potjandorie

joined 4 months ago

Without mentioning smartphones or social media, what societal changes have you noticed over the course of your lifetime? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] potjandorie 14 points 1 week ago

That rigid sense of time brings back memories. As a kid you'd have to wait on some corner to meet with friends and go out. Without smartphones there was no way of knowing where they were or what time they'd show up. If they were late you had to simply wait for them to show up or at some point decide to leave. All without being able to communicate anything. So everybody was a bit more flexible and relaxed about waiting on eachother.

We're posting non-English memes now? in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] potjandorie 4 points 3 weeks ago

Drommels, drommels en nog eens drommels

Polar bears in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] potjandorie 5 points 4 weeks ago

You have to use your 3D monocle for this one

Relatable in c/memes@sopuli.xyz

[–] potjandorie 7 points 1 month ago

I went jogging, misstepped and then had back pains for the next 3 weeks. I walked like Quasimodo the first couple of days.

The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now in c/europe@feddit.org

[–] potjandorie 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it's more that in Europe there's freedom for citizens, in the US there's freedom for corporations.

What was your earliest experiences with the Internet like? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] potjandorie 8 points 3 months ago

"Get off the internet, I need to call grandma!"

And literally not knowing which websites exist out there and having no search engine to look em up

You are a stranded time traveler on a mission to retreive 100 Terabytes of important historical information to save the future; How would you get this data intact into 100 years in the future? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] potjandorie 2 points 3 months ago

Nice try enemy time traveler!