to subject matter ratio too btw lol Old, but not obsolete --- <cite>Poorly posted [p:965237985] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>WaterLink posted... </cite> <quote>Nice username to subject matter ratio too btw lol</quote>Old, but not obsolete </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gobstoppers12 05/23/22 3:30:53 AM #11:	At this point, to younger people, it's not a floppy disk. It's just "the save icon." --- I write Naruto Fanfiction. But I am definitely not a furry. <cite>Gobstoppers12 posted [p:965238017] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>At this point, to younger people, it's not a floppy disk. It's just "the save icon." </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nexigrams 05/23/22 3:34:02 AM #12:	It's not so weird to me that it stuck around, it's more weird that it was chosen at all. Wouldn't a cassette tape made more sense? It predates floppies, and was already a widely known symbol even outside of the burgeoning PC market. --- http://imgur.com/SYiqIRC <cite>nexigrams posted [p:965238040] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>It's not so weird to me that it stuck around, it's more weird that it was chosen at all. Wouldn't a cassette tape made more sense? It predates floppies, and was already a widely known symbol even outside of the burgeoning PC market. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kisai 05/23/22 3:37:18 AM #13:	nexigrams posted... It's not so weird to me that it stuck around, it's more weird that it was chosen at all. I'm following this... Wouldn't a cassette tape made more sense? It predates floppies, and was already a widely known symbol even outside of the burgeoning PC market. But not this. Why was it chosen as opposed to a hard drive or something? Who was saving exclusively on floppy disks? --- WHO MODS THE MODERATORS? <cite>Kisai posted [p:965238069] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>nexigrams posted... </cite> <quote>It's not so weird to me that it stuck around, it's more weird that it was chosen at all.</quote>I'm following this... <quote>Wouldn't a cassette tape made more sense? It predates floppies, and was already a widely known symbol even outside of the burgeoning PC market.</quote>But not this. Why was it chosen as opposed to a hard drive or something? Who was saving exclusively on floppy disks? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nexigrams 05/23/22 3:39:51 AM #14:	Kisai posted... I'm following this... But not this. Why was it chosen as opposed to a hard drive or something? Who was saving exclusively on floppy disks? Because what does a hard drive look like as a recognizeable symbol? It would always have to be external storage, for that reason. At least to my reckoning. --- http://imgur.com/SYiqIRC <cite>nexigrams posted [p:965238087] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>Kisai posted... </cite> <quote>I'm following this... But not this. Why was it chosen as opposed to a hard drive or something? Who was saving exclusively on floppy disks?</quote> Because what does a hard drive look like as a recognizeable symbol? It would always have to be external storage, for that reason. At least to my reckoning. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lord_Shadow 05/23/22 3:41:08 AM #15:	https://youtu.be/wy7ZBX9BTUA --- GT My Lord Shadow "Your Grace, please, the people have surrendered..." "I didn't offer surrender." <cite>Lord_Shadow posted [p:965238095] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/wy7ZBX9BTUA </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnholyMudcrab 05/23/22 4:04:47 AM #16:	Today's generation don't have a clue what the icon even is --- http://i.imgur.com/VeNBg.gif http://i.imgur.com/gd5jC8q.gif http://i.imgur.com/PKIy7.gif http://i.imgur.com/3p29JqP.gif <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:965238259] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>Today's generation don't have a clue what the icon even is </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nfearurspecimn 05/23/22 4:16:22 AM #17:	UnholyMudcrab posted... Today's generation don't have a clue what the icon even is I wouldn't be so sure. Today's generation is deceptively more with it than they appear. --- Wake up. You have to wake up. currently a preta/hungry ghost Dai Grepher: I was wrong. My entire theory is incorrect. Zero Mission IS a remake of Metroid. <cite>nfearurspecimn posted [p:965238361] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>UnholyMudcrab posted... </cite> <quote>Today's generation don't have a clue what the icon even is</quote>I wouldn't be so sure. Today's generation is deceptively more with it than they appear. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kim_Seong-a 05/23/22 4:18:08 AM #18:	UnholyMudcrab posted... Today's generation don't have a clue what the icon even is Im skeptical of this claim. Mainly because when I was a kid we all somehow figured out what an anvil was despite not living in medieval europe. >_> --- My Digimon (DM20, DMX v.2) https://imgur.com/uX26FVe <cite>Kim_Seong-a posted [p:965238383] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>UnholyMudcrab posted... </cite> <quote>Today's generation don't have a clue what the icon even is</quote> Im skeptical of this claim. Mainly because when I was a kid we all somehow figured out what an anvil was despite not living in medieval europe. >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sutree 05/23/22 4:21:04 AM #19:	Kim_Seong-a posted... Im skeptical of this claim. Mainly because when I was a kid we all somehow figured out what an anvil was despite not living in medieval europe. >_> pretty sure Runescape taught me what an an anvil is --- In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey <cite>sutree posted [p:965238406] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>Kim_Seong-a posted... </cite> <quote>Im skeptical of this claim. Mainly because when I was a kid we all somehow figured out what an anvil was despite not living in medieval europe. >_></quote>pretty sure Runescape taught me what an an anvil is </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 05/23/22 4:28:32 AM #20:	sutree posted... pretty sure Runescape taught me what an an anvil is Wile E Coyote taught me. --- If you're not smart enough to survive, you are basically just food for something smarter. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:965238458] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>sutree posted... </cite> <quote>pretty sure Runescape taught me what an an anvil is</quote>Wile E Coyote taught me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaiganeer 05/23/22 4:32:47 AM #21:	i'm going to copy that floppy and there is nothing you can do to stop me <cite>Kaiganeer posted [p:965238485] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>i'm going to copy that floppy and there is nothing you can do to stop me </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
winged_weltall 05/23/22 5:32:53 AM #22:	You could say the same things about the settings icon being a cog. Pretty sure hardware doesn't have cogs anymore these days. But I do think it's cool how these little icons persevered beyond their existence in hard/software. <cite>winged_weltall posted [p:965238869] in Kinda wild... [t:80030697]...</cite> <quote>You could say the same things about the settings icon being a cog. Pretty sure hardware doesn't have cogs anymore these days. But I do think it's cool how these little icons persevered beyond their existence in hard/software. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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