Ancient Description of a Kindle

The books were crystals with recorded contents. They could be read with the aid of an opton, which was similar to a book but had only one page between the covers. At a touch, successive pages of the text appeared on it.

A photograph of a Kindle displaying a fictional description of an “opton,” an ancient-sounding device that is essentially an e-reader. The joke is the absurdly elaborate futuristic description of something familiar and ordinary, making modern technology sound like science fiction. EN: A photograph of a Kindle displaying a fictional description of an “opton,” an ancient-sounding device that is essentially an e-reader. The joke is the absurdly elaborate futuristic description of something familiar and ordinary, making modern technology sound like science fiction.

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