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I'm ready to build my own PC (lemmy.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (13 children)

I am old. I remember when pricewatch.com and tigerdirect.com existed. You wanted to build a PC, you were picking parts manually uphill both ways while wearing an onion on your belt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wait, what does the onion do in this scenario? That seems oddly specific.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It was the style at the time.

~~It’s a reference to The Simpsons.~~

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Dc7W6jXCo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=a6Dc7W6jXCo

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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