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(DIR) Post #723857 by thomasfuchs@mastodon.social
2018-10-24T01:56:40Z
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“The miracle of the 80s” https://mastodon.social/media/XH8UQnveORNBS3EzW7w
(DIR) Post #727306 by fuji@ruby.social
2018-10-24T07:09:59Z
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@thomasfuchs What does the mysterious “CIRCLE 179 ON READER SERVICE CARD” mean?
(DIR) Post #730728 by thomasfuchs@mastodon.social
2018-10-24T13:07:04Z
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@fuji there was no internet so magazines up into the 90s had a postcard with numbers on it that you could send back to the publisher who would then share your address with the companies you circled. It’s like what email newsletter signup is today.
(DIR) Post #816186 by fuji@ruby.social
2018-10-28T10:37:25Z
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@thomasfuchs Wow, thanks! I have never heard about it. It sounds like a post-apo tech now :)