I’m only 22 yet I still made a call on a rotary phone last week and used a CRT to watch some TV. My grandma’s guest room tech has not been replaced since my mom moved out lol.
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sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 22 hours agoBrother, if you remember that, you are old by young people standards.
I remember being … around 10 and poking fun at my not even 40 yet dad for using a dot matrix printer and fax machine… in the late 90s.
That’s not too far from the same age gap as the TV Guide / DVR thing.
A 10 year old now would probably make fun of a person having a digital document scanner at home. What’s the point? Just take a picture of the document with your 8384 megapixel smartphone.
On that note: Polaroids, film cameras, low grade digital cameras or camcorders as fairly common household items, fucking landline home phones.
Most kids born in the last 10 or 15 years would laugh at these, or the idea of them, just like I laughed at a dot matrix printer and home fax machine in the late 90s, or grandma still having a rotary phone instead of a cordless home phone.
Jesus, I don’t think I’ve actually thought about the last time I made a home phone call on a phone with a cord.
TwanHE@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Hah, well, I apologize then, I overreached a bit, you’re a decade younger than me… but a middle or high schooler may still describe you as ‘old’.
TwanHE@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
My knees defo feel old already, so i cant fault you
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 12 hours ago
As an aside, the Target store near me carries Polaroid film and vinyl records. With everything virtual and touchscreen these days, some kids value the kinesthetic experience.
Heck, I’ve been cell phone-only since 2003, but I’ve been thinking about setting up a landline phone from my childhood with a VoIP adapter just because it has such a satisfying heft in the hand, and tactile buttons.
Lucky13@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
All Targets have them and Walmarts do too. They’re not as rare as you seem to think.
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 10 hours ago
What the hell? Why are you telling me what I think?
Lucky13@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Because you said the Target by you had them like it was a rare and precious thing, jackass.