I feel old.

"Nibby" (nibby68) 09/14/2016 at 15:58 • Filed to: None

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The other day, my cousin and her kids were over for dinner. Her 12 year old needed some school supplies so I took her to the basement and we looked for some stuff we had lying around. I found her a few unused notebooks and a sketchbook for her art class. She was happy. But she found a bucket of my parents’ old cassette tapes and asked me what those things are.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:00

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I have casette tapes.

TheHondaBro > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:01

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Nibby > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/14/2016 at 16:01

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I;ve got floppies.

Er, floppy disks that is.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:04

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Yeah but those are still terrible.

Takuro Spirit > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:06

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Both my kids (8 and 11 now) have radios with cassette decks in their rooms, and have gotten tapes from Goodwill on occasion.

Now the 8-track and multiple LP players they inherited from their grandpa after he passed a few weeks ago?

GONNA BLOW THEIR MINDS.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:06

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Good. Cassettes were horrible. A step above 8-track for sure. But still terrible.

mazda616 > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:09

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My wife is 25 and I’m 26. Her little sister is 8, and she rode in a car with manual windows last year and legitimately had no idea how to lower the window. She said it was hot in there and my wife said to lower the window and her sister immediately said “I don’t know how. There’s no button!”

Nibby > TheHondaBro 09/14/2016 at 16:12

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Ticonderoga pencils or bust.

Nibby > mazda616 09/14/2016 at 16:13

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looool

that’s classic! Also I’m 25 too \o/

Nibby > Takuro Spirit 09/14/2016 at 16:13

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Soon there will be kids that ask “what’s a CD/DVD?”

Nibby > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 09/14/2016 at 16:13

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Remember this?

Nibby > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/14/2016 at 16:13

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They are.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:15

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I still have one in my ‘87 Benz and use it regularly.

Mondial goes to 11 > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:19

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I leave you this abomination awesomeness.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:20

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All my NWA and Ice Tea is on cassette tape. So when I need to go OG it’s to the tape player.

Nibby > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/14/2016 at 16:23

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EXPRESS YO’SELF!

Takuro Spirit > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:23

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I have fun telling people that “No, you cannot get a CD player in your 2016 automobile. And no, there is no updated ‘Navigation Maps DVD’ you can buy.”

Nibby > Mondial goes to 11 09/14/2016 at 16:24

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That looks like a torturous way to solve a relatively small issue :P

Nibby > Takuro Spirit 09/14/2016 at 16:27

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My truck is a 2015 Ram 1500 and... no CD player. I *think* my sister’s 2016 Civic doesn’t have one either but I will check next time I drive or go inside it

Wacko > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:29

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ha, now i feel old, since the old tapes over here are mine, my parents had vinyls and 8 tracks.

Svend > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:32

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I’m 36 and agree totally.

Things change so rapidly with tech these days. There are many that have no idea what a cassette or even a mini disk is.

It’s funny hearing the youth of today talking about old mobile phones.

Though sometimes I want to clout them round the back of their heads.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:33

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Yep. Was still awful.

Textured Soy Protein > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/14/2016 at 16:35

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Relevant:

Brian, The Life of > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 16:44

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Your parents? I’ll have you know that the first piece of music I bought in my life was Houses of the Holy ... on 8-track.

I’ll thank you all for extracting yourselves from my grassplot.

Boxer_4 > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 17:19

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A friend of mine and I were just given ~240 of the damn things... the 3.5" disks are useful when you need one, but man do they suck some times...

By the way, were you still looking for an AGP graphics card?

Dr_Watson > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/14/2016 at 17:21

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I hope you have a dual-deck boombox to complete the cross colors cardboard dancing image I have.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr_Watson 09/14/2016 at 17:27

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Yes I do, and I could even make a mix tape by recording songs off the radio.

Nibby > Wacko 09/14/2016 at 17:30

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My Dad had vinyls and 8 tracks too but his neighbor growing up took his collection.

