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Githmig · 07-24-2009

Umm, a lot of those are pretty pointless, and not really worth remembering anyway. I'm bored so:

1: Inserting a VHS tape into a VCR to watch a movie or to record something

Don't you have to do that with DVD's anyway? I guess, if everything is totally digital in the future, but doesn't that statement apply to Vinyl records too? Hell, even floppy discs, but then, everyone hates those :P

2: Super-8 movies and cine film of all kinds.

Can't comment. Though I do understand that these things were what a lot of film makers started with, I don't have any personal experience with them.

3: Playing music on an audio tape using a personal stereo. See what happens when you give a Walkman to today’s teenager.

Again, similar to No.1 it's a pretty weak one. iPods and MP3s have their own intricacies to their use as well, I fail to see what loading a tape into it adds to the experience, if anything, modern music players are even -more- complicated, you have to go messing about with downloads and ripping CDs.

Eh...this could take a while, I'll just go by number xD

4: I think it evens out, on most tv services only a handful of channels have anything worth watching. While I'm sure those Ad only channels have their fans, they don't really offer anything interesting.

5: The author must be thinking of those single set TV's that sit in the corner. They made big tv's too back then, and those were -hulks- let me tell you. Wood panelling and all, we had one years ago, thing looked sweet, weighed twice as much as even the largest 'flatscreens' today.

6: Rotary dials? o_O What, have we gone back to the 1900s? (Yeah I know :P) I'm pretty sure they did have those, but simply saying TV's without remotes would have been fine. Remotes though are convenient, even if people could do without them.

Gah... I'll just pick out two more!

16: I don't agree that giving us the ability to watch tv when we want and what we want is a bad thing. (Or that the time before that worth remembering, suck it networks!)

18: Wires. I hate wires. They're so superfluous, like shoelaces! The sooner they're gotten rid of or minimized the better.

This is a very sad list. It happens. But it's nothing to be too upset about I guess, just a faint nostalgic sigh now and then. Things are destined to be forgotten eventually by everyone.

07-24-2009	#5
Githmig Process Fan Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 87	Re: 100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About Umm, a lot of those are pretty pointless, and not really worth remembering anyway. I'm bored so: 1: Inserting a VHS tape into a VCR to watch a movie or to record something Don't you have to do that with DVD's anyway? I guess, if everything is totally digital in the future, but doesn't that statement apply to Vinyl records too? Hell, even floppy discs, but then, everyone hates those :P 2: Super-8 movies and cine film of all kinds. Can't comment. Though I do understand that these things were what a lot of film makers started with, I don't have any personal experience with them. 3: Playing music on an audio tape using a personal stereo. See what happens when you give a Walkman to today’s teenager. Again, similar to No.1 it's a pretty weak one. iPods and MP3s have their own intricacies to their use as well, I fail to see what loading a tape into it adds to the experience, if anything, modern music players are even -more- complicated, you have to go messing about with downloads and ripping CDs. Eh...this could take a while, I'll just go by number xD 4: I think it evens out, on most tv services only a handful of channels have anything worth watching. While I'm sure those Ad only channels have their fans, they don't really offer anything interesting. 5: The author must be thinking of those single set TV's that sit in the corner. They made big tv's too back then, and those were -hulks- let me tell you. Wood panelling and all, we had one years ago, thing looked sweet, weighed twice as much as even the largest 'flatscreens' today. 6: Rotary dials? o_O What, have we gone back to the 1900s? (Yeah I know :P) I'm pretty sure they did have those, but simply saying TV's without remotes would have been fine. Remotes though are convenient, even if people could do without them. Gah... I'll just pick out two more! 16: I don't agree that giving us the ability to watch tv when we want and what we want is a bad thing. (Or that the time before that worth remembering, suck it networks!) 18: Wires. I hate wires. They're so superfluous, like shoelaces! The sooner they're gotten rid of or minimized the better. This is a very sad list. It happens. But it's nothing to be too upset about I guess, just a faint nostalgic sigh now and then. Things are destined to be forgotten eventually by everyone.