cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/2907077

I’m pretty sure you know what follows…

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A recreation of the Piper Perri Surrounded meme. A white CASIO CFX-9850GB PLUS calculator is laid on its side on a cushion while three TI-83 Plus and two TI-84 Plus calculators, all black, are standing behind the cushion. The faces of corresponding actors are shown in 4-tone pixelated pictures on each calculator’s respective screens, grayscale on the TIs and sepia-toned on the CASIO thanks to its (limited) color graphics. Words of the text “Original meme by Chaotic Neutral Czech” are used in place of the SHIFT functions on a row of keys on the Casio as a mild watermark.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      There are only 3 models of calculators in the shot (the TI-83 looks different in a rubber case) and I had one of each. It’s a composite photo. And after returning the borrowed CASIO and selling the TI-84, I only had a $10 overall cost and still keep the TI-83.
      More on how I did this

      • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        Sorry to be nosy but I’m just curious bc TIs are not very common over here. Are you a Czech who’s moved to America?

        • ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          Not very common? It is easier and cheaper to buy a 10-year-old used TI-84 Plus than a comparable CASIO.

          I am still in the Czech Republic. I just did IB (mezinárodní maturita).

            • ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.mlOP
              2·
              1 year ago

              I did Math HL and still got bored so I picked the affordable calculator on which I could play Solitaire, Tetris and Mario. CASIO calculators also had games and a friend sometimes lent me his CFX-9850+ (pictured) where I would code up Mastermind, TriPeaks and Snake in CASIO Basic, which was friendlier than TI-BASIC, as well as a manual image importing program. I later made a cable so I have them backed up to this day, I will publish them once I found the source.

  • hoodatninja@kbin.social
    0·
    1 year ago

    And of course, they all are arguing about whether or not this post counts, because we simply have to carry that ridiculous Reddit pedantry everywhere we go don’t we?