That’s a lot of shit to carry. From 1993 Issue #10 of Mondo 2000.
puts probes of voltmeter into outlet
I’m in.
You forgot to turn on your voice changer.
Ahh, a voice changer right where it belongs: on the ankle.
Never leave hacker home without your torque wrench
A torque wrench and no soldering iron?
or those boots damn
Gotta make sure those computer cases are tightened juuuuust right
This was cringe even in the '90s.
🤣
Speak for urself
[off topic]
I like to read old science fiction and check out the things the authors got wrong.
Maybe my favorite is the ‘mini VHS recorders’ from Neuromancer.
I wanted a Dick Tracy watch so badly. Tech just decided to skip all of that and put a screen on a watch. Boo.
What they really got wrong was the clothing: so much anime/hentai.
This is a techno-goth.
This is me, as long as you replace the Powerbook with a Thinkpad T420.
This image obtained with a 1990s micro camera?
archive.org scan
Jpeg was only invented in 1992
30 years on, that guy still had all those gadgets dangling from his belt, but now he’s the crazy old guy who lives in the junkyard
Updated for the 21st century: a status quo enforcer with police and presidential loyalty ties that really likes neon and having sex with people that like neon while maintaining the status quo in a way that makes them a Legend of Night City™.
That’s a lot of black to make sure the clothes glue to your skin in the sun.
These days, all that dude now needs is a phone and probably a tablet. Maybe a laptop slung over his shoulder.
So much Sony product!! 🫤