It's odd really, 20-odd years ago I'm sure many of us thought that things on the internet would just be there forever, somehow.
Certainly the folk running my postgrad course a couple of years ago did, they referenced a report that we should look up online and study, then eventually admitted that they couldn't find it either.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Thu 2 Oct 2025, 18:56, archived)

CDs were sold as indestructible. They even sold mini discs. World was mad.

( mongychops, Thu 2 Oct 2025, 19:22, archived)

CDs *are* indestructible if you're not a total spazmohedron about how you store them.

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 2 Oct 2025, 21:57, archived)

My CD of Faith No More's The Real Thing turned yellow in its case, true story

(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Fri 3 Oct 2025, 6:09, archived)

alright spazmohedron

(sticklebrlcks that's Mr Bricks to you 🍎, Fri 3 Oct 2025, 8:29, archived)