As a young mythical beast, the Macalope was raised on a steady diet of Apple rumors.
The neighbors were, frankly, concerned. They have very little nutritional value. (“They” being the rumors, not the neighbors.) There was talk of calling child protective services. But it all worked out.
Throughout the late 1990s, one of the consistent rumors had Apple working on a set-top box. This was, of course, back when you could put a box on top of your TV set and it wouldn’t immediately fall off because the average TV set was like three feet deep. Some were as much as nine feet deep, burrowing through the wall of the house and out into the driveway. You try to tell Gen Z about it now and they won’t believe you.
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