Post AG7Ipy7NSMuSjBdoci by trhr@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AG77MUd2v1fBNJCEhk by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T22:41:40Z
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My wife and I just had to explain to my teen how phones at one point needed to be plugged into a wall. Oh, and Netflix used to actually mail you a disc that you'd watch in a special player and then mail back.I feel SUPER old right now.
(DIR) Post #AG77aW6AFeIdzGVGEq by devinprater@devin.masto.host
2022-02-03T22:44:14Z
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@mike They used to need special players? I just watched them on a regular DVD player.
(DIR) Post #AG77cKe3nzxh2pDuca by damko@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T22:44:21Z
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@mike tomorrow tell your teen what kind of stunts you had to do around the TV antenna to catch some more signal ...
(DIR) Post #AG77iQ5OUOpheluZ4C by nathand@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T22:45:42Z
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@mike I had to explain to my son that most video games I used to play didn’t have save states. In order to “save” your progress, you would often pause it then turn off the tv.
(DIR) Post #AG77pJpw7emKIlyGOW by markusl@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T22:46:49Z
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@mike A disc? A DISC?When I was young, Netflix would send a horse and cart carrying three people and a script.
(DIR) Post #AG78EdYrvJzaiU3nlI by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
2022-02-03T22:51:35Z
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@mikeDon't feel bad, I remember rotary phones! 😆
(DIR) Post #AG78IRLDIfIRyTUEF6 by gnomad108@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T22:51:46Z
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@mike I totally forgot about those little red envelopes
(DIR) Post #AG78gLvH64ik7TkxCi by normandc@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T22:56:27Z
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@mike have you mentioned that the phones had first a rotary dial? 😂
(DIR) Post #AG79ISZKpqDxjifIZc by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:03:22Z
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@devinprater Heh, a DVD player IS a special player for today's teens. When he watches Netflix, he usually starts a movie on the bus ride home, and when he gets home he just hits stop, turns on the TV, opens the Netflix app, and starts the movie right where he left off. No players or discs or anything. The idea that Netflix used to send something physical to you that you needed to put into a player made him laugh out loud.
(DIR) Post #AG79Om5n9zVo1brEwq by devinprater@devin.masto.host
2022-02-03T23:04:32Z
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@mike Now *I* feel old and I'm just 27. ... Or 28. Maybe 26? Wow.
(DIR) Post #AG79VEEpQaPh3TA6ZE by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:05:42Z
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@damko Oh man, when I was a kid I used to live here:https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5523951We had an antenna attached to the side of our house, and when we changed channels on the TV, we had to go outside and rotate the antenna to point in a different direction per channel. Talk about a nightmare during the winter. You'd just watch a show because hell no I'm not going out there.
(DIR) Post #AG79ZoyMn9aU8weTya by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:06:36Z
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@calculsoberic Oh yea, and 70s party lines. That was always exciting. Never knew what you were going to get.
(DIR) Post #AG79ewsgodzq7QRRHE by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:07:11Z
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@normandc Didn't get that far before he was laughing uncontrollably.
(DIR) Post #AG79h1V4c4kt1XNtsO by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:07:32Z
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@rooster We didn't! That'll melt his brain!
(DIR) Post #AG7A6sCNonHNhly6nQ by damko@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:12:24Z
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@mike what about standing and holding the antenna just to finish to see the show?
(DIR) Post #AG7AmS41NSOQoNspg8 by bbbhltz@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:19:57Z
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@mike my students didn't believe me when I told them phones (landlines) used to work when the power was out
(DIR) Post #AG7AqUZXzc9lkYYXWi by s0lution@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:20:37Z
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@mike was watching Home Alone over the holidays and realized it was over 30 years old now...
(DIR) Post #AG7Beo3ro6fGfnjIJM by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:29:52Z
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@damko Thankfully didn't have that for the most part. That antenna was heavy, and it took some real effort to move. My uncle had a similar setup, but his had a hand crank on it to help with the turning. We just rotated ours by hand. The best part was people inside yelling at you. STOP! MORE! BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE BEFORE!! THAT'S WORSE, GO BACK!! STOP!! NO, KEEP GOING!!
(DIR) Post #AG7BlZTuPhSTTu8VZg by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:31:05Z
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@bbbhltz Yep, we used to light up some candles when the power went out and call and make sure all of our neighbors were alright. Everybody was good for heat (in the winter obviously) and that kind of stuff. Then you'd sit around playing board games or go to bed early.
(DIR) Post #AG7BpPaB9vtBwGtsOG by damko@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:31:42Z
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@mike oh you are younger than me that. I started off with antenna on TV. We had the antenna on the roof several years later.But I remember those adventure with a smile after all. It's silly but I do.
(DIR) Post #AG7E6X0b0CWTnlY0jQ by tychosoft@fosstodon.org
2022-02-03T23:57:11Z
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@mike @bbbhltz on the rez up to half the homes never had and lived without power, but yes, most had working phones.
(DIR) Post #AG7Ipy7NSMuSjBdoci by trhr@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T00:50:15Z
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@mike tell him about how the internet died when your mom picked up the phone.
