“In the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. That was foreshadowing”

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Entry from June 06, 2024

“In the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. That was foreshadowing”

“In the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. That was foreshadowing” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on X/Twitter by soul nate on June 29, 2021, and received over 193,000 likes.

Some of the 1990s computer sounds were like this.

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soul nate
@MNateShyamalan
in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that was foreshadowing
8:54 AM · Jun 29, 2021

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asianguybroman_2016
29 jun 2021
in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that was foreshadowing AM 29 Jun 21 Twitter for iPhone

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9 jan 2024
[@mnateshyamalan]
silent nate holy nate / @MNateShyamalan in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that was foreshadowing

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Gregory Harshfield
@HarshfieldGreg
In the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. That is called “foreshadowing”.
5:00 PM · May 25, 2024

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