cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9992203
Source: https://norden.social/@hart/112513927064083221
Tbf phones grew bigger at one point.
Actually the display always grew bigger and the rest of it always grew smaller and at some point, the sum grew bigger
What I find the most funny and ironic personally is the fact that the old BMW looks like it has a lot more space for passengers than the new oversized one.
Not to speak up for this ludicrous inflation of motor vehicle dimensions, but often the shrinking of cabin space on modern cars is often in pursuit of crashworthiness and safety.
The post is only misguided because we can see the same effect in the latest smartphones. I fucking miss the time when it fit into my pocket.
Check out the Unihertz Jelly Star. I have a Jelly 2E, it's amazing.
That first laptop is cool. Why isn't there an option like that now with a 12 day battery life and every fucking port imaginable?
Most laptops have batteries of a size that can go on a plane I believe. I could be wrong.
The P series of thinkpad or framework 16 are as close as I'd say you could probably get
> 100 watt hours and you can't take that battery on a plane in the US.
TL:DR; meme bad because they all suck equally.
This meme is bad because what you're doing is false equivalence. Your claim about thr first two is very wrong. Those "fat" laptops were superior to the metal turd we buy today. I'd honestly consider buying an old Thinkpad X220 because of how irritated I am at this point. Those bulky dumb-phones are sturdier than the silicon paperweight, and they all come in 6 inches, which is too big for my tiny fingers - but no worries, I can buy a cheap Chinese Android phone, root it with a custom ROM and be done with it. And moderns cars, well, just fuck them for being bad and ruining the landscape with concrete jungles.
