Aug 25, 2022 3:54 PM
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motoalchemist
I still have my Milli Vanilli cassette tape
Drakesfear
Be kind, rewind
TheGoatsDad
This sounds like ASMR for our Generation
torokunai
missing the handheld "football" LED game
Kojak1970
As well as the wall phone with the 20 foot cord that is needlessly twisted.
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Damn DJ talking over the beginning/ending of the song when you were trying to record it.
WillemHellfire
Begin the day with a friendly voiceA companion unobtrusivePlays that song that's so elusiveAnd the magic music makes your morning mood
Lobo82
BattleSalad
You're not old. You're vintage.
DeborahMullen
Holy whoa! Born in 1967. I’m telling you, that was actual time travel just now. We thought we lived in 2050 too. ?
Eridianne
Aww fuck yeah buddy this was a straight shot of dopamine, I could kick down a door right now
jonwithoutanh
Don't. You'll hurt your back.
I'M JUICED, THIS IS HAPPENING
CheeseborgarSoop
Is this that ASMR thing I've heard so much about?
ImpossibleBandicoot
I had this on mute but it didn't matter, a true GenXer knows exactly what each one of these sounds like.
dashers
Still muted I can hear all the sounds and feel all that gorgeous tactile feedback.
ventikona
I can smell the cassette tape drawer.
drdildamesh
What, no Speak and Spell? No Teddy Ruxpin? No Video Smarts?
SphetLovesHotTang
Speak & Spell had a secret code function on it. I had notebooks full of stuff I wrote in the S&S code - important stuff!
Mixdr077
I’m in this video and it hurts my feelings (and my hip)
ImBoredouttamyskull
And my left knee!!
thecontractor
I still have my Wildlife Treasury, along with a degree in wildlife biology due to the interest it sparked in me.
loopdesigns
I love your Swatch! I want my Trapper Keepers back.
itdweeb
Forgot to blow on the NES cart before inserting.
METROlD
I loved that Bizz Lightyear did this with the AI in his spaceship in the recent movie.
FilthyRapscallions
Pfft. Pfft.
thewiggins
didn't show the glitched out title screen flashing on and off either
StuffedWithHam
No race car tape rewinder?
Krashtestdummy
atomicnonchalant
Shush - We are the generation we don't talk about. I like being incognito.
TCGView
I hadn't thought about Wildlife Treasury in decades.
TheRicM
Good times! I used to pretend I was on a safari and consult the cards while I was on my journey
thesavagery
I can still smell that VHS casette
parkinglotsushi
Omg. That wildlife treasury was crucial to me as a kid. I fucking loved going through all the cards
adambriner
Me too, I used to read those cards for hours!
I had them too, just gifted them to my step granddaughter
SlowPony
Yes! I had forgotten all about them (getting old, memory is going) until just now.
oldguyexlurker
Who got to play at the antiques museum? Usually they won't let you touch those things due to preservation concerns.
ScarletEmerald
Museum? I've got all that stuff still in my house
USBpistol
This is all the tactile stuff kids today love because everything is in their all-in-one device.
1T2v3t4
That TV reminds me of when I was my dad's remote.
djalet
They make a very different kind of remote these days....
aShogunNamedMarcus
Ooo Dare to be Stupid
SkycladNightStroller
Big trouble in little china upvote
BaconAlmighty
Need to add a scrambled porn channel too - sound works fine and you can sometimes see a hint of breast
Lurkinjustlookinohlookarmrolls
Remember those semi erotic aerobics workout videos that would come on late at night?
anitabieror6
scrambled porn channel on the big old console T.V. with the thunk thunk sound of the dial when you change the channel
YertIeTheTurtle
Spice Channel
so hot
ThaWhiteRanger
Okay, I better get to sleep now
DanTh3Polak
Nice
imaCallYouPapi
shuttlecockinakumquat
I had a TV that I was able to adjust just right to unscramble any channel. I only ever used this power to watch wrestling PPVs. :|
ILikeToCallItLostWages
DOZENS OF US
SorryButMyUsernameIsUnavailable
JoeGrunt
"Wrestling"
mako925
And elder Millennials. I had most of these as a kid. The fisher price record player was my 1st music player.
Lulabel73
I had a lot of boomer stuff too but I don’t claim it. It’s different when you get things new (saved up for) that are being advertised on tv
Zuegma197777
I have mine still.
