I guess 2 points, I've not owned my own dictionary or encyclopedia. Born in 1989.
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Two points. Wtf would I send a postcard? I also don't believe I've ever sent a fax, though I may have gone to an office supply store to have that done to a business and don't recall.
I'm gen z but I still only got 3 points. I live in the sticks, so no blockbuster. Also no walkman, though I have used portable cassette players. And never recorded from radio to cassette. Maybe you could give me another point, because my dad had to send a fax for me, but I felt involved in the process.
- My grandma had a rotary phone.
Why are people attacking me so much online today?
I actually plan to buy the latest print encyclopedia I can find. Just in case. Fuck them trying to kill everything good on the internet.
never used a Sony Walkman! so that's 1 point for me...
Born 1992
5 points
- No typewriter ( would kill for a real TTY though)
- Haven't listened to vinyl ( I really want to get into that, overwhelmed with stuff I need to learn)
- No boombox ( and thank god for that - this shit looks heavy af)
- Not recorded music to a cassette ( only from lack of trying, had a radio accepting cassettes with "record" button)
- No postcard ( not a big thing around these parts)
I don't understand why people want to listen to vinyl records vs. digital
I'm no audiophile, but there is a difference in sound. To me it's not enough to invest in the type of equipment that maximizes that difference, but it's still there
Plus turntables have become another niche technological LEGO set, to customize and improve until the hole in your chest is filled
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Ha!! One point! In yo face!!!
Sorry got too excited there for a second. I have never sent a postcard. Bought em though and rcvd them but never sent.
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1 and that's only because Blockbuster wasn't a thing near me and we instead went to the local video shop.
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Only 3 🥲
1 point. I've never sent/received a fax.
- Used the old broken 19" TV as a stand for the new, smaller, sleeker 19" TV.
- Your first video game console had a rotating paddle for a controller
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15 points.
I've listened to music on CDs and cassette tapes, watched a VHS tape, recorded music from the radio, and at one point owned a dictionary.
4 points, am 35.
10 points, though maybe less depending on how strict you are. For example I've seen floppy disks and seen my dad use them (we had a whole stack of them at home), or my mom send and receive faxes, but by the time I was old enough to use a computer or need to send communications it was CDs and email instead of faxes.
3, I'm in my 20s btw
- Never listened to music on a CD;
- never listened to a vynil record;
- never listened to a walkman
- never listened to a boombox (had to search what this was)
- never sent a postcard
36 years old. Just grew up mostly without access to music until I got my first PC. But I did have the opportunity to use a radio with a cassete tape player a few times as a kid.
I turn 29 in a few months and scored 2. I would not be surprised if I've forgotten an instance of using a typewriter or listening to a boombox outside though.
I mean I am old, yes, but I feel like most North American millennials would get the same.
Do I get negative points if I still own and use many of these things?
9 points