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The lesser known 11th commandment prohibiting unauthorized duplication

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B R

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Forty years living in the same place is a heck of a long time. The vast majority of those things that my partner’s parents wanted/needed had already gone to their new apartment in an assisted living facility more than a year ago - so what was left?

Here is a quick survey of the most curious/cursed things I found:

These computers are 25 years old. They probably haven’t been turned on in a decade. They have sat here in an incredibly dank basement for their entire lifespan. They turned on perfectly the first time and had better user-action response times than half a dozen websites I routinely visit.
The computers above were build with the internet in mind, but not the internet you are probably familiar with. This was the internet where if you stayed online for more than 20 hours, the president of the internet service provider might call you and ask you nicely to stop please.
This is a computer clock battery from back when building your own desktop was an activity where you did not fuck around.
If you are interested in any of the games above there are several abandonware sites where they can be found. If you are interested in getting a copy of HyperHebrew (language training) and/or Hebrew Date DA I would be careful of the source, as unauthorized duplications are “in violation of the Biblical Commandment and may be against Federal and State Laws”

Finally, we have the most cursed object I have encountered in nearly a decade.

So fair warning: upon looking at this, you might be visited by the ghost of these children for six consecutive nights; each describing a future regret you will have when you die.

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