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Cassette Futurism

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Welcome to Cassette Futurism Lemmy and Mbin Community.

A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why is there a shelf of home-computer magazines on the flight deck?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

To indicate they have artificial gravity yet still need aerodynamic wings for some reason (it's a design choice to look fabulous).

[–] ByteJunk 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah the wings don't make any sense, but then again the optimal shape would probably be a cube and that's just so boring

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

*so borging

You will get assimilated and you will like it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For a hot second I thought those magazines were ads on the main control panel & was astonished at the absolutely correct prediction.