Not a scientist, but my first assumption would be that everything on earth, but also earth itself will double in size, knock ourself around our nice orbit around the sun and kill everyone either flashly or coldly.
Ignoring that problem, or applying the effect to the entire universe, probably not much would happen.
My mind directly went to Laserdisc before I realized you were talking about the generic category 😅.
cd/dvd/blueray doesn’t become bad that fast, properly stored they can easely live to 50+ years (except the writeable variant). they are physically etched which helps with longevity.
VHS or other types of magnetic storage is more of a chore, they often don’t survive the passing of time.
Also the reliable income makes them more credit worthy, allowing greater loans from banks and making it possible to grow more.
Tbh it only sucks for the customers
Here in the Netherlands, there is pretty much a constant risk for flooding. We mostly trust our governments to make sure it doesn’t happen (we pay quite a bit of government tax especially for that) but pretty much everyone here knows how to swim from a very young age (most people before 12 have at least two certificates proving it).
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It crashed some devices when they scan for WiFi networks (both Linux’s network-manager and a Canon Printer at least)
“Gotta sit on my thinking chair for a bit” or “lemme go listen to my own shit for a while”
Usually in dutch tho, “ff op de denkstoel zitten” or “even naar m’n eigen gezijk luisteren”