Pockets have come a long way
Crikey
Submitted 2 weeks ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to memes@sopuli.xyz
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tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
was at a flea market, there was a machete, i jockingly called it a pocket knife, because it fits in a pocket,
put it in my pocket, it fit.
felt bad for my daughter’s who will likely never get proper pockets.
who do I need to hack with my pocket knife for them to get normal pockets?
tigolbitties@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Buy ‘em pants from the boys’ section
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My double standard is that when I see someone with a boombox playing music in public, I’m chill and open to it. When someone does the same thing on their phone, I must work to enhance my calm.
Is it the sound quality? Maybe in part. But there’s more to it.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe it’s that a boombox playing music is more social and open, whereas what someone does with their phone is typically meant to be private, but some people play their music or w/e noise out loud from it as if only they can hear their phone.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think it’s a mindset thing. A boombox means you’re thinking about an audience. Consideration is implicit.
makyo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I hate when people have boomboxes too
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It’s always on public transit. Like that’s how some people prepare to go out and face the world, by making everyone else listen to their music. Like that’s the best way you can come up with to express yourself?
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yes. At least the person with a boom box brought quality speakers.
Also, their sick roller skate moves timed to their music are pretty great.
riskable@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Missing:
- A game console
- All the maps in the world + compass
- Gigantic notepad
- Calendar
- Entire stack of catalogs
- Newspapers
- Thermostat
- A whole fucking supercomputer
- An entire building-sized stack of photo albums
- Flashlight
- An sycophant assistant who makes shit up just to keep you happy.
brokenlcd@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
An sycophant assistant who makes shit up just to keep you happy.
Who says that man doesn’t carry out that function?
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget about fidget apps, so throw in some bubble wrap too.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
A software synthesizer and tracker.
The OP photo is missing an Amiga 1200.
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
A humongous calendar in fact. the one that fits a century
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Huh, you have a dude in your pants now, congrats.
molten@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve always had a dude in my pants
dumbass@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
lol, thats dude out there with no dude in his pants, what a dumbass.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah he provides good vibes.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Nice vibrations.
Positive shakes.
Pleasant bounces.
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
WTF, dude, get out of my pocket!
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Print me something
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He screamed, loudly then sobbed through tears, at the foot of the table where the Epsom sat mocking him with it’s silence.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t where the dude fits.
Soapbox@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I think he’s chatGPT?
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe. I’ve seen this image for a while now.
CluckN@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He goes in the old prison pocket
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
idk, the image loaded fine on my phone
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wait… My phone can play cassettes and cd’s? Freaking awesome!
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I wish, but for some reason most Android phones lack the correct drivers to play CD audio
pyre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
mine doesn’t even have a fucking disc tray
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yes… after you rip them into a
mixtapeplaylist.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TBF, the stereo speakers probably sound better and are certainly capable of being much louder than my phone speakers. But yeah, miles better in every other capacity.
TheKingBee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You can buy a bluetooth speaker that sounds as good (if you don’t need real stereo sound) and still have room in your pocket.
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How big are your pockets?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You cannot fit three sets of headphones in your pocket without them fucking up your phone or your wallet.
piranhaconda@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
And a boom box. Sure, phones can play music, but not at the same volume or quality as a dedicated stereo system
StarMerchant938@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You could probably find a pocket sized bluetooth speaker today that outperforms that particular boombox. I’ve got one about the size of a hardback novel that puts out more volume and bass than my car does.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
That’s a good thing. You don’t remember guys walking down the street, or getting on the subway, carrying a boom box on their shoulder, loudly blasting distorted music you don’t care to hear.
Now they just pump it directly into their ears. Let them destroy their own hearing, not everyone else’s. They make Bluetooth speakers if you need to broadcast your music to a group.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I thought so too but remembered yesterday I was working at an office they were putting back together after remodeling and noticed they were playing music off an iPhone and it was surprisingly loud.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
VHS tapes got so small they turned into little bits
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wish that were true, but I’ve got a stack of home movies that say differently.
