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This 1984 Video Demonstrating How To Check Your Email Is A Surreal Blast From The Past
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This 1984 Video Demonstrating How To Check Your Email Is A Surreal Blast From The Past

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May 17, 2021 @17:10 PM
·Updated: May 17, 2021 @23:34 PM

Sometimes the early inception of a technology feels stranger than fiction.

How to check your email in 1984: pic.twitter.com/P2tzx8TB47

— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) May 16, 2021

[Via Twitter]

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