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It is not the lasers
Jun 28, 2021 1:54 AM
Herebychoice
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It is not the lasers
dwimrodel
So which one was it? Asking for a friend who lives in 1991.
bripi
Always up xkcd
wambu
"And we get flying cars and jetpacks in 1999."
spidermenz
Porn is fabulous now!
Niddhoger
1991 WAS NOT 30 YEARS AGO! FUCK YOU, YOU LYING SCALLYWAG! /cries in back pain and existential dread
RealityIsOftenDisappointing
It was and you get used to it. Its one thing when its an 80s movie, but another when you saw that movie in theaters almost 40 years ago.
LagerthaL16
OneGentlemanOfVerona
Never has Nick Cage looked so much like David Tennant.
Exyr
Why care about the lasers?
WellEverybodysHeardAboutTheBird
Because the Goddamn Jews are controlling them! /s
frischcode
foreverinchains
Laser "attacks", ha.
jherazob
Go ahead and point a laser to a plane, the nice police agents will enlighten you on why that's important
Elrabin
It's no joke. Lasers are dangerous at night for pilots, especially helicopter pilots. Also green lasers will cause permanent dmg to eyes
tiderfish
Is the laser one to prevent people from shining lasers at airline pilots, or something else?
SeveralSpeciesOfSmallFurryAnimalsGatheredTogetherInACave
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
MisspentYouth333
Yes
McWheels
Yes. And yes, you can blind both pilots on approach and yes, you could potentially crash a plane doing it. So Don’t.
McWheels
Also, the reason you don’t use your phone in the plane isn’t to do with messing up gauges, but it can interfere with comms. Making ATC (1/2)
McWheels
Have to repeat themselves. At a busy airport it could mean traffic doesn’t line up right and possible collisions.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
It's to prevent the jews from starting forest fires in California.
Thekindofkindlyman
Teratoid
Today is Mel Brooks 95th birthday
ispendtomuchtimehere
I was there in 1991 and we thought the world should end in 2012 as predicted. We were a bit disappointed.
Frogapus
Given the weirdness that followed with the reality-TV president, I wonder if we were up for cancellation and some writers had to scramble.
CaptnVatka
A bit?
mooserunningwater
It was supposed to end on my bday. What a glorious present that would've been...
Clarkimus360
People were freaking out about Y2K before 2012 was thought of.
ispendtomuchtimehere
yup, but I was counting on 2012. I was looking for some deathstar shit. It'd been fair and done all at once.
Exyr
The translater was dyslexic its 2021
darkhalfbreed
Hopefully
Higure
Please include source: https://xkcd.com/2481
MalukuSeito
I mean I agree, but xkcd is so recognizable, I really didn't need the source.
Higure
That's not an excuse. Over 30,000 has seen this post so far, I sincerely doubt they all knew it was XKCD. And if you're gonna piggyback ...
studog2010
You're not one of the Lucky 10,000; they need the source. https://xkcd.com/1053/
studog2010
Man, is there an XKCD for every XKCD?
jherazob
And then you miss the Alt Text
MalukuSeito
Now missing the alt text is a crime
frischcode
Buy stock in Microsoft, Apple and AMD.
ComcastLover
Gamestop and sell it in 2021. Also buy bitcoin.
tesseract4d2
Microsoft and Apple were both already trading really well. Better Google, Amazon, and in October 2020: Gamestop.
Eldibs
If you're Canadian, it's EhMD.
salikarn
And Starbucks
GasBandit
Get in on Yahoo's IPO, but sell it the instant you hear of something called Google and buy that instead.
SteveTheEgg
Buy Lego Star Wars sets.
strangelyaddicting
Buy stock in graphene today. Own about 20,000 shares of different graphene stocks at under $.10 a share. ;)
meauho
After 90s tech plays: Hansen Soda Co. Created a new drink, changed name, & ticker became $MNST. 8 shares for $0.01 in 2003 = $55k /share
meauho
..or sell in 2012, convert to Bitcoin, cash out at $50k /coin, & have ~$15 billion for every penny invested in 2003
Vatafeo
And then sell them all and buy bitcoin when they are still below $1
StoltzyStonks
$NVDA splits on July 19th and will do what $TTD has done. My opinion is to throw some in your retirement account on that date.
theguywiththevoice
Fuck that. Buy bitcoins for twelve cents each.