Morpheous
My older sister had stuff like this, for me it's like, man I'm glad I came around as these were being improved upon.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
I am a first edition gen Z (97) and I still had experience with most of this stuff, though vinyls and roatry phones were pretty much done.
wormfood
Also poor millennials lol
RandyRandalman
Also got to raid my grandmas attic which had all the gi joes and stuff from my dad and his 4 brothers time
Hollybug
And regular millennials.
Treiskaideka
As a younger millennial I still had some of those experiences. Particular audio tape (loads of audio books for kids) and vhs.
krombopulosmichelle
I am an elder millennial, and my kid has that FP record player and rotary phone. Viva la 80s.
davebeastly
We're called Xennials apparently. I was born 83 and remember all these wonderful things fondly.
KillerTofu615
I was born in 87 and all of this was still relevant.
RunawaySpoons
89 here, and pretty much. Tho in fairness we didn't have much money so got things late and/or secondhand.
Nonada
92 and I remember a lot - but definitely not all - of this stuff as a kid. Although same point, some of it was because of being poor lol
dragonsluvtacos
Another “elder millennial” here (I despise that term) and this was my childhood. Personally I think “millennial” should start with 90s.
PrincessNakedMoleRat
I just saw one of those at a vintage store yesterday.
dillpicklez
As a broke young Millenial I also had most of these from the thrift store
BackInto
Yes, as a poor young millennial, I had all of this too ...
tristeza
Yes, poor young millenial with older siblings!
PresidentMerkinMuffley
My older brothers played their Zappa albums on my Fischer Price record player. Awesome.
Radix865
It also depends a lot where you lived and how rich your family was. I remember Finland was behind a few years at least in gaming in 90s.
Chickenbuttholeremover
Came here to say this.
rayneayami
I'm yet another older millenial and had most of this growing up.
phatteh
Old millennial, checking in... And taking an ibuprofen
eslachance
Same. Born in 1981, eldest Millenial, I know all these things!
Skytrace
I was born in 82...I always tell people I have no idea what generation I am...
matshelge
Same, 81, and I recognize most of these. Grew up in Norway though, so certain things not familiar due to cultural differences.
Roehcai
I do like the phrase "Elder Millennial". It makes us sound like cosmic horrors.
LittleBallOfCute
As a financially poor millennial growingup, I had a few of these well into the 2000s
Randazzo
Yeah I was born right on the line and I had quite a few of these things
7thor8thcaw
I'm another older millennial and I also owned a lot of this stuff.
Geistbar
I'm a middle of the pack millennial and I only had VHS. Which checks out.
spookyu
Me too, but..... someone once pointed out it was because I grew up poor and I was like OUCH but yeah probably lol.
bhobby1212
One of us
NotAnotherDisneyPrincess
Millennial with older siblings and most of this stuff.
Sutashi
I have a big bird record player. I knew what records were but had never heard the other names for them until high school. Then our...
Science teacher broke out a laser disc. He had to spend time explaining why he had such a huge dvd.
WhatTheFrench
I had the big bird record player too!
FlavorIntensifies
All the best things about growing early 80s in a single gif, we didnt have a betamax though, my dad sprung for the silver and glass stereo
aducksayswhat
The lines between groups of people are usually blurry, very rarely neat to let people label everyone. No "you were born in 81, this is you"
There's a huge difference between older "millennials" and the rest of millennials, though. And it's a pretty clear line.
leaderofmars
We remember when interest rates were a vehicle for making money.
Spaz125
Indeed
35, had basically all of this (My tv was older by about a decade), had an atari and a kommodore.
Itsonporpoise
Says something about the fact all that stuff still works and my f’n iPhone needs to be replaced every 3 years or there’s a problem.
DoomKitty01
I habe a Fairphone for this exact reason. It's modular and very stable.
TubbzMcgee
It's called planned obsolescence. Today's society feeds into this with it's "Oh it's broken just buy another one" mentality.
rogue5jm
Also the exponentially higher number of components and functionalities, many so difficult to fix that it costs more than the replacement
Don't get me wrong, right to repair is important and planned obsolescence is a thing, it's just a bit more complicated
Just keeping it simple. I can't really go on a rant with only 140 characters.
Leoncroi
We're called Xennials, the First Millennials. We grew up with the growing tech, and bridge the gap from old to new.
ThomWill
We're also called the forgotten generation which frankly is a lot more apt.
Monkey1Overlord
We're also some of the most desireable emplpyees because of our exposure to all the different tech.
DMSledge
I now prefer "The Oregon Trail Generation" as told to me by @Wonkable
Jackrackham86
I much prefer Elder Millennial. Xennial sounds like a type of plant.
hippocampus
Elder Xennial sounds like a superior alien race. So of course that's the term I choose.
nerdycatt
Elder Millennial makes me feel like one of the Old Gods. XD
RatsLiveOnNoEvilStar
I've favored the Xennials label since I first heard it.
