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What nostalgic thing do you think should stay in the past? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 1 week ago by NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Dial-Up internet. Unfortunately, it's still here because the ISPs continue to fail to deliver on the promise of expanding broadband over and over.

And because of that, it's no wonder internet isn't expanded to everywhere in the country of USA.

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[–] FindME@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 4 points 6 days ago

I still see it in the courts, both criminal and civil. It seems to make more of an impact on judges and juries, because all the lawyers love whipping out the cd and sticking it in the ancient little laptop they plug into the tv on the cart like the teacher rolled out in the 80s and 90s.