I'm 31 and I scored all 20, assuming last is phone book.
Although I only trained in typewriter, never actually sent anyone a letter.
Although I did type a contract for my dad so I guess that's a real use case.
All 20 then.
I'm 38, I scored 20 points unfortunately. I only used a rotary phone because my grandmother had one and she also had a typewriter that I'd fuck around with for fun... never used it to write my dissertation for a PhD or anything like that.
Realistically, if old equipment still worked then people wouldn't necessarily just get rid of it as soon as something new came out. I'm not that old and the only 2 things I haven't used were rotary phone and mix tape (assuming CD mix 'tapes' and personally recorded stuff on tapes also don't count)
Same. Plenty of "mix tape" CDs but no tapes. Unless you count the one I stole from my aunt.
Also not sure if I can count a word processing machine as a type writer. I've used a real typewriter but just for fun.
I have them all, except 5 and 12. Not from the States, so no aol. And cheques were fazed(?) out really early here, so have never seen one in use. The crossover breed of XMillenial here.
I think "mixed tape" refers to when you could take a cassette and record different songs onto it. Though I don't remember how it was done unless you caught a song playing on the radio at just the right point. Using a novelty dial phone wouldn't really count.
Right, but that’s usually called a “mix tape”, not “mixed” unless that’s some kind of regional thing. I’ve never heard anyone call that a “mixed tape” before this post.
And if you were lucky you'd have a higher end stereo system that could fade in the sounds too. Combine that with a pause, you could avoid that jarring noise of starting and stopping recording between songs. Just had to find the stations that didn't have the DJs who talked halfway through the song intro.
I'm a solid 20. Those of you who didn't get very high scores, you don't know what you missed.
This thread is implying that all of that stuff is ancient history. With the exception of the AOL addresses, Walkman and cassette tapes everything else on that list is still in use.
Fax machines, fine, certain organizations still require those mostly because people fall to understand that a fax machine is just a scanner and printer and this some bearaucracy failed to keep pace.
Same story for checkbooks.
AOL is still a thing and you can even sign up for it today, email address wise.
Record players are in use, though more people own records than record players, more popular as display pieces than actual music medium.
I would say everything else on the list is pretty much dead unless you go out of your way to do them, and nothing else on the list has so much nostalgia appeal compared to the problems and difficulty with them.
18/20 because waterbeds weren't a common thing here and I already had internet access and a mail address before AOL was a thing. Whoever made that list should have added usenet.
Terrible distribution of options. A good list would have a series of technologies and tools that became obsolete at different times. Almost all of these became obsolete with the rise of broadband internet in the early 2000's, while a handful were earlier (rotary phones) or later (paper maps, paper checks).
In my family's house growing up, we duct taped our only phone's receiver to a Bo staff so we could pass the phone between rooms without having to leave the room.
Half of these are still in use simply because some people think they're cool, or when someone prefers to not have to rely on technology (e.g. paper maps don't run out of electricity while you're on a long hike).
I never had my own AOL email account but I did throw away AOL signup disks and I sent email to AOL accounts... so I guess 20/20 assuming "phone bo" is a phone book.
As for not being long for this world... there are a lot of ways to go that don't link with being old, so I guess that checks out anyway.
i work at a library it isnt fair for me to compete. i only use the fax machine because the government won't let old people email them and they dont know how to anyway.
Surely that should be 'mix tape'? I scored 17 so I anticipate living for another hundred years!
Plus also, what the fuck are you doing on my lawn, ooh innit cold, the price of stamps these days, look at how young those policemen look, fucking cloud!
40 here, scored a 19. I'm fascinated that you were able to avoid checkbooks all this time. Back in the day it was the only form of rent payment my landlords would accept, so I didn't have much choice.
I've also had to use them in oddball situations recently, like paying a passport application fee. The passports weren't even for me. I was just the only one in the friend group that still has checks from when I first opened my account.... almost 20 years ago. They're my age, so maybe it's me who's the outlier here, haha.
Never had VCR, AOL or phone bo. Don't think AOL ever was a thing here anyway, it was Sol or Kvasir and then Hotmail.
The rest my 37 years have included.
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deHaga@feddit.uk · 38 pts · 251d
Do they mean a mix tape?
three@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 251d
You must be 18 to post here.
the_q@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 251d
ik5pvx@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 251d
Book, probably
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 251d
More importantly: Why is there aa jizz stain at the o?
spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 251d
The second column is all misaligned too.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 250d
A watermark was removed, which got rid of the OK
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 250d
Ok
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
OCR and making this an accessible text post would have been easier.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 247d
I don't disagree
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d
AI is my guess given the lack of structure
frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 251d
queermunist@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 250d
20 is a typo, it's actually phone bō and it's the art of fighting with a phone staff.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 18 pts · 251d
So everyone over 35 or so?
chocrates@piefed.world · 4 pts · 251d
I'm 37 and only about 16 points.
