friendly-neighborhood-patriarch:

snatch-daddy:

up-north-values:

tilthat:

TIL screensavers were originally created as a way to prevent burn-in on old CRT screens, where if the image stayed the same for too long it would get burnt into the screen.

via reddit.com

I can’t believe people don’t know this

That’s how I destroyed my family’s TV when I was 2. I paused a Sesame Street video and closed the cabinet.

It took 3 weeks for my dad to figure out why the Imprint of Bert never left during the PBS Newshour.