Are you a Gen Z'er? Try to guess what these items are.

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

Somehow, "betamax tape" turned into this in Stable Diffusion 2.1:
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edit:

On a side note, AI generated images can be set to have the prompt, etc. stored within the image. So if the creator is sloppy, this can be an obvious way to know what it is.....meant to be.

Yeah. That's because the AI doesn't know jack shit about what you ask it for, it just smashes random images it's learned from together until it thinks it fits the prompt.

 

[hippy dave]

That little lock I posted above was very commonplace. You wouldn't see one every day, but they were not unusual to see at all. And it has a very specific, now obsolete application/purpose.


Answer, if ya just cant stand it:

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Of course, the real ones knew that you could dial by hammering out the numbers on the hang-up button

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

i go in yo home girl's landline phone and then i phreak it to get past bullshit fees

 

[JeepX87]

As 80s baby, I know all but oh wait, I'm not Gen Z.

but... be in 30s sucks and my life feels like shit after went 30s, compared to 20s.

 

[VinsCool]

I still remember rewinding and/or untangling tape cassettes using a pencil, and record mixtapes from radio broadcasts.

Heck I remember when the DVD players came combined to a VHS player, or that we would get VHS copies of movies originally released on DVD from the richer kids lol.

 

[AncientBoi]

I still remember rewinding and/or untangling tape cassettes using a pencil, and record mixtapes from radio broadcasts.

Heck I remember when the DVD players came combined to a VHS player, or that we would get VHS copies of movies originally released on DVD from the richer kids lol.

And VHS to DVD's I got from Blockbuster

 

[VinsCool]

And VHS to DVD's I got from Blockbuster

I still remember renting Nintendo 64 games as well as VHS from the same place lol

 

[Hanafuda]

Of course, the real ones knew that you could dial by hammering out the numbers on the hang-up button

Yes the original phone hack trick. You had to be damned consistent tapping out the clicks though.

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As 80s baby, I know all but oh wait, I'm not Gen Z.

but... be in 30s sucks and my life feels like shit after went 30s, compared to 20s.

That trend doesn't stop.

 

[FAST6191]

Of course, the real ones knew that you could dial by hammering out the numbers on the hang-up button

Or more hardcore

sadly the one I wanted could only find one that starts just after it

This thread reminds me of this vid. Kids not realizing that the technology they have now exists in large parts thanks to ancient technology from decades ago.

There are more interesting implications
http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/

 

[Kwyjor]

Answer, if ya just cant stand it:

Now that's something I was not expecting.

 

[Hanafuda]

Most gen z'ers can probably remember how until a few years ago, the account number and cardholder's name on a credit card were raised, i.e. embossed. But do they know why?

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Carbon paper transactions back in the stone age. using the old kachunk-kachunk

 

[JeepX87]

Most gen z'ers can probably remember how until a few years ago, the account number and cardholder's name on a credit card were raised, i.e. embossed. But do they know why?

Spoiler

Carbon paper transactions back in the stone age. using the old kachunk-kachunk
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Yeah, gas stations use this imprinter when credit card readers don't work.

 

[FAST6191]

Most gen z'ers can probably remember how until a few years ago, the account number and cardholder's name on a credit card were raised, i.e. embossed. But do they know why?

Spoiler

Carbon paper transactions back in the stone age. using the old kachunk-kachunk
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Prior to the rise of the phone and portable options I would still see those, even better at computer fayres as well.

What bothered me (other than tap to pay) was seen several recently with all the numbers on one side, including the CVV (3 digit code traditionally on the back of the card) such that someone hovering with a phone camera could get the lot quite happily without need to do anything else.

 

[hippy dave]

 

[RedColoredStars]

Ah yes RCAs downfall

But. My family still had incredibly great times renting stacks of these for the weekend now and then from the local RCA shop.

 

[K3Nv2]

#8 is obviously a Macintosh
#9 is obviously a razr flip or a galaxy fold

 

[SylverReZ]

Yes it's a lock. But for what?

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[AncientBoi]

You wish

 

[SylverReZ]

You wish

You've got a small johnson.

 

[K3Nv2]

You've got a small johnson.

Then this lock should justify keeping us safe from his junk.

https://share.temu.com/8V0Za1Lc6lA