I didn't ever use a typewriter afaik, nor a rotary phone.
I was in the era of aol addresses but my first email was when I got into the Gmail beta 😎
Sadly I need to extricate myself from Gmail
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 250d
I'm 31 and I scored all 20, assuming last is phone book. Although I only trained in typewriter, never actually sent anyone a letter. Although I did type a contract for my dad so I guess that's a real use case. All 20 then.
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 251d
I'm 38, I scored 20 points unfortunately. I only used a rotary phone because my grandmother had one and she also had a typewriter that I'd fuck around with for fun... never used it to write my dissertation for a PhD or anything like that.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 251d
Almost 40, 20 point gang
I’ve used heaps of typewriters. My mum had an antique one when I was growing up that still worked and I loved it.
Mickey7@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 251d
I think you'd be 50 or older
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 251d
38 here, 20 for 20
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
surprised you could be that young and still have run the list
PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 249d
Realistically, if old equipment still worked then people wouldn't necessarily just get rid of it as soon as something new came out. I'm not that old and the only 2 things I haven't used were rotary phone and mix tape (assuming CD mix 'tapes' and personally recorded stuff on tapes also don't count)
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 251d
I'm 43 and it's 20. My mate is 37 and it's also all 20.
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 251d
Early 40s and 20/20. I’m guessing you’re pretty young.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 250d
Elder millennial all 20
WanakaTree@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 250d
I know right. I'm 39, all 20.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
To be fair I spent a lot of time with my grandparents
xilence@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 250d
37, got 19. Never had a mix tape.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 250d
Whattt? I feel like I should make you a mix tape
Doublenut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 249d
Same. Plenty of "mix tape" CDs but no tapes. Unless you count the one I stole from my aunt. Also not sure if I can count a word processing machine as a type writer. I've used a real typewriter but just for fun.
Trashcan@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 250d
I have them all, except 5 and 12. Not from the States, so no aol. And cheques were fazed(?) out really early here, so have never seen one in use. The crossover breed of XMillenial here.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 249d
You can't start with I have them "all". Then put in exceptions. That's not how all works.
Trashcan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 247d
But that's how languages work.. I think you should try to read the Oxford Dictionary and come back with an apology when you are finished
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/except_1
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 12 pts · 251d
Does this mean a mix tape or is that something else? 🤨
Also: I've used a rotary phone, but only because I had bought a novelty modern phone that used a rotary dialer in the 90s.
I got 19 or 20, depending on the answer to my question about the "mixed tape" thing.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 251d
Smithers, I really feel like a free spirit. And I'm really enjoying this so-called "iced cream."
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
I think "mixed tape" refers to when you could take a cassette and record different songs onto it. Though I don't remember how it was done unless you caught a song playing on the radio at just the right point. Using a novelty dial phone wouldn't really count.
Thunderbird4@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 251d
Right, but that’s usually called a “mix tape”, not “mixed” unless that’s some kind of regional thing. I’ve never heard anyone call that a “mixed tape” before this post.
DBT@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 251d
You’d often see cassette players with two tape decks, so you could play one while recording with the other.
You could also record from radio, record player, or whatever else your stereo had. Boom boxes with two tape decks were fairly common.
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
good explanation and it jarred my memory as to how it was done
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 4 pts · 251d
And if you were lucky you'd have a higher end stereo system that could fade in the sounds too. Combine that with a pause, you could avoid that jarring noise of starting and stopping recording between songs. Just had to find the stations that didn't have the DJs who talked halfway through the song intro.
I'm a solid 20. Those of you who didn't get very high scores, you don't know what you missed.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 251d
I am assuming Phone Bo is Phone book.
chocrates@piefed.world · 5 pts · 251d
The meme creator got lazy and just didn't do the last two letters?
jj4211@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 251d
He must have died while typing...
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
Their time was shorter
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
yes
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 251d
Same here. I have used everything on this list at least once.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 251d
I have used them all so many times I lost count.
jj4211@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
Lost count due to the dementia
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 251d
This thread is implying that all of that stuff is ancient history. With the exception of the AOL addresses, Walkman and cassette tapes everything else on that list is still in use.
Hell audio-Philes swear y turn tables.
jj4211@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
Fax machines, fine, certain organizations still require those mostly because people fall to understand that a fax machine is just a scanner and printer and this some bearaucracy failed to keep pace.
Same story for checkbooks.
AOL is still a thing and you can even sign up for it today, email address wise.
