re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, I tried explaining the concept of a “pre-Internet meme” to my children. Hard for them to grasp because all but the oldest do not understand the notion of a world without Internet memes.
When I tell new folks at work about mimeograph machines, a single Telex machine for component communications and microfiche readers which we had when I started work at Social Security in 1975 as a Stay In Schooler…oh and endless rows of file cabinets…