I've lived both, am fully addicted to my phone, and genuinely believe we were better off then.
That lucky guy gets to own his things!
How big are your pockets?
WTF, dude, get out of my pocket!
Is think this is the most pedantic comment section I've seen so far
And technically most of it would fit inside your butt. There just isn't a market for butt phones.
They called prison phones
I'd call that
Enlightening
The single CD amongst all that analog media seems so much like an anachronism that I had to look it up. The CD standard was published in 1980 and it was commercially available in the US in 1983 but it took until 1992 for CD sales to surpass cassette tape sales.
The Walkman and other tape players were so much superior to CD players for portability and convenience. Batteries lasted a lot longer for portable tape players than for CD players. Tapes could be remixed easily so you could bring a specific playlist (or 2 or 3) with you. Tapes were much more resilient than CDs. The superior audio quality of CDs didn't matter as much when you were using 1980's era headphones. Or, even if you were using a boombox, the spinning of a disc was still susceptible to bumps or movement causing skips, and the higher speed motor and more complex audio processing drained batteries much faster. And back then, rechargeable batteries weren't really a thing, so people were just burning through regular single use alkaline batteries.
It wasn't until the 90's that decent skip protection, a few generations of miniaturization and improved battery life, and improved headphones made portable CDs competitive with portable tapes.
At the same time, cars started to get CD players, but a typical person doesn't buy a new car every year, so it took a few years for the overall number of cars to start having a decent number of CD players.
Why can't this he from 1983 then? Hell, even 1992 isn't crazy.
Same thing with blurays and UHD now, DVDs still ahead
Hmm
nah, the speakers from that boombox are not in my pocket.
including the handses
Wait... My phone can play cassettes and cd's? Freaking awesome!
I wish, but for some reason most Android phones lack the correct drivers to play CD audio
mine doesn't even have a fucking disc tray
At least mine has a cassette deck and jack plugs.
Yes… after you rip them into a ~~mixtape~~ playlist.
how big are your damn pockets?
Even ignoring the joke with the dude fitting into your pocket, I cannot fit full over-ear cans I to my pocket... This is just lies.
IEM's my rizza. Also Koss Porta Pros.
I prefer the things on the picture. Look how many cool gadgets you could have, now you're just computer user.
I wish I had a boombox with a cassette player in my pocket.
When I was young, I had a bucket list of all the fun gadgets I wanted - a camera, a video camera, a nice stereo system, a portable stereo system, a car stereo, lots of records, a TV, a VCR, a computer, etc. Making a Christmas list was easy, even if I knew I would never get 99% of it.
Now I get asked what I want for Christmas, and I have no idea what to say. My phone includes nearly everything I've ever wanted, including stuff I never thought of. Give me my phone, my guitar, a sandwich, and a bottle of water, and I'm pretty much set for life.
Cool things to ask for for Christmas:
Socks: I wear tall boots & long pants for work, so no one knows about my Deadpool/Pokemon/flying taco socks, but it puts a smile on my face. My sister got me a pair of socks with a sad sock sitting on the stairs that say "worst gift ever." I cried laughing.
Hobby accessories: You have your guitar, straps, strings, and picks are all perishable items that it's good to have a backup for.
Shared experiences: ask for a group trip, a local excursion, or a board game to play together.
My favorite - the themed surprise: instead of asking for a specific thing ask for "Something to make me laugh" or "Something nostalgic" or "Something I'll use daily" or "Your favorite recipe and the ingredients to make it". This makes shopping for / creating the gift as much fun as receiving it, since everyone will interpret the instructions a little differently and the possibilities are endless. This one's fun for a themed gift exchange for a secret Santa as well.
Good suggestions. They actually like to get me little guitar stuff, or music books, I just have to steer it to them, so I put it all into an Amazon list. This year, I'm going to direct them to Stillwater, and give Amazon less business.
Nowdays you can ask for a subscription, you are not allowed to own good things sadly
I dont have a human being inside my pocket.
Hello, I’m the human in your pocket.
You can make video phone calls with people.
You are my tiny dancer.
Me, from the the future, explaining this meme to people in 1987: We developed new textiles that support giant pockets with incredible durability.
I am pretty sure I cannot fit a whole dude in my pocket.
Pockets have come a long way
Missing:
A software synthesizer and tracker.
The OP photo is missing an Amiga 1200.
My double standard is that when I see someone with a boombox playing music in public, I'm chill and open to it. When someone does the same thing on their phone, I must work to enhance my calm.
Is it the sound quality? Maybe in part. But there's more to it.
Post memes here.
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