Record players are in use, though more people own records than record players, more popular as display pieces than actual music medium.
I would say everything else on the list is pretty much dead unless you go out of your way to do them, and nothing else on the list has so much nostalgia appeal compared to the problems and difficulty with them.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 251d
All of them are still in use..
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 250d
20/20 and I’ll add Atari, illegal cable hookup, and limewire.
AlphaOmega@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 250d
Add Napster, ICQ, and AOL chatrooms ... A/S/L?
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 250d
I'll add Saturday morning cartoons, planning your week around when shows came on TV, and renting movies from a grocery store/pharmacy.
PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 249d
Ooohhh I totally forgot about renting movies from the grocery store!
Maybe we can add palm pilots and tvs where the channel changer was a knob you had to adjust
AlphaOmega@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 249d
That reminds me of the first VCR my family owned. Wired remotes anyone?
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 251d
19 out of 20. Unless just testing a waterbed counts....
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 251d
Yeah it counts. I've "tried" them but never owned them. So that counts
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 251d
I am not being euphemismistic.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 251d
If you’ve just sat on a waterbed I’d count it
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz · 8 pts · 250d
5 makes no sense outside of USA
20 What is phone bo? book?
19, 20 if NZ equivalent of AOL
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 250d
phone book or booth, either works.
double points if you've used a phone book in a phone booth
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 249d
Woot! 2X.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 250d
AOL was more international than you think. Free beer mats for everybody.
ragepaw@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 250d
19/20. Only because I refused to use AOL.
froh42@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
18/20 because waterbeds weren't a common thing here and I already had internet access and a mail address before AOL was a thing. Whoever made that list should have added usenet.
ragepaw@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 249d
I'm still on usenet.
NoPanko@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 251d
This title/post combination is peak 2005 myspace/facebook posting
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 251d
The choices also tend to center around 2005, with only a handful of technologies that were made definitely obsolete before 1995 or after 2010.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 251d
Terrible distribution of options. A good list would have a series of technologies and tools that became obsolete at different times. Almost all of these became obsolete with the rise of broadband internet in the early 2000's, while a handful were earlier (rotary phones) or later (paper maps, paper checks).
ArfArfWoof@feddit.org · 1 pts · 250d
The point of this "meme" is for OP to toot they own horn. This selection is a good choice for that. Effective means for an ill end.
percent@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 250d
I got all 20, but I never used vinyl records until just a few years ago
lastweakness@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 251d
17/20. I'm 25
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 251d
Yeah, in don't think many of us touched a Phone Bo. They're impossible to find after we started making bo staffs out of better material like wood.
lastweakness@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
Very unfortunate that we never got the chance.
Nasan@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 250d
In my family's house growing up, we duct taped our only phone's receiver to a Bo staff so we could pass the phone between rooms without having to leave the room.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 249d
I'm laughing at the idea!
UNY0N@lemmy.wtf · 6 pts · 250d
I'm assuming that "phone bo" means phone book? If that's true then I'm at 20/20.
I plan to live forever. So far, so good.
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 251d
19, but only because waterbeds were never really a thing in the UK
altphoto@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 250d
Bingo!
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 251d
Does it could if I've used them for the novelty?
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
doesn't count
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
Then I got 8
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 251d
Did you really need to use ai to make a text based meme? I completely lost hope in humanity after seeing this
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 250d
Half of these are still in use simply because some people think they're cool, or when someone prefers to not have to rely on technology (e.g. paper maps don't run out of electricity while you're on a long hike).
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 250d
Lol #9 is mix tape 🤣😂
Jeeve65@ttrpg.network · 5 pts · 251d
You don't scare me.
AOL never was available in my country. Check books? I've never even seen someone actually using one, I think.
I will never get to 20, yay!
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 251d
Same. I've seen people using cheques when I was a kid, but they were issued as separate sheets not in a form of a book
MudMan@fedia.io · 2 pts · 251d
Waterbeds also not a thing.
Not being American gets you 3 extra... years? decades? life units? Which does seem still accurate.
jdnewmil@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 251d
I never had my own AOL email account but I did throw away AOL signup disks and I sent email to AOL accounts... so I guess 20/20 assuming "phone bo" is a phone book.
As for not being long for this world... there are a lot of ways to go that don't link with being old, so I guess that checks out anyway.
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d
AOL disks were great when they were sending out floppies.. free disks!
MoonRaven@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 250d
AOL is very American, could've written dialup. Check books were also gone here long before they were in the US.
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
Why did check books leave in the EU long before in the US?
MoonRaven@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 248d
We phased them out because of security reasons. Paying by card was introduced, at least in the Netherlands, in the 80s.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 250d
20/20, waterbeds were awesome.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 251d
19; guess which one I've never used?
