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      Is it just me, or are transparent cases more brittle than opaque ones? Like more prone to shattering.

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        Opaque ones have a wider range of materials to choose from. Plastic is pretty unlikely to break, though. Glass is the only other transparent case and that would be brittle (guess which one modern phones use)

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    I’m pretty sure the animal they used to make transparent stuff went extinct, like the one they used for the original McRib.

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    That phone. My first love had that phone in her bedroom. I walked 20 miles to see her once when I was 14. Man.

    She married my brother a decade later haha.

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        I dodged a bullet.

        She developed a drug problem.

        One night I was over at their apartment and she was sitting on the dryer crying and screaming at everyone (Xanax).

        She launched herself off of the dryer and started beating her face on the floor. She stood up bruised, bloodied, and beaten and said, “look what he done to me. Call 911.”

        I said, “Girl, if my brother gets arrested because you beat yourself up, I’m going to give you a reason to call 911, I promise.”

        They divorced not long after that, he got custody of their kid and he went on to marry a damn good woman.

        Part of me feels like he asked for that chaos.

        My niece and I are very close and I love her with all of my heart. So it worked out really.

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          That’s quite a lot. I’m sorry you all jad to go through that. I hope she got help and I’m happy that you all are in better places overall. Thanks for sharing.

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            She’s actually doing really good these days according to my niece. I appreciate you.

            My life is awesome these days. Exhausting, but awesome.

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    Fun fact: Transparent electronics are a thing because prisons require radios, TV, etc to be able to be seen inside and companies later realised they looked cool.

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    Not even transparent. Colorful design, actual individuality, recognizable imagery, etc.

    Now, everything have to be like “a letter or two in one color, inside a flat geometric shape in another color”, and the most exuberant logo you can find in a well known product is like the firefox icon that just moved from an actually colorful and detailed fox on a clean blue planet like earth to a 3 and a half color based orange circle and blue dot.

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      actual indviduality

      I can’t even remember how many different shells i had for my Nokia 3310, but damn was it fun to change those around based on the mood of the day!

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      actual individuality

      Man if you think buying a product is what makes individuality, you’ve got bigger problems than a lack of colorful electronics.

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      They can take my Atomic Purple GBC from my cold dead hands. Make America Trans-Rainbow Again.

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    I have my transparent purple Gameboy tucked in a safe place. My husband had me get rid of my Nintendo 64 a few years ago, and I’m still not over it.

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    Image Transcription:

    X/Twitter post by user cybr angel 👾 @cybrxangel reading: society won’t heal until we bring back colorful transparent technology Underneath are four images, the top left is 5 iMac G3s arranged in a circle and each with a different colour: blueberry (blue), grape (purple), tangerine (orange), lime (green), and strawberry (red). The top right image is a clear purple Nintendo Game Boy Color. The bottom left image is a see through acrylic landline phone from the 90s. The bottom right image is a clear purple Nintendo 64 with 6 controllers arranged in a semi-circle in front of it in the following clear colours from left to right: blue, watermelon (red and white), green, orange, atomic ice blue, and atomic purple.

    [I am a human, if I’ve made a mistake please let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for ease of use. Thank you. 💜]

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      It’ll probably make a comeback when they realize how much they can profit from the nostalgia towards it

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    I found a freaking NEWTON in a desk drawer at work last week. With power adapter, but no stylus. Still works though!

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      I had a Newton in college. Loved that thing until too many heavy books were on top of it and the screen cracked.