Our first cable box not only had a dial to go from channel to channel, but also a vertical thumb wheel next to the dial to help adjust the signal. Many Gen X kids used the wheel to try to unscramble the picture on the channels their parents didn't pay for.
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Erin McKean
what’s your favorite instance of haptic nostalgia—the poignant memory of the physicality of an obsolete thing—like dialing a rotary phone, shifting gears in a manual transmission, opening a soda can with a pull ring?
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Seems crazy now when I refuse to pay Netflix $8 more for ad-free.
I have principles. I also don't have a spoiled kid like my parents did.
“but it was totally worth it” - 16 y.o. me
*To watch that Sabrina the Teenage Witch movie on Showtime
I remember rotary phones where you had to have the phone company install the phone and it was a hard wire terminal no RJ-45 connection.
Also console TVs with the vhf/uhf dials.
But most importantly, modified cable boxes.
What a glorious time to be alive
The sound was good, the picture was always scrambled. My bros thought hearing porn but not being able to see it was worse than seeing it & not being able to hear it.
All they had to do was ask mom she would have subscribed to Cinemax.
It was glorious!
Some Rainy days we entertained ourselves by watching women's golf. Nancy Lopez was my favorite. 😂