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 251d
Waterbed?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
That's a check if you were rich and old.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
Check book
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 251d
exactly.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
Phone Bo?
(I really want to make a bo staff out of phones now)
AA5B@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 250d
Water beds are making a comeback. This coming year, I swear!
20/20, y’all invited the my funeral. Apparently any day now
Routhinator@startrek.website · 2 pts · 250d
Guess we dying in our mid 40's.. What is this? The middle ages!?
AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
Since no one can afford health insurance, vaccines are apparently bad, and our government is prescribing horse dewormer …. We’re getting there
Routhinator@startrek.website · 2 pts · 250d
Take my depressed upvote.
tym@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 250d
spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 251d
Everything but 5 and 13. Guess I'll go die, then.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
I highly suggest finding a typewriter, they're actually really fun.
Routhinator@startrek.website · 4 pts · 250d
20/20
Hupf@feddit.org · 4 pts · 250d
Are we censoring books now?
unknown1234_5@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 251d
i work at a library it isnt fair for me to compete. i only use the fax machine because the government won't let old people email them and they dont know how to anyway.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 251d
I’ve used everything on this list, I win!
A7thStone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
Does it count if I own a typewriter, even though I've never used it?
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 251d
Surely that should be 'mix tape'? I scored 17 so I anticipate living for another hundred years!
Plus also, what the fuck are you doing on my lawn, ooh innit cold, the price of stamps these days, look at how young those policemen look, fucking cloud!
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
18, damn.
Enkrod@feddit.org · 3 pts · 251d
17 points, I'm 43, no AOL address, no check book or waterbed.
GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 250d
40 here, scored a 19. I'm fascinated that you were able to avoid checkbooks all this time. Back in the day it was the only form of rent payment my landlords would accept, so I didn't have much choice.
I've also had to use them in oddball situations recently, like paying a passport application fee. The passports weren't even for me. I was just the only one in the friend group that still has checks from when I first opened my account.... almost 20 years ago. They're my age, so maybe it's me who's the outlier here, haha.
Enkrod@feddit.org · 2 pts · 250d
Avoiding checkbooks? Easy, be not american.
troed@fedia.io · 3 pts · 251d
number 20 does elude me
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
It's when you are smelly while using a phone
stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 251d
6 with many of them in my childhood or because of under-equipped schools
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 250d
Post card?
Cursive??
water bed????
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev · 3 pts · 251d
16, but I like vintage shit, nahmean?
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 249d
What about watching "Creature Double Feature"?
Godzilla and all his bitches!
infinitevalence@discuss.online · 3 pts · 250d
I am a little old for a Bo dont ya think?
tflyghtz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
13 i mean postcard? My work made me write post cards for Christmas even.
ikidd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
Add this number to 35 for your age.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 250d
According to that, I should be 53.
That's over a decade older than I am right now.
EchoCranium@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 250d
Weirdly enough, I find that accurate.
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org · 1 pts · 250d
I'm not even thirty and have like 10 points though
PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 249d
I got 18 and I'm not even 35 yet lol
tino@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
18 cause I'm not American.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
TIL dictionaries and encyclopedias are exclusively American.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
I'd guess cursive and AOL.
tino@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d
Waterbed and AOL.
Bruncvik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
Dude. I still use 8 of them. And you'll only take those eight from my cold, dead fingers. Which, apparently, won't be long...
Agent641@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
I was too poor to have a waterbed, walkman and chequebook
Griffus@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 250d
Never had VCR, AOL or phone bo. Don't think AOL ever was a thing here anyway, it was Sol or Kvasir and then Hotmail. The rest my 37 years have included.
Valmond@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
Luckily we didn't have AOL emails where I lived.
But checks? Still use them, they're dead useful for school stuff, sport events for the kids and so on.
Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 250d
3/20
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 250d
Child.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 249d
Records have been resurgent for a decade. The person who made this thinks they're funny and biting, but they are out of touch with the culture.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 249d
And definitely not a "record player". Turntable, mother fucker.
konalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
1 :)
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 251d
3
Edit: or probably just 2
Caesium@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
Just 3 for me, one of which actually being a waterbed. my parents had one until we had to sell the house in 2019
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
Only one? You really missed out on so many fun things
konalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
I like to think I would've loved the internet circa 90s-2000s.
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
The good part - there were ADS everywhere. Lots of stuff was really free. But it was slower.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
*cheque book
And why people from other countries than USA would necessarily use AOL?
jambudz@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 251d
It’s check book in the states, where the majority of native English speakers live.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 249d
19
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 249d
Not 4, ... 20? Bitch please.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 251d