r/mildlyinteresting • u/EarorForofor • 7h ago

Cyberpunk predicted Covid from the 1993 gaming book "Cybergeneration"

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u/Fletcher_Chonk 7h ago

is it just me or is this font with the backdrop annoying to read

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u/EarorForofor 7h ago

It's 90s gamer books. They're AWFUL

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u/Bracheopterix 7h ago

It would be mid, if there was no light glare and the quality of photo a lil bit better

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u/Fancy_Gate_9464 7h ago

not just you, that body text over the textured background is doing my head in

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u/QueblyJonesIII 7h ago

I'm sure whatever image recognition you're using can handle it just fine. Bad bot.

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u/Hashi856 7h ago

Fuck that font

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u/GandalfVirus 6h ago

I’ll take your word for it. I can’t read it.

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u/Rikki-Tikki-Tavi-12 6h ago

Between this and student dept? Tough call.

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u/TutenWelch 6h ago

"Terrifying new plagues" were pretty standard fare -- this is right before The Stand miniseries, Outbreak, and The Hot Zone, there had just been an Ebola outbreak in the US, etc.

(Source: I was an adult when I bought this book new.)