Deggies
Just sleeping on the clearly superior "Oregon Trail Generation."
CE0485
Cross country Canada was way better, nothing like getting shanked by a hitch hiker…..
NeoDarkElf
"Kacsamesék generáció"—that translates to "the DuckTales generation," referring to kids who were born in the early-to-mid '80s
jomi20806
About 2 minutes ago
Naw, I heard it a few years ago.
gilliamv
Some useful shorthand for you is "TIL" or "Today I Learned..."
TIL gilliamv does not understand when someone is making a joke and will instead assume the person requires help with phrases and acronyms
HawkmanXLII
I wanna go back.
YouN76Spacer
Good news, the 80s are only less than 60 years from now
nosuchusername
Me too BirdPerson42, me too.
RXJ235231
Why would you want to do that? How would companies be able to collect data on you and monitor every aspect of your personal life?
CyberWizard252
...and just like that the dopamine rush is gone.
pecanyourpiehole
I don't. They beat the shit and SAed queer kids like me back then. Hell, even if you were just a nerd they'd throw you down some stairs. FTS
whistlebuzz
..and do it all over
jolem53
No, to invest in Amazon, Apple, Ebay and google.
But I can't go back, I know
tuxedobob
To that time in your life? Maybe. To using these products? I doubt it.
Skizzlesnap
Eh, they weren’t all that bad.
They were as best we had at the time, but we have much better now, which is why we no longer use them.
The scope of what is better now is debatable. I’ll never agree that owning a downloadable version is better than a physical copy.
I would use all these products. It's like playing with Transformers to accomplish your daily stuff
Like, do you miss the tape hiss or crappy video quality of VHS or what?
Actually yeah. When HD TVs came out, I was like, "wow I can see that person's skin pores." It was a bit much for me. I don't mind VHS still
I miss video stores. Movie night was an event. Basically I miss being a kid in a simpler time.
Right. You miss little things being a big deal. *That* I can agree with.
motoalchemist
I still have my Milli Vanilli cassette tape
Drakesfear
Be kind, rewind
TheGoatsDad
This sounds like ASMR for our Generation
torokunai
missing the handheld "football" LED game
Kojak1970
As well as the wall phone with the 20 foot cord that is needlessly twisted.
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Damn DJ talking over the beginning/ending of the song when you were trying to record it.
WillemHellfire
Begin the day with a friendly voice
A companion unobtrusive
Plays that song that's so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood
Lobo82
BattleSalad
You're not old. You're vintage.
DeborahMullen
Holy whoa! Born in 1967. I’m telling you, that was actual time travel just now. We thought we lived in 2050 too. ?
Eridianne
Aww fuck yeah buddy this was a straight shot of dopamine, I could kick down a door right now
jonwithoutanh
Don't. You'll hurt your back.
Eridianne
I'M JUICED, THIS IS HAPPENING
CheeseborgarSoop
Is this that ASMR thing I've heard so much about?
ImpossibleBandicoot
I had this on mute but it didn't matter, a true GenXer knows exactly what each one of these sounds like.
dashers
Still muted I can hear all the sounds and feel all that gorgeous tactile feedback.
ventikona
I can smell the cassette tape drawer.
drdildamesh
What, no Speak and Spell? No Teddy Ruxpin? No Video Smarts?
SphetLovesHotTang
Speak & Spell had a secret code function on it. I had notebooks full of stuff I wrote in the S&S code - important stuff!
Mixdr077
I’m in this video and it hurts my feelings (and my hip)
ImBoredouttamyskull
And my left knee!!
thecontractor
I still have my Wildlife Treasury, along with a degree in wildlife biology due to the interest it sparked in me.
loopdesigns
I love your Swatch! I want my Trapper Keepers back.
itdweeb
Forgot to blow on the NES cart before inserting.
METROlD
I loved that Bizz Lightyear did this with the AI in his spaceship in the recent movie.
FilthyRapscallions
Pfft. Pfft.
thewiggins
didn't show the glitched out title screen flashing on and off either
StuffedWithHam
No race car tape rewinder?
Krashtestdummy
itdweeb
atomicnonchalant
Shush - We are the generation we don't talk about. I like being incognito.
TCGView
I hadn't thought about Wildlife Treasury in decades.
