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"What did students do before chatgpt?" (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 21 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I remember a comic I read at some point long ago, where power had gone out and a bored kid asks his grandma: "what did you do before TVs existed?" and the grandma says: "we would just sit around and wait for TVs to be invented".

I'm now using that answer everytime I see a "what did you do before ___ was invented?"

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I get the point, but often the answer to "what did you do before ___ was invented?" Is "we suffered and died". Like vaccines for example.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"before tv was invented? Well we went out with other kids, where adults weren't around, and got into trouble. As we got older we started fucking, and drinking, and getting into more serious trouble."

[–] miked@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I did all that after TV was invented.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Same, also after the internet, and social media. However a lot less people are compared to when I was a child.

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