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Mike Sheward

“My god. The weapon is armed, the countdown has begun, and the only known copy of the override code is stored on this old Nokia 5510 with an empty battery. We’re doomed.”

“Everybody chill the fuck out. I got this. Just gotta crack open the old cable drawer. Here you go.”

“You have a Nokia 5510 charger, but why?! That phone hasn’t been sold in over 20 years!”

“Let’s just say, I always knew this day would come.”

“Wow. Your decision to never throw away cables just saved humanity honey…honey…time to wake up honey…”

20 comments
Chris B

@SecureOwl As someone that just moved, I can feel this with my soul. “Just in case”

DELETED

@SecureOwl Joke's on you. The cable may still work, but the battery hasn't been able to take a charge in over a decade.

Mima-sama

@dearchitectura Just remove the battery and let it use the AC power instead smh

@SecureOwl

Catherine Winters

@dearchitectura @SecureOwl you say this like I don’t have several new in box 5510 batteries that haven’t fully degraded yet 🤷🏻‍♀️

Dark Sheep Arts

@SecureOwl I think my wife has this dream every night...

hugovangalen 🤖 🕹️ 😼

@SecureOwl I'm reading this while staring at a data cable for a Siemens S35 phone lying on my desk (the cable, not the phone).

Artzthings 🍕🌴 ,LA:24

@SecureOwl well, let me know if you need a 5' SCSI cable. I've got 2 so I can loan you one.

The Real Stephen :autism:

@SecureOwl and more importantly after saving the world you can sit down and have a nice game of snake

Stuart Celarier

@SecureOwl Cable drawer. Hah, such amateurs. At least two liquor store boxes of cables, because you never know. Iomega Zip Drive? I've got you covered right here.

Paul_IPv6

@VisualStuart @SecureOwl

not just quantity. you want vintage. centronics. scsi2. v.35. :)

Stuart Celarier

@paul_ipv6 @SecureOwl Damn, that's something fine right there. I know who I'll be calling when the time comes!

AlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈

@SecureOwl
I have crates of old chargers and wallwarts. I daren't dispose of them because one day...

LittleTownJane

@AlisonW @SecureOwl My late husband felt the same about remotes. Lol

LittleTownJane

@SecureOwl As I just put two *more* unused cables into "the cable drawer." This takes a "C," that takes a "micro," the sat-navigation takes a "mini," and the power ports on the recently acquired car are "C" and not full size USB. *More* cables.

Nour (aka Autistic Enby) 🏳️‍⚧️

@SecureOwl Mastodon bot idea: Every day it writes a post similar to this but every time it's a different old phone or a different old connector needed, and people would boost the post around until they find someone who had that connector who then replies with an image of it.
Maybe someone can even keep a score 😁

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