I made an image macro based on this...

Just think, there was a time each of us wound up a tape cassette with a pen for the very last time, and none of us knew when it was.

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I changed it a bit and made "each of us" into "some of us" but this post is better as a photo with a question.

  • Beaver [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I always appreciated how "handheld" and rugged a cassette player was compared to a CD player. I stayed on my walkman up until the mid aughts, when I did finally upgrade to an mp3 player.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I suppose that's because a CD has to spin pretty fast and consumer electronic companies would never spend the money to somehow ruggerize them. Ruggerize isnt a word but I couldn't resist.

      I never had a portable CD player but I assume if you dropped it just once - it could be toast.

      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I mean just bumping into or slightly repositioning your portable CD player would make the song skip