Nibby > Boxer_4 09/14/2016 at 17:30

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I did get one, thanks. A whopping 128mb NVIDIA MX440 !

Nibby > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 09/14/2016 at 17:31

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Agreed. I used one when I first started driving

Nibby > Svend 09/14/2016 at 17:31

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I’ve heard kids complain about “my parents won’t get me the new iPhone”

You’re fucking 10, you don’t need an iPhone.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 17:31

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HB or 2B?

Nibby > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 09/14/2016 at 17:32

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Svend > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 17:42

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I always find myself saying in my head, ‘when I was a lad we never had mobile phones and games consoles’, then I realise how old I sound and not to say it out loud.

CyborgAdaLovelace > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 17:46

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I recently signed up for a landline for the first time on my life since it was only gonna be an extra $5/month. Largely for the peace of mind in case of emergencies (no long distance and after the first couple days I just turned the ringer off because of telemarketers and people looking for Julio).

My kids were very confused at the idea of a phone that has to be plugged into a wall. “That doesn’t look like a phone!"

Nibby > CyborgAdaLovelace 09/14/2016 at 17:51

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Hello Julio, your 2003 Honda Civic’s warranty has expired, would you like to renew it?

Nibby > Svend 09/14/2016 at 17:52

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WHEN I WAS LITTLE OUR GAMES WEREN’T EVEN 3D YET

Svend > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 18:00

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When I was little, all our games were 3D. In fact none of our games were 2D or on a screen for that matter.

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 18:32

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no, get your newfangled technology out of here

shop-teacher > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 19:16

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I still use one in the Roadmaster. It squeaks, which is annoying, but it works.

A buddy of mine back in the late 90's had an ‘81 Cadillac with an 8-track player. In the 8-track player was an 8-track to cassette adapter. In that was one of these cassette to 1/8" mini-jack adapters, which hooked up to a discman velcroed to the dash. It sounded HORRIBLE!

shop-teacher > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/14/2016 at 19:16

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I use one in my Roadmaster as well.

shop-teacher > Mondial goes to 11 09/14/2016 at 19:26

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A friend in high school used one of those to play his discman.

shop-teacher > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 19:29

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I teach middle school. The CD thing is already happening. I have to explain that it’s like a DVD, but just for music.

shop-teacher > Takuro Spirit 09/14/2016 at 19:31

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No joke here, my father-in-law has an ‘11 Equinox (which he loves), and he’s actually considering replacing it with a new Impala just because you can still get a CD player in it. It’s the most bizzare conversation I’ve ever had about car shopping, and we’ve had it three times now.

shop-teacher > Brian, The Life of 09/14/2016 at 19:33

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I still rock to Zepplin 2 on Cassette. I’m just a bit too young to have purchased 8-tracks.

just-a-scratch > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 19:48

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A friend in high school had one of those put inside an 8-track to cassette adapter. The mini-jack was then inserted in a portable CD player.

just-a-scratch > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/14/2016 at 19:51

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I keep one of my first cassettes in my car so I can get "Loc'd After Dark".

Tristan > Nibby 09/14/2016 at 20:18

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Mine’s got a retractable cord. Take that. Because OEM tape deck stereo is best stereo.

Nibby > just-a-scratch 09/14/2016 at 23:25

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dem adapters

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Svend 09/15/2016 at 02:26

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When I was in high school, our physics teacher sometimes showed videos on Laserdisc. But then he was an eccentric older gentleman, and this was only 2005 that I’m talking about.

Svend > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 09/15/2016 at 04:09

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I remember having a projectionist at my old school called J.D. Who always wore brown leather sandals and sock (with the rest of his clothing of course). He used to wonder around the school fixing old machines such as the language lab recording machines. Basically a massive cassette mounted flat to the table inside one of several tiny cubicles.

Just looking at the picture above takes me back. Now of course it’s all computers computers computers.