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Even ignoring the joke with the dude fitting into your pocket, I cannot fit full over-ear cans I to my pocket… This is just lies.
Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
IEM’s my guy. Also Koss Porta Pros.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I dont have a human being inside my pocket.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Hello, I’m the human in your pocket.
You can make video phone calls with people.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You are my tiny dancer.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The forgot the encyclopedia set and a couple thousand books and a few hundred video tapes.
yournamehere@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
nah, the speakers from that boombox are not in my pocket.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
When I was young, I had a bucket list of all the fun gadgets I wanted - a camera, a video camera, a nice stereo system, a portable stereo system, a car stereo, lots of records, a TV, a VCR, a computer, etc. Making a Christmas list was easy, even if I knew I would never get 99% of it.
Now I get asked what I want for Christmas, and I have no idea what to say. My phone includes nearly everything I’ve ever wanted, including stuff I never thought of. Give me my phone, my guitar, a sandwich, and a bottle of water, and I’m pretty much set for life.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Cool things to ask for for Christmas:
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Socks: I wear tall boots & long pants for work, so no one knows about my Deadpool/Pokemon/flying taco socks, but it puts a smile on my face. My sister got me a pair of socks with a sad sock sitting on the stairs that say “worst gift ever.” I cried laughing.
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Hobby accessories: You have your guitar, straps, strings, and picks are all perishable items that it’s good to have a backup for.
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Shared experiences: ask for a group trip, a local excursion, or a board game to play together.
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My favorite - the themed surprise: instead of asking for a specific thing ask for “Something to make me laugh” or “Something nostalgic” or “Something I’ll use daily” or “Your favorite recipe and the ingredients to make it”. This makes shopping for / creating the gift as much fun as receiving it, since everyone will interpret the instructions a little differently and the possibilities are endless. This one’s fun for a themed gift exchange for a secret Santa as well.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Good suggestions. They actually like to get me little guitar stuff, or music books, I just have to steer it to them, so I put it all into an Amazon list. This year, I’m going to direct them to Stillwater, and give Amazon less business.
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tfowinder@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Nowdays you can ask for a subscription, you are not allowed to own good things sadly
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Except for my lack of self awareness, which I wear dripping down my sleeve.
CiderApplenTea@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wish I could (even excl the dude), but women’s clothes and phone sizes don’t match
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
was at a flea market, there was a machete, i jockingly called it a pocket knife, because it fits in a pocket,
put it in my pocket, it fit.
felt bad for my daughter’s who will likely never get proper pockets.
who do I need to hack with my pocket knife for them to get normal pockets?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And technically most of it would fit inside your butt.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
They called prison phones
Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The single CD amongst all that analog media seems so much like an anachronism that I had to look it up. The CD standard was published in 1980 and it was commercially available in the US in 1983 but it took until 1992 for CD sales to surpass cassette tape sales.
janonymous@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Baggy pants are back, baby!
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Want to really feel old? It’s been that way for around 20 years now.
foggianism@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Me, from the the future, explaining this meme to people in 1987: We developed new textiles that support giant pockets with incredible durability.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’m fairly certain that 80’s Joe Burrow can’t fit in my pocket
lauha@lemmy.one 2 weeks ago
Pretty sure I cannot fit 3 VHS tapes in my pocket. Pockets have not really gotten bigger
ianfraserkrillmaster@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
how big are your damn pockets?
baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m more than 50% sure I briefly worked with this guy.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kinda miss having discrete tech devices to be honest. In the era of non-replaceable phone memory trying to juggle space to hold it all on one device sucks.
vane@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I prefer the things on the picture. Look how many cool gadgets you could have, now you’re just computer user.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
I am pretty sure I cannot fit a whole dude in my pocket.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Image
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This is much more wholesome than what I was thinking.
pewpew@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
It’s replaced by an AI chatbot now
ACbHrhMJ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not trying hard enough
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
I try to fit a whole person in my pants every day. They only fit about half the guy, tho. 😔
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Not with that attitude you won’t
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Grindr exists, you know.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
I know it’s called Grindr, but that’s not the kind of grinding it refers to.