Radium, DDT, asbestos, laserdisk...
Any history of technology people know if there are other technologies that were touted as "here to stay" in the manner of generative AI that...didn't stay?
i guess worth looking into whether people were similarly convinced about other technologies in the past
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Radium, DDT, asbestos, laserdisk...
- won the finals (Barbarian DOS)
- going home with Kevin Costner's Waterworld on Laserdisk (grand prize)
- going home with Kevin Costner's Waterworld on Laserdisk (grand prize)
January 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
- won the finals (Barbarian DOS)
- going home with Kevin Costner's Waterworld on Laserdisk (grand prize)
- going home with Kevin Costner's Waterworld on Laserdisk (grand prize)
So sixty hour work weeks have made me need to go ouppy so
Laserdisk phonodroid who used too much of its disk space for shitposts and music so limited vocab and just moreso cuddly
Laserdisk phonodroid who used too much of its disk space for shitposts and music so limited vocab and just moreso cuddly
September 7, 2026 at 2:34 AM
So sixty hour work weeks have made me need to go ouppy so
Laserdisk phonodroid who used too much of its disk space for shitposts and music so limited vocab and just moreso cuddly
Laserdisk phonodroid who used too much of its disk space for shitposts and music so limited vocab and just moreso cuddly
My point still stands buy laserdisk
Y’all have GOT to stop uncritically sharing Stealth’s posts without checking your sources!
I can’t find a source for when and where Miyamoto supposedly said this or who translated it ANYWHERE and yet my timeline is flooded with takes on it.
I can’t find a source for when and where Miyamoto supposedly said this or who translated it ANYWHERE and yet my timeline is flooded with takes on it.
October 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My point still stands buy laserdisk
I've got 'The Fisher King' on frikkin' Laserdisk!
September 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I've got 'The Fisher King' on frikkin' Laserdisk!
I’ve been playing around with #animalcrossing again so I decided to post my #megaman designs for everyone to download. I use them for posters and to make comics with magazines
#art #fanart
#art #fanart
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I’ve been playing around with #animalcrossing again so I decided to post my #megaman designs for everyone to download. I use them for posters and to make comics with magazines
#art #fanart
#art #fanart
Are we sure it's not laserdisk?
June 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Are we sure it's not laserdisk?
PHYSICAL MEDIA IS FOREVER BUY LASERDISK!
Iconic director William Friedkin not holding back.
I could look at this every damn day😄 Friedkin forever. R.I.P.
I could look at this every damn day😄 Friedkin forever. R.I.P.
June 26, 2026 at 3:55 AM
PHYSICAL MEDIA IS FOREVER BUY LASERDISK!
for comparison, this is from the laserdisk dump
March 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
for comparison, this is from the laserdisk dump
Had a dream last night that Bob Odenkirk was my substitute teacher and I had to teach him how to pirate Mr. Show sketches on YouTube because the Laserdisk player was broken. Sleeping is great.
July 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Had a dream last night that Bob Odenkirk was my substitute teacher and I had to teach him how to pirate Mr. Show sketches on YouTube because the Laserdisk player was broken. Sleeping is great.
August 13, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I also made more comic pages and more busts. Dunno how many of these I will do, maybe a handful more. I think Duo is my fave, and yes I did the Gutsman meme as a comic hehe
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I also made more comic pages and more busts. Dunno how many of these I will do, maybe a handful more. I think Duo is my fave, and yes I did the Gutsman meme as a comic hehe
. @lizstar.bsky.social was racing me in the finals, and I swear to god, we came so close (down to pixels of progress) that I'm surprised @brossentia.bsky.social didn't King Solomon the laserdisk on the spot
January 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
. @lizstar.bsky.social was racing me in the finals, and I swear to god, we came so close (down to pixels of progress) that I'm surprised @brossentia.bsky.social didn't King Solomon the laserdisk on the spot
Laserdisk or youre a sad beta
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Laserdisk or youre a sad beta
They put the Doomsday project laserdisk computer in the portakabin with the least leaky roof in our primary school.
The 1980s/90s taught-in-portakabins-and-it-shaped-us-politically generation have the levers of power at last.
Fancy that! £6.7bn for school rebuilding, says chancellor. She cites the portacabins
October 30, 2024 at 2:11 PM
They put the Doomsday project laserdisk computer in the portakabin with the least leaky roof in our primary school.
Im incredibly parasocial about that one trans girl showing off her laserdisk collection on insta
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Im incredibly parasocial about that one trans girl showing off her laserdisk collection on insta
because it was only the year 17, killing a guy and taking his laserdisk was a new concept
Wounded, Duke Zhuang of Wey entered the Ji household saying, “If you save my life, I will give you this jade disk.” The Ji men said, “And what happens to the jade disk if we kill you?” So they killed him and took his disk.
— Zuozhuan, Duke Ai, Year 17 (478 BC)
— Zuozhuan, Duke Ai, Year 17 (478 BC)
March 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
because it was only the year 17, killing a guy and taking his laserdisk was a new concept
as a sidebar, if you are looking for lost media, I found archive dot org was pretty useful
(I wanted to watch the 'Iran - Days of Crisis' minieries from 1991 but it's only available second-hand on Laserdisk and quite frankly I'm not going to get a Laserdisk player for that)
(I wanted to watch the 'Iran - Days of Crisis' minieries from 1991 but it's only available second-hand on Laserdisk and quite frankly I'm not going to get a Laserdisk player for that)
It’s weird being offered infinite choice except the choice I actually like: buying things that are good, and keeping them to watch when I want.
February 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
as a sidebar, if you are looking for lost media, I found archive dot org was pretty useful
(I wanted to watch the 'Iran - Days of Crisis' minieries from 1991 but it's only available second-hand on Laserdisk and quite frankly I'm not going to get a Laserdisk player for that)
(I wanted to watch the 'Iran - Days of Crisis' minieries from 1991 but it's only available second-hand on Laserdisk and quite frankly I'm not going to get a Laserdisk player for that)
Will it be available on giant laserdisk?
August 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Will it be available on giant laserdisk?
Laserdisk Sheep is my favorite player
April 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Laserdisk Sheep is my favorite player
Tonight I can confidently say I'm the only person on the planet watching The Prince of Tides on laserdisc
July 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tonight I can confidently say I'm the only person on the planet watching The Prince of Tides on laserdisc
When I was a joey it had a huge Laserdisk player that my teacher used like maybe once for like 15 minutes the whole year
April 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
When I was a joey it had a huge Laserdisk player that my teacher used like maybe once for like 15 minutes the whole year