Kids today...
The bbc made a 13 year old boy trade his Ipod for a 1st generation walkman for a week
"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape."
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I understand if it was around 50 years ago, but I was still using cassettes in my early teens. heck, I just switched to buying cds only recently CDs were for special bands that I really really like. I only bought HIM and LP cds when I was 13. CDs are expensive, compared to tapes which cost HALF and delivered the same. I had two walkmans. One was Abah's old panasonic, and one I saved up for. A Sony silver and blue thing and it had a partcularly sensitive radio dial. I used it til it's dying day (it somehow wouldn't read the tape unless strong pressure is applied. I'd keep one foot on it to keep the music going) sometime in 2005.
Are ALL kids this ignorant? Don't give me the 'generation gap' crap. I know how to use a typewriter. And I'd use the old manual roll camera if there was a place to fix it. I played games on a console that used cartridges. and I'm only 20! see, the way I look at it is the reason why younger kids are more obnoxious these days is because they've never had to untangle tape, or clean the deck, or wait more than 30 seconds for a page to load. It builds character, y'know. respect for design and creativity. (and sometimes ninja cunningness while trying to be online at night with a dialup.)
Sure, I'm all for better faster stronger smaller, but these kids..its not ancient history, okay? Its a cassette walkman. not some amazing fossil.
lol come to think of it I'm using the earphones to my old walkman right now because I don't have any head/ear phones. more than five years and they still work great. and how long did the new earphones I got together with my handsfree set last? two, three months? And I've just realized it's got a homey acoustic sound to it. really brings out the middle and bass.
point of post: Kids today really don't appreciate, or even realize what they have until you throw something like this at them. *sigh*
"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape."
...
FULL ARTICLE
I understand if it was around 50 years ago, but I was still using cassettes in my early teens. heck, I just switched to buying cds only recently CDs were for special bands that I really really like. I only bought HIM and LP cds when I was 13. CDs are expensive, compared to tapes which cost HALF and delivered the same. I had two walkmans. One was Abah's old panasonic, and one I saved up for. A Sony silver and blue thing and it had a partcularly sensitive radio dial. I used it til it's dying day (it somehow wouldn't read the tape unless strong pressure is applied. I'd keep one foot on it to keep the music going) sometime in 2005.
Are ALL kids this ignorant? Don't give me the 'generation gap' crap. I know how to use a typewriter. And I'd use the old manual roll camera if there was a place to fix it. I played games on a console that used cartridges. and I'm only 20! see, the way I look at it is the reason why younger kids are more obnoxious these days is because they've never had to untangle tape, or clean the deck, or wait more than 30 seconds for a page to load. It builds character, y'know. respect for design and creativity. (and sometimes ninja cunningness while trying to be online at night with a dialup.)
Sure, I'm all for better faster stronger smaller, but these kids..its not ancient history, okay? Its a cassette walkman. not some amazing fossil.
lol come to think of it I'm using the earphones to my old walkman right now because I don't have any head/ear phones. more than five years and they still work great. and how long did the new earphones I got together with my handsfree set last? two, three months? And I've just realized it's got a homey acoustic sound to it. really brings out the middle and bass.
point of post: Kids today really don't appreciate, or even realize what they have until you throw something like this at them. *sigh*