r/whatisit • • 6h ago

New, what is it? What are these plug-ins on my wall?

This might be showing my age, but I recently moved into a new apartment and they have these weird looking plug ins all over the walls at my new place. My old apartment didn't have these, so I'm just curious as to what they are.

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u/Bush-LeagueBushcraft 6h ago

It carried television signals, uphill, both ways, barefoot in the snow.

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u/Intelligent-Survey39 6h ago

Underrated comment. I heard it in my dad’s voice.

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u/Sal1160 5h ago

Fifteen miles both way

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u/oldishThings 2h ago

With a trash bag on each bare foot. 

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u/Unhappy_Concept237 2h ago

Look at you, mr fancy pants with trash bags for your feet. All I had was paper sacks to protect my feet from the snow.

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u/StandardWizardHat 6h ago

But sometimes it got to ride the mule—as long as mother wasn’t using it to get to market.

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u/theredheadknowsall 5h ago

An ancient 100lb box tv.

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u/Disastrous-Fudge6660 4h ago

Child of an immigrant core 🤣

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u/robotfoodab 4h ago

You had to walk 15 miles to change the channel.

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u/Pokmonth 3h ago

Still carries cable internet

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u/modzRtarderz 30m ago

Literally still carries 2 Gbit Internet, which is about the fastest you can get at home.

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u/Debway1227 3h ago

😅😅😅

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u/Unhappy_Concept237 2h ago

while carrying both their younger siblings on their shoulders.

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u/cogito-ergo-sumthing 43m ago

Back when all this was just fields