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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (7 children)

What's with all the shirtless people? We mostly kept our clothes on at our LAN parties.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I can imagine it's just really hot in there with the computers and monitors going.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I feel like aircon wasn't as common back then, especially strong enough to cool all of that

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

It's more likely it wouldn't be able to handle the number of people + PCs. They are sized for use, and they may be hitting the limit with just the people in there, then add the BTUs coming off all that hardware, and you've got yourself a sauna.

[–] shalafi 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

aircon wasn't as common back then

^ OP thinking 20-years ago was the 1960's. ;)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Maybe it is an Australian thing?

In 2009 the school I went to got aircon

I have lived in very few houses that have had aircon, if they did it was evaporative and near useless. The house I am currently in is getting aircon installed next week.

It might be hot in Australia, but mainly we just built houses with insolation and fly screens.

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