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People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set. (startrek.website)

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The static on old CRT TVs with rabbit ears was the cosmic microwave background. No one in the last 25 years has ever seen it.

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[–] possiblylinux127 32 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It is entirely possible for people born after 2000 to have grown up with CRTs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It is, but those late model CRTs often had a lot of digital circuitry that displayed a solid color on channels with nothing on them. Unless there was a much older CRT around, they never would have seen it.

[–] possiblylinux127 4 points 7 hours ago

Most of the CRTs are going to be older