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[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Peter1986C@lemmings.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Torches in this context are flashlights.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] get_off_the_phone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

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.