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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

DB-25 parallel cable
USB-B
Twisted dual floppy cable
USB-serial converter in an oversized connector handle and weird connecotor at the end of the cable with a Nokia logo
Several intermittent MicroUSB cables
That weird camera USB/AV cable
Flat IDE cable
Absurd length of telephone wire
Telephone cord but coiled
2.5mm headphones
USB charging/interface clip for an early sports watch
3.5mm jack to component video Two SCART cables (HDMI of the 1990s)
Several USB cables with breadboard jumper wires instead of a connector
Unregulated DC supply with 9V battery connector
RS-232 to RJ45?!
Strange antenna

[–] Zehzin 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I read all of those with a smile on my face, until MicroUSB which made me angry.

I've had a single Mini USB my entire life, with constant use and that mfer still works. I must have gone through 20 MicroUSBs in that time. Fuck MicroUSB

[–] caesar_salad83 6 points 1 year ago

How dare you look in my box!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Look at his weirdo sorting his shrine to the old gods.

[–] FederatedSaint 2 points 1 year ago

I have my PS/2 mouse/keyboard extension cables, as well as GameCube controller extension cables!