RustyShackleford

We always were being kept alive to be bled dry. We’re unsurprisingly, in an even shittier version of the Matrix.

Quick math in my head says Bob Cratchit’s 15 shillings a week in 1843 comes out to somewhere between about $940 per week in December 2025. Or, $48,000–$49,000 a year.

No problem, being old has to have had some benefits lol. This was my shot.

They match the style of proprietary A/V control system ports used in 1990s conference rooms, Projector control interfaces, Crestron / AMX / Extron wall plates, RS-232 or RS-485 wiring inside custom housings.

They were used to connect Projector control panels, Motorized screens, Audio/video switchers, Touch panels, Old teleconferencing gear.