CD players were first sold in 1982, when Boomers (if the baby boom started 1945) were hitting their 40s and established in every industry. I think they were actually the perfect demographic to be able to afford a CD player when it first came out.
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blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 month agoI don’t think burning CDs much much of a boomer activity.
lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
First affordable CD burner was from 1995. 50 year olds tend to not adopt new technology, it’s a millennial thing.
EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 1 month ago
As someone who worked sales in that time period, yes, it was the younger crowd (Gen X) that adapted much better to burning CDs. A lot of the baby boomers had difficulty with understanding certain key concepts and details. … And instructions to be honest…
As for the “Boomer” commenter above: the military and government in the USA still burns to CD for a variety of reasons (no, I won’t go into them). So if someone is military, a government employee, or even just a contractor, there is a chance that at some point they will need to burn a CD, regardless of age.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
In Germany MRI and CT images are regularly handed to patients on CDS.
KMAMURI@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Shut up. They’re supposed to forget about us.
P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Really? Cause in my time in the army I never once saw any kind of military information being saved to cd. Not once. Never. Even in the early 2000s that was just never a thing. Ever.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a gen-x thing, you know, the forgotten generation.
Lived through the “DOUBLE SPEED!!!” reader up to the 52 some read-write-rewrite.
Gerudo@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I had several generations, and it was always a huge speed increase. 52x was like lightning
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
52x baby. Much speed. Such fast.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Yet again, GenX is overlooked.
lunarul@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m in my 40s now and I definitely did not burn near as many CDs as my dad did (he was born in '49)
superkret@feddit.org 1 month ago
Yeah but burning CDs yourself wasn’t a thing until much later.
entwine413@lemm.ee 1 month ago
The phrase just means, “alright old person” now.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 month ago
And I declare that calling someone a cunt now means that you like and respect that person. Please go ahead and use it on your boss next time you see them.