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My kid asked what a 'rewind button' was and I had to dig out my old Walkman
We were watching a movie and a character said 'be kind, rewind', and my 10-year-old just looked blank. I went up to the attic and found my old yellow Sports Walkman from maybe 1993, with a cassette still in it. Showing him how the tape actually moved and the little rewind gear spun was a weirdly cool moment. Anyone else have a story about explaining a totally normal piece of old tech to a kid?
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blake4321mo ago
Man, that reminds me of trying to explain a rotary phone dial to my niece. She kept trying to tap the numbers like a screen. It's wild how fast stuff becomes ancient history.
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hart.parker1mo ago
Totally, @blake432, my kid thought a floppy disk was a 3D printed save icon.
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