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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are several places where the reporters don't use what would today be typical words for things. I guess at that time the general public wouldn't have understood words like "graphics" or "platform"?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a metaphor for their struggle. You think you can go backwards to better times but it's just an illusion. Then you will explode