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@alice.averlong.com

adding missing alt text: A 3.5" floppy drive, with a printed label that reads "Works, but makes Sad Noises" (this is my photo, but it's been bouncing 'round the internet for years now)

Jim Zub@jimzub.com

Same here, baby. Same.

21/8/26, 1:48 am71 reposts326 likes

Bevlately

@bevershly.bsky.social

Sad noises

Did you make the label or find the drive that way?

Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️

@alice.averlong.com

21 Aug

I made the label. because it was making Sad Noises

180noscopers1

@180noscopers1.bsky.social

21 Aug

i swear half of the floppy disk images on the internet are probably due to your actions

Tako Rojo

@takorojo.bsky.social

21 Aug

What did the sad noises sound like? I mean, yes, they probably sounded sad, but *why* did they sound sad?

Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️

@alice.averlong.com

21 Aug

kinda grindy and scrapey, I think? I imagine the head was hitting the surface too hard and probably slowly eroding the disk

Matthew G P Coe

@mgpcoe.ca

21 Aug

And here i was, right about to say, "at least they're not expensive sounds," but maybe they are... Poor floppy drive.

Tako Rojo

@takorojo.bsky.social

21 Aug

Aww, that IS sad! Poor thing is slowly dying...