Kids React to Old Technology (New! Teens react to NES)

[Aramonde]

This is a series on Youtube where they show young people (13 and younger) the technology of old. Its pretty funny and will make you feel old. Also in the video description there is a bonus reactions video if you want to see more.

Episode 1: Rotary Phones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkuirEweZvM

I couldn't believe they didn't know what a busy signal was.

Episode 2: Walkmans/Portable Cassette Players:

I still remember making mixtapes when i was a young lad. You could record songs off the radio onto cassettes. So i would be in my room and have the radio on and my tape ready, and when i song i liked came on i would run over to the radio and hit record lol.

In the late 90's and early 2000's i carried my portable CD Walkman everywhere.

Episode 3: Old Computers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7EpEnglgk

The best part of the episode was the girl who said asked how would you look up homework without the internet XD.

The oldest computer i've worked on was a late 80's computer that had DOS installed on it. I remember having to always type DOOM.EXE to run it (i think that was the command).

Update! Episode 4: Kids react to Gameboy:

[Ziggy]

The most alarming, general reaction to both the rotary phone and Walkman are...

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T HAVE IT RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND!?!?!?!

It's kinda scary how kids today wont know patience like we did. Everything is about instant gratification.


But let's reminisce a little. You ever go to call your friend and kept getting a busy signal because his mom talked on the phone all day long? Or how about when your friend simply wasn't home and the phone would ring 20 times before you finally thought "OK, they're not picking up" and hang up. In both cases, you'd have to keep calling back until some one answered. I'm not sure which was more annoying.

I know there's pros and cons to digital and physical music, and I could probably go on all day about what I don't like about digital music. I'll just say this one thing: Am I wrong thinking that kids today will hear a song from (anywhere) and download just that one song? That kind of sucks. Back when, if you heard a song on the radio or whatever and liked it enough, you'd usually purchase the album that it was on. That would give you the chance to listen to the entire album. Not just have an iPod filled with all radio hits, most of which you wont be able to stand hearing in a few years because they're "played out." That's what's great about owning the entire album that the hit is on. Even if you don't care to appreciate more than the radio hits at the time of purchase, some time later when you're getting bored of hearing the same song(s) over and over you'll venture to the rest of the tracks on the CD (or tape!). This has happened to me many times in the past, where the tracks that weren't hits grew on me over time and became some of my favorite songs.

[BoneSnapDeez]

The worst was calling a girl and having to talk to her dad first AMIRITE

[Ziggy]

The worst was calling a girl and having to talk to her dad first AMIRITE

Oh, I was gonna mention that and forgot. We're so use to calling some one and always having THAT person answer. Back before cells, you had to call some one's house and ANY one could have answered! "Hi, this is Ziggy, can I speak to so-in-so?"

[Aramonde]

The most alarming, general reaction to both the rotary phone and Walkman are...

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T HAVE IT RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND!?!?!?!

It's kinda scary how kids today wont know patience like we did. Everything is about instant gratification.


But let's reminisce a little. You ever go to call your friend and kept getting a busy signal because his mom talked on the phone all day long? Or how about when your friend simply wasn't home and the phone would ring 20 times before you finally thought "OK, they're not picking up" and hang up. In both cases, you'd have to keep calling back until some one answered. I'm not sure which was more annoying.

I know there's pros and cons to digital and physical music, and I could probably go on all day about what I don't like about digital music. I'll just say this one thing: Am I wrong thinking that kids today will hear a song from (anywhere) and download just that one song? That kind of sucks. Back when, if you heard a song on the radio or whatever and liked it enough, you'd usually purchase the album that it was on. That would give you the chance to listen to the entire album. Not just have an iPod filled with all radio hits, most of which you wont be able to stand hearing in a few years because they're "played out." That's what's great about owning the entire album that the hit is on. Even if you don't care to appreciate more than the radio hits at the time of purchase, some time later when you're getting bored of hearing the same song(s) over and over you'll venture to the rest of the tracks on the CD (or tape!). This has happened to me many times in the past, where the tracks that weren't hits grew on me over time and became some of my favorite songs.

Well gamers are kinda of guilty of that OMG HURRY UP! when it comes to load times. I always hear people complain about load times on PS1 games when i don't think they're that bad. And were like that now with today's internet when pages take forever to load compared to dial up internet.

And i agree with you on the just downloading the singles and not the album thing. My brother had the Appetite for Destruction album by Guns N' Roses and i listened to the whole album and loved it and now their my all time favorite band. If i had just download Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child o' Mine i would have missed Nightrain and Mr. Brownstone which are kickass songs!

I'd like to think that people today hear a song and like it a lot they would buy the rest of the album. Don't people do that? That's what i do if i hear a song on the radio. Plus with youtube and other free music sites you can hear the whole album for free and judge if its worth the money to buy it.

[CRTGAMER]

The worst was calling a girl and having to talk to her dad first AMIRITE

Oh, I was gonna mention that and forgot. We're so use to calling some one and always having THAT person answer. Back before cells, you had to call some one's house and ANY one could have answered! "Hi, this is Ziggy, can I speak to so-in-so?"

Ah the good old days. Rotary phone and five teenagers trying to use it in that same house. Also only one bathroom, drove Mom and Dad crazy.

Concerning the songs, I used to tape on cassette, songs off the FM station since I could not afford to buy all the albums. A hit that paused record after phoning in a request "Can you play this song?" I guess this would be an earlier form of download pirating?

[dsheinem]

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[Aramonde]

I recommended they should show the kids Floppy Disc's, Dial up internet and typewriters.

Oh that beautiful lullaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0

[Ziggy]

Plus with youtube and other free music sites you can hear the whole album for free and judge if its worth the money to buy it.

Well I don't know if I agree with that. You could "preview" an album that way and not give it the time of day due to the whole instant gratification thing. You'd give it an immediate pass or fail upon listening to it. You do much the same when you buy an album, but since you paid money for it, you end up listening to it more anyway. Even songs that you don't immediately like, you can end up liking after hearing it a few times. Or even years later.

[Luke]

There was this one time...ONE TIME where I was at a local swimming pool. Saw a cut girl in a bikini bending over and then * BOOKA!* noticed she was probably fifteen. I asked my friend if that made me a perv, but he was too busy checking her out.

Going from "Yum" to Eww!" is a weird feeling.

I'm not the bikini police ( ho ho ) but I guess girls in their teens are allowed to strut their stuff? I don't know. "But I was all Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. that girl probably isn't even old enough to drive, and I looked at her butt".

That's gross.