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[–] Pr0v3n@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean to be fair, usually these were tucked away in the back of a heavy, wooden TV cabinet where it was dark and difficult to reach into to match the colours, even with a torch; and you couldn’t just feel your way around the back to plugging them in because they all felt the same.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kids be like wtf you didn't have flashlights yet?

[–] Peter1986C@lemmings.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Torches in this context are flashlights.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You gotta remember that in the Old World, 100 years is not a long time. It's only like 30 years. So in the 90s, they were 100 years ago and hadn't invented flashlights yet so they used torches instead.

[–] dukatos@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

No mirrors back then, too /s