AU IRL where dense solid state NAND memory happened in 1984, killing the CD and 8-track simultaneously and causing the 3.5in floppy format to become the go-to storage medium; due to a botched pitch at 3M, imation never happened, and all mobile storage remained in the 3.5 "floppy" format (with smaller applications using the microfloppy "mf" disc, although adapter cartridges were abundant. due to sticking with one [increasingly dense] format, things like storage containers/towers/etc could continue to be used long after their purchase, causing peak oil to not occur until 2040,

getting "i know todd" levels of stoned tonight

(dak (luke's gunner) on hoth in empire)
this is the power of negative thinking. simply be awful and cynical and you get to keep living, like its some kind of treat. positive thinking could never.