CycloneSP
don't forget to buy this thing called "bitcoin" once it comes out around 2010ish
chajasie
And then take that money and invest in bitcoin
CatTranslator
Tesla?!
mehmeup
Buy stocks of ENRON & get yourself a sweet office in WTC!
StarscreamAndHutch
Cyberdyne
HomoExMachina
Lol. Buy bitcoin.
HawkmanXLII
And a bunch of magic cards. Just 1 black lotus can sell for over $400 000. That might be '92 though.
Clarkimus360
Amazon. In the ‘90’s it was a borderline failure trading for less than a dollar.
NotMyUsualOnlineName
And it's because of all the years of operating in the red that they racked up enough tax credits to pay no taxes for years.
CatCakeBaron
Well you would sell them before the dot com boom and buy them up again after the financial crisis of 08. Always stupid advice 1/2
CatCakeBaron
Always stupid advice since these companies and many others went through some dark times before coming out ahead. AMD had to sell a crown 2/3
CatCakeBaron
jewel that was Global Foundries to stay alive. MSFT did nothing under Steve Ballmer and APPL main driver was the iPhone which was like 2007
delahunt
I mean, if you can let them ride let them ride. Buy more during those times. And keep the stock but bet against before the collapses.
AFistfulOfDollHairs
And GME ? ? ⚡️ ?
MacDaddySmitt
Lol just a bunch of bag holders who got played by a bunch of dicks on Reddit.
ShitWasLitFam
.
Zilc
Don't forget Dell
RumpBuffalo
Dude...
frischcode
Throw in Bitcoin, Google, Amazon and Nvidia too.
tr26
In 1991?
TurnsOut42WasASlightMiscalculation
Good luck investing in bitcoin in 1991
frischcode
If I knew to buy some when I first heard about it, I could get millions for the price of one pizza.
yourbassist
No, BTC. Started at fractions of a cent and peaked (so far) at over 60k a share.
tanebot
Yeah, bang per buck and ease of access I think bitcoin wins. Drop $100 on it and/or start mining when it was released and you'd die wealthy.
GrumpyOldMillennial
If I had dumped my 10,000k available in 2010 Into bitcoin (@0.0008) it pains me to realize I've been the world's richest man today lol
yourbassist
I put 3k in a mutual fund in 09 and spent another 4k on a motorcycle in 2011, so yea, I try not to think about it.
Murphquake49
A man convinced me not to put my $1,000 in around the same time.. he took his own life 2 years ago. Rip Bob. Terrible advice, great man.
GrumpyOldMillennial
Conservatively, that 1k would be worth in the billions today....
Murphquake49
Yes, things I try not to think about.
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Do absolutely nothing to alter the timeline so you know exactly when bitcoin is coming. Be prepared to start mining like crazy.
ThisIsTheShortestUsernameICouldFind
Don’t even have to mine. Buy $100 worth in 2010, hold it and wait, and you’d be worth $500M+ today
criticalmassdriver
I had a choice of buying a car stereo or buying $250 in Bitcoin in 2010 I incorrectly chose the stereo.
TheS4ndm4n
Put the wallet on an SD card. Bring it back to now in your time machine.
tr26
In 1991?
yourbassist
The return of BTC still far outpaces anything those can give you.
Higure
Buy bitcoin in 2010 or early 2011 at a nickel apiece. Sell mid 2011 at $15. Buy back late 2011. Get filthy rich.
Sholk7
In 1991?
yourbassist
nycterelis
Eh. This Isn't financial advice, *but* it would be better to buy stock in the companies that make the processors.
frischcode
That's AMD and Nvidia. Covered them. Intel has been largely flat. I suppose TSM would be good.
tr26
Nvidia wasn’t around in 1991 but yes
razmann
i'd say Qualcomm too. they make the CPUs for the vast majority of all smartphones and tablets.
SirBagels
TSM and like are an odd beast, they "make" the processors but AMD gets the recognition. Si foundries are an interesting investment.
SirBagels
Full disclosure I own stock in most of the chain from foundry to consumer, including AMD, Intel, and TSM
taichanie
I mean... AMD had its own fabs till very recently. I don't know when they they got the fabs though.
SirBagels
Chip designers can't really afford to have their own fabs now, Intel has burned a decade trying to perfect its processes, AMD just uses TSM
CycloneSP
I had bout 1k in amd stock back in 2016, but had to sell to cover some hard times :(
CycloneSP
(that's $1k, not 1k shares)
frischcode
The only position I really regret closing from my divorce.