What's similar?

[CarpCharacin]

Lead?

Pre-1978 makes me think it's related to lead, but I have no idea how that factors into the Internet.

Yeah, that was the first thing I thought of, lead solder is used in electronics, on PCBs in computers/servers.

 

[BantyChooks]

Yeah, that was the first thing I thought of, lead solder is used in electronics, on PCBs in computers/servers.

Interesting. I myself may as well be a Luddite for all my proficiency at tech-related things, so I understood about half of that sentence.

 

[CarpCharacin]

I could also say that there is acrylic paint, and and natural gas is used to make acrylic, and natural gas is also used to generate power that powers web servers.

 

[twendt]

That was a stretch!

 

[CarpCharacin]

That was a stretch!

Maybe, but it only took me a few seconds to think of

 

[CarpCharacin]

Does anyone have two things to post, or should I post two more?

 

[MochaDuck]

A fly and Lionel Richie

 

[CarpCharacin]

A fly and Lionel Richie

I don't even know who that is, LOL
Anyway: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13424

 

[MochaDuck]

I don't even know who that is, LOL
Anyway: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13424

He's an 80s singer

 

[CarpCharacin]

Here's another one: batteries and pencils