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| title = Old-Timers | | title = Old-Timers | ||
| image = old_timers.png | | image = old_timers.png | ||
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| titletext = You were on the internet before I was born? Well, so was I. | | titletext = You were on the internet before I was born? Well, so was I. | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
− | + | Ok, definitions you need to understand this one. | |
A {{w|Bulletin Board System}}, or BBS, is an online service based on microcomputers running appropriate software. They were the precursors to modern day online forums. | A {{w|Bulletin Board System}}, or BBS, is an online service based on microcomputers running appropriate software. They were the precursors to modern day online forums. | ||
− | + | The {{w|J. Craig Venter Institute}} (JCVI) is a non-profit genomics research institute founded by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. in October 2006. | |
− | + | So, the girl on the right is 6 years old. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A man with | + | :[A man with a neck beard types away at his computer screen.] |
− | : | + | :Neckbeard: (typing) Whatever, noob. I've been on the internet since the BBS days. |
− | :Screen | + | :Screen: ''Wrong.'' |
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:''type type'' | :''type type'' | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A girl with buns on her head kneels on her chair, typing at a laptop on a table.] |
− | : | + | :Buns: (typing) Before I was born, a lab took egg and sperm samples from my parents and sequenced the DNA. |
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− | :[ | + | :[Neckbeard sits at his desk, reading his screen.] |
− | : | + | :Buns: (from the screen) They emailed the genome to the Venter Institute, where they synthesized the genome and implanted it into sperm and eggs which became me. |
− | + | :[Buns still typing on the laptop.] | |
− | + | :Buns: So, no. - You've '''''looked''''' at the internet. - I've '''''been''''' there. | |
:''type type'' | :''type type'' | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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