(DIR) Post #AG7MDI61dz83DCozJY by trebach@mstdn.social
2022-02-04T01:28:07Z
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@mike Wait until you show them what a VHS tape is and tell them that you used to have to drive to a store to rent them@devinprater
(DIR) Post #AG7PmLhoW1cwP8uBRg by greypilgrim@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T02:08:03Z
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@mike Dude, I still get blurays from Netflix because they don't get much for box office movies on their streaming service.
(DIR) Post #AG7R8Dfp9vmhony1Hk by MrDers@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T02:23:14Z
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@mike it's amazing the changes in the world of technology in our adult lives
(DIR) Post #AG7Y9nfvUUMJRbiQoi by PoCampo@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T03:41:36Z
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@mike Ah yes, and then you'd occasionally receive a damaged DVD after waiting several days for it to come in. Fun times.
(DIR) Post #AG7fZ46MFqFpJB4bCK by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T05:04:59Z
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@damko I might be younger. Hard to tell. We didn't have TV for quite a while. Well, that's not true. We had one of those TVs built into a wooden cabinet that was roughly the size of a barge and took like two or three minutes to actually show a picture. We didn't get the antenna until we replaced it. Before that we just flat out didn't watch.
(DIR) Post #AG7ff1xH9EpwO9fZPU by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T05:06:02Z
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@trhr Oh, I hated that so much! Also, when I went to college they had call waiting on the lines, and if someone called you, the tones it played on the line disconnected the Internet too. Was super frustrating.
(DIR) Post #AG7fozaGondhvlevLs by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T05:07:51Z
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@trebach I think my wife might have continued that conversation after I left because I heard him ask later on what "rewind" meant, and my wife told him to nevermind. Not sure how that part of the conversation went.@devinprater
(DIR) Post #AG7urMTGC8wKnxy4Y4 by Lindsay55@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T07:55:58Z
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@mike Show her a morse code key?
(DIR) Post #AG7vMqSijoLunYjCiG by hund@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T08:01:54Z
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@mike You're not old. It's just the others who's a lot younger than you.
(DIR) Post #AG89ctND54gJoohFIW by sotolf@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T10:41:40Z
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@mike I felt old when someone asked why floppy disks were called that, I remember the disks actually being floppy, but now a days the teens probably don't even know what a floppy disk is :p
(DIR) Post #AG8C3GNEO9GIafPPBg by tyskdm@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T11:08:28Z
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@mike I had to tell my daughter, to play music, you have to press the button instead of touching the LCD screen.
(DIR) Post #AG8Z9kWzTUnEnz2GsC by metalune@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T15:27:39Z
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@sotolf @mike I mean... I know what a floppy disk is and I'm also a teen and I know a lot of IRL friends of mine who know floppy disks.. at least I think they do?
(DIR) Post #AG8oxQBfpMGTqsTJIW by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-02-04T18:25:01Z
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@metalune you sure? Maybe they're just confusing them with save buttons. 😄@sotolf @mike
(DIR) Post #AG9mIr5Iui3KeIytYe by danjones000@fedi.absturztau.be
2022-02-05T02:54:07.650569Z
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@mikeNow tell him about Blockbuster.@devinprater
(DIR) Post #AG9mIsI6QbsuOHyd96 by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-05T05:29:52Z
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@danjones000 Heh, my wife worked there when she was in college. He's heard stories, but I still don't think he grasps what is actually going on there. In fairness, she's a molecular biologist with a focus on oncology, and most of the time when she's talking about her job nobody knows what the hell she's talking about. @devinprater
(DIR) Post #AGBgDxzbaiszDXWNSi by wswartzendruber@fosstodon.org
2022-02-06T03:31:11Z
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@mike My sister-in-law had a rotary phone on the wall. I got so excited I picked it up and starting dialing my cell number. She told me it was decorative and wasn't connected. I was crushed.
(DIR) Post #AGC4rZOUrhPpPSa5wW by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
2022-02-06T08:07:16Z
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@mikeTake a look at this - https://post.lurk.org/@pixouls/107538797676571371
(DIR) Post #AGCjGeU14sHmbCg5Am by metalune@fosstodon.org
2022-02-06T15:40:00Z
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@ColinTheMathmo @sotolf @mike oh well fair enkugh I'm not that well versed
(DIR) Post #AGDX2rfKGSBP8aaRe4 by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-02-07T00:57:44Z
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@wswartzendruber That would be kind of cool to have one just as a decoration for nostalgia. I might actually do that. Maybe even something older than that. Wood box kind. That would be fun.
(DIR) Post #AGHCieVMGVFy4rqguO by wswartzendruber@fosstodon.org
2022-02-08T19:28:51Z
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@mike Make sure it has the crank on the side, the mouth piece you have to yell into, and the ear piece you have to hold to your head.
(DIR) Post #AGLFpyLpNTdk8sYhX6 by BetoDeJuan@fosstodon.org
2022-02-10T17:38:47Z
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@mike Lol, at least you don't have to explain why it was necessary to turn a crank on the Victrola. :)