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david-watts · 9 months

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there will be someone reading about my life in sixty years’ time wishing he lived when I did because things seemed to be much more suited to him and his existence just like I do reading about the life of someone from sixty years ago now

#y'know those boomer memes saying 'oogh lock a teenager in a room with a rotary phone an analogue television and et cetera'#'they'll freak out because they don't know what to do!'#yeah?#I'm the teenager (even though I'm in my twenties) that CAN #and I think. despite it being very useful knowing how things work as I like archival and preservation work #it screwed me up because I have a skillset designed for my parents' generation #rotary phone. phonebox. typewriter. analogue television. magnetic tape recording.

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