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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Good lord, I had one of these. By SoundBlaster, IIRC (May still have it in a box somewhere).

For the confused younger folk: They were a neat idea on paper, but awful in practice. Being all rigid plastic without padding on the base, they excelled at transmitting every bump/vibration of the desk, keyboard taps and (roller ball) mouse movement. 😬

Before headsets with mics or decent noise cancellation were a thing, and before online gaming was much of a thing, so most gamers had powered speakers on their desks. Which the mic was also great at picking up...

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    You can't see a fart either, what's ya point?

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Oh some of mine were easily visible

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    in space no one can hear you meme

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    I have this 😂

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I had one back in the 90s and used it to record a fart and play it back, to the amusement of my friends.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I had one on my desk back in the 90s

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I loved Sound Recorder. I'd play things backwards, then try to duplicate the pronunciation and see how it sounded.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    LOUD PLASTIC CLACKS

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    "Kill them"

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