• dragonfly@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m speaking from personal experience. In 1982, when the comic was published, tape recorders were not considered a novelty, and had been in common usage for many years. The humor in the panel derives from the stereotype of a nerd and how the stereotypical nerd is supposed to sound.