TheRicM
Good times! I used to pretend I was on a safari and consult the cards while I was on my journey
thesavagery
I can still smell that VHS casette
parkinglotsushi
Omg. That wildlife treasury was crucial to me as a kid. I fucking loved going through all the cards
adambriner
Me too, I used to read those cards for hours!
SphetLovesHotTang
I had them too, just gifted them to my step granddaughter
SlowPony
Yes! I had forgotten all about them (getting old, memory is going) until just now.
oldguyexlurker
Who got to play at the antiques museum? Usually they won't let you touch those things due to preservation concerns.
ScarletEmerald
Museum? I've got all that stuff still in my house
USBpistol
This is all the tactile stuff kids today love because everything is in their all-in-one device.
1T2v3t4
That TV reminds me of when I was my dad's remote.
djalet
They make a very different kind of remote these days....
aShogunNamedMarcus
Ooo Dare to be Stupid
SkycladNightStroller
Big trouble in little china upvote
BaconAlmighty
Need to add a scrambled porn channel too - sound works fine and you can sometimes see a hint of breast
Lurkinjustlookinohlookarmrolls
Remember those semi erotic aerobics workout videos that would come on late at night?
anitabieror6
scrambled porn channel on the big old console T.V. with the thunk thunk sound of the dial when you change the channel
YertIeTheTurtle
Spice Channel
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
BaconAlmighty
so hot
ThaWhiteRanger
Okay, I better get to sleep now
DanTh3Polak
Nice
imaCallYouPapi
Nice
shuttlecockinakumquat
I had a TV that I was able to adjust just right to unscramble any channel. I only ever used this power to watch wrestling PPVs. :|
ILikeToCallItLostWages
DOZENS OF US
SorryButMyUsernameIsUnavailable
JoeGrunt
"Wrestling"
mako925
And elder Millennials. I had most of these as a kid. The fisher price record player was my 1st music player.
Lulabel73
I had a lot of boomer stuff too but I don’t claim it. It’s different when you get things new (saved up for) that are being advertised on tv
Zuegma197777
I have mine still.
Morpheous
My older sister had stuff like this, for me it's like, man I'm glad I came around as these were being improved upon.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
I am a first edition gen Z (97) and I still had experience with most of this stuff, though vinyls and roatry phones were pretty much done.
wormfood
Also poor millennials lol
RandyRandalman
Also got to raid my grandmas attic which had all the gi joes and stuff from my dad and his 4 brothers time
Hollybug
And regular millennials.
Treiskaideka
As a younger millennial I still had some of those experiences. Particular audio tape (loads of audio books for kids) and vhs.
krombopulosmichelle
I am an elder millennial, and my kid has that FP record player and rotary phone. Viva la 80s.
davebeastly
We're called Xennials apparently. I was born 83 and remember all these wonderful things fondly.
KillerTofu615
I was born in 87 and all of this was still relevant.
RunawaySpoons
89 here, and pretty much. Tho in fairness we didn't have much money so got things late and/or secondhand.
Nonada
92 and I remember a lot - but definitely not all - of this stuff as a kid. Although same point, some of it was because of being poor lol
dragonsluvtacos
Another “elder millennial” here (I despise that term) and this was my childhood. Personally I think “millennial” should start with 90s.
PrincessNakedMoleRat
I just saw one of those at a vintage store yesterday.
dillpicklez
As a broke young Millenial I also had most of these from the thrift store
BackInto
Yes, as a poor young millennial, I had all of this too ...
tristeza
Yes, poor young millenial with older siblings!
PresidentMerkinMuffley
My older brothers played their Zappa albums on my Fischer Price record player. Awesome.
Radix865
It also depends a lot where you lived and how rich your family was. I remember Finland was behind a few years at least in gaming in 90s.
Chickenbuttholeremover
Came here to say this.
rayneayami
I'm yet another older millenial and had most of this growing up.
phatteh
Old millennial, checking in... And taking an ibuprofen
eslachance
Same. Born in 1981, eldest Millenial, I know all these things!
Skytrace
I was born in 82...I always tell people I have no idea what generation I am...
matshelge
Same, 81, and I recognize most of these. Grew up in Norway though, so certain things not familiar due to cultural differences.
Roehcai
I do like the phrase "Elder Millennial". It makes us sound like cosmic horrors.
LittleBallOfCute
As a financially poor millennial growingup, I had a few of these well into the 2000s
Randazzo
Yeah I was born right on the line and I had quite a few of these things
7thor8thcaw
I'm another older millennial and I also owned a lot of this stuff.
