PlainTrain t1_j4jqoho wrote on January 16, 2023 at 4:53 AM

Reply to comment by JustAPerspective in TIL that when Weird Al wrote I Want A New Duck in 1985, he went to the library and researched ducks for a week by ElderCunningham

Nonsense. Canon was advertising personal photocopiers in 1985.

JustAPerspective t1_j4jsa46 wrote on January 16, 2023 at 5:07 AM

Common sense would realize that public libraries didn't often have funding for expensive equipment in most neighborhoods, especially new stuff that was delicate and required a lot of maintenance.

PlainTrain t1_j4ju2ow wrote on January 16, 2023 at 5:23 AM

You really should just quit because you have no idea what you are talking about. Photocopiers were extremely common in the mid ‘80s. My small rural high school had two in 1985: one in the office, one in the library.