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@emarktaylor @cfb @FlashMobOfOne

@FlashMobOfOne The Spinach Artichoke one is amazin

@thomasfuchs If I can't like Windows XP because it existed at the same time as the Iraq war, then I guess every piece of technology and media that exists today should be invalidated while existing concurrent to the mass slaughter of Palestinians (or war in Ukraine if you prefer)

Nostalgia absolutely can be weaponized in reactionary movements but that doesn't mean it is categorically wrong. By the same token, new technology is not good because some people's social values have improved

@buru5 I think it's better in a lot of ways, mainly with save states and emulator speedup when available. I'm struggling to connect this to your food metaphor, though

Sometimes I go entire days without realizing how my experience using a web browser is vastly improved by various third-party tweaks. My sanity is at least partially preserved thanks to the work of all these extension developers; they are the true unsung heroes of the modern internet.