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monsieuricon

K. Ryabitsev

My first computer monitor had:
19% A clip-on polarized glass screen to catch "bad electrons"
4% A cactus on top of it to soak up "bad radiation"
5% A doily
9% All of the above
61% Sorry, I didn't grow up in Eastern Europe, so I have no idea what this poll is about
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Ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com

Ertain

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@monsieuricon I sometimes had to polarize the monitor. Does that count?

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monsieuricon

K. Ryabitsev

Reply to @Ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com
@Ertain I think you are referring to "degaussing," which is actually a valid thing to do to a CRT monitor if it starts getting weird rainbowy streaks on it.
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monsieuricon

K. Ryabitsev

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@dartov not bad! My first monitor was an old 70's black-and-white TV to which we connected the BK0010. :) It had a doily for sure, just like any other surface that wasn't a floor or a wall (that's for carpets).
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islekcaganmert@hereus.net

Çağan Mert İŞLEK

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@monsieuricon Had none and grow up in west of the Turkey which is Eastern Europe. Maybe since west of Turkey influenced by France?

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kreatorfangirls@metalhead.club

Kreator Fangirls

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@monsieuricon I grew up in Eastern Europe and I still had to look it up.

My first monitor was my parents' TV. I got this HC for Christmas when I was 9 and we occasionally connected it to my parents' TV whenever I'd use it. Which may have had a doily - had to look that up, had no idea it was called that in English. My mom put them on everything (still does).

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carusb@photog.social

ChrisR

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@monsieuricon That does remind me of a trade union push in 80s (??) Australia that visual display units should not emit any electro-magnetic radiation. At all. Caused much hilarity at the time! (How apocryphal this was I don't know, but I was there at the time and there were no internet memes...)

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