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  • Rustmilian@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldTell me what it means
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    8 months ago

    Isopropyl alcohol (a.k.a rubbing alcohol) works fine on just about any electronics, I’ve cleaned out entire PC rigs with the stuff just fine. It’s more likely they mean ethanol or alcohol meant for drinking.
    Contact cleaner is best, but not everyone has that stuff lying around.


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    8 months ago

    You bet, I still got scars on my hands from hauling water & chopping fire word. Shit, one time I got bit by a non deadly venomous snake when I was ~7, boy did that ever hurt like hell. Had to get a rabies shot after handling some raccoons when I was about 12 too, I’m sure you know all about that shot. Got a bunch of burns from the furnace and sparks jumping from camp fires. Hauling coal is one hell of a chore too. 😅 And so much more. Life in the city is childs play in comparison, all you gotta do is avoid trouble best you can and you’ll be fine.


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    We also had lanterns and candles and shit, because the power was just that unstable and unreliable. 90% of the time we were ruffing it like the Amish; pumping our own water, shitting in the woods, the works. At one point we lost power for an entire year because of some sort of tragedy I can’t remember the details of, and after nagging him that entire time, finally my step-father was like “fuck this shit, we’re getting a generator”. That was ~7-10 years worth of my child hood. 😅 The fucking bees & snakes and shit too. (⁠⊙⁠_⁠◎⁠) Just that dirt poor deep country side experience.


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    8 months ago

    That’s still a thing in the city & country towns with closely nit housing. Sure, these days most can just check their phone for the time, but not every kid has a smartphone, which is a good thing.

    Millennial, Zillennials and GenZ had this rule, it’s only just started dying out with Gen Alpha.


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    8 months ago

    We know, bruh. I was one of the “young’uns” booting y’all offline & getting unlimited minutes with script kiddie ass tools all those years ago when I was 6 or some shit. AOL had basically no security and I had a lot of fun playing special sounds recorded on a cassette tape and watching the computer do basically whatever the hell I wanted. Really, the only shit that I didn’t get to experience first hand was the Free Kevin movement which I took inspiration from.


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    8 months ago

    That said, I’ve that splitting people up and putting them into groups like this is a pseudo science over generalization.

    Exactly. People are always like “younger generations don’t know about x”, and it’s like bro, I know what AOL, VCR, cassette tapes, antennas, flip phones, rotary phones, landlines, DOS, wax lips, even fucking Garbage Pail Kids and so on are. I’ve grown up with this shit. It’s called being poor and living in the country side. Everything is like 10 years behind minimum.