Geistbar
I'm a middle of the pack millennial and I only had VHS. Which checks out.
spookyu
Me too, but..... someone once pointed out it was because I grew up poor and I was like OUCH but yeah probably lol.
bhobby1212
One of us
NotAnotherDisneyPrincess
Millennial with older siblings and most of this stuff.
Sutashi
I have a big bird record player. I knew what records were but had never heard the other names for them until high school. Then our...
Sutashi
Science teacher broke out a laser disc. He had to spend time explaining why he had such a huge dvd.
WhatTheFrench
I had the big bird record player too!
FlavorIntensifies
All the best things about growing early 80s in a single gif, we didnt have a betamax though, my dad sprung for the silver and glass stereo
aducksayswhat
The lines between groups of people are usually blurry, very rarely neat to let people label everyone. No "you were born in 81, this is you"
shuttlecockinakumquat
There's a huge difference between older "millennials" and the rest of millennials, though. And it's a pretty clear line.
leaderofmars
We remember when interest rates were a vehicle for making money.
Spaz125
Indeed
KillerTofu615
35, had basically all of this (My tv was older by about a decade), had an atari and a kommodore.
Itsonporpoise
Says something about the fact all that stuff still works and my f’n iPhone needs to be replaced every 3 years or there’s a problem.
DoomKitty01
I habe a Fairphone for this exact reason. It's modular and very stable.
TubbzMcgee
It's called planned obsolescence. Today's society feeds into this with it's "Oh it's broken just buy another one" mentality.
rogue5jm
Also the exponentially higher number of components and functionalities, many so difficult to fix that it costs more than the replacement
rogue5jm
Don't get me wrong, right to repair is important and planned obsolescence is a thing, it's just a bit more complicated
TubbzMcgee
Just keeping it simple. I can't really go on a rant with only 140 characters.
Leoncroi
We're called Xennials, the First Millennials. We grew up with the growing tech, and bridge the gap from old to new.
ThomWill
We're also called the forgotten generation which frankly is a lot more apt.
Monkey1Overlord
We're also some of the most desireable emplpyees because of our exposure to all the different tech.
DMSledge
I now prefer "The Oregon Trail Generation" as told to me by @Wonkable
Jackrackham86
I much prefer Elder Millennial. Xennial sounds like a type of plant.
hippocampus
Elder Xennial sounds like a superior alien race. So of course that's the term I choose.
nerdycatt
Elder Millennial makes me feel like one of the Old Gods. XD
RatsLiveOnNoEvilStar
I've favored the Xennials label since I first heard it.
Deggies
Just sleeping on the clearly superior "Oregon Trail Generation."
CE0485
Cross country Canada was way better, nothing like getting shanked by a hitch hiker…..
NeoDarkElf
"Kacsamesék generáció"—that translates to "the DuckTales generation," referring to kids who were born in the early-to-mid '80s
jomi20806
About 2 minutes ago
RatsLiveOnNoEvilStar
Naw, I heard it a few years ago.
gilliamv
Some useful shorthand for you is "TIL" or "Today I Learned..."
jomi20806
TIL gilliamv does not understand when someone is making a joke and will instead assume the person requires help with phrases and acronyms
HawkmanXLII
I wanna go back.
YouN76Spacer
Good news, the 80s are only less than 60 years from now
nosuchusername
Me too BirdPerson42, me too.
RXJ235231
Why would you want to do that? How would companies be able to collect data on you and monitor every aspect of your personal life?
CyberWizard252
...and just like that the dopamine rush is gone.
pecanyourpiehole
I don't. They beat the shit and SAed queer kids like me back then. Hell, even if you were just a nerd they'd throw you down some stairs. FTS
whistlebuzz
..and do it all over
jolem53
No, to invest in Amazon, Apple, Ebay and google.
ScarletEmerald
But I can't go back, I know
tuxedobob
To that time in your life? Maybe. To using these products? I doubt it.
Skizzlesnap
Eh, they weren’t all that bad.
tuxedobob
They were as best we had at the time, but we have much better now, which is why we no longer use them.
Skizzlesnap
The scope of what is better now is debatable. I’ll never agree that owning a downloadable version is better than a physical copy.
TheRicM
I would use all these products. It's like playing with Transformers to accomplish your daily stuff
tuxedobob
Like, do you miss the tape hiss or crappy video quality of VHS or what?
TheRicM
Actually yeah. When HD TVs came out, I was like, "wow I can see that person's skin pores." It was a bit much for me. I don't mind VHS still
HawkmanXLII
I miss video stores. Movie night was an event. Basically I miss being a kid in a simpler time.
tuxedobob
Right. You miss little things being a big deal. *That* I can agree with.