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gregdoucette.bsky.social • 50 days ago

lol zero fml

Reposted from Dave

One. I wasn’t cool enough to record music from the radio.

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bruce-woodrow.bsky.social•49 days ago

Also zero, assuming I can count renting a video from a video store that may or may not have been Blockbuster.

rjcassara.bsky.social•50 days ago

The only thing giving me a point is that I never actually owned an Encyclopedia, despite using them many times at the library.

barrysteeleau.bsky.social•50 days ago

lantisescudo.bsky.social•50 days ago

Does it have to be a real Sony-brand Walkman, or is a cheap portable cassette player sufficient? I'm either zero or one, depending on the answer.

rprovost.bsky.social•50 days ago

Ditto

skullcra.bsky.social•50 days ago

done them all...I'm not that old, lol

jdcaughel.bsky.social•50 days ago

Zero here too. Am I old lol?

theted.bsky.social•49 days ago

same

varnadore.lol•50 days ago

I still own a dictionary. Got it when I was 13 years old. So I've been carrying it around for over 50 years.

bentwhee.bsky.social•50 days ago

How young do you have to be to get even 1 point?

truthteamone.bsky.social•50 days ago

Same.

tsunderek.bsky.social•50 days ago

What constitutes encyclopedia? We talking multi volume set?

If so. 1.

theandrew13.bsky.social•50 days ago

The “are you older than 33-35?” questionnaire

fitforpurpose.bsky.social•50 days ago

One, I never owned or borrowed a Walkman. I did have friends with them, so maybe I score zero by association?

karlaarcher.bsky.social•50 days ago

It needs to be updated with “voted for Trump” so we can root out all the embarrassing Gen Xers

ndirishguy.bsky.social•50 days ago

Same, zero.

neuroticjay.bsky.social•50 days ago

I got zero too, but mostly thanks to a job I held until two years ago that still operated with faxes on rare occasions

auntfritz.bsky.social•50 days ago

My great niece just graduated highschool and I threatened to send a paper check graduation gift (calm down, I venmo'd her)

pennywise.bsky.social•50 days ago

Samesies.

byronic.bsky.social•50 days ago

also zero, these seem pretty easy (or at least generationally easy)

Hell, I pay with exactly four paper checks a year thanks to antiquated pest control

novowels.com•49 days ago

Only reason I have the 1 is because my family was too poor to own a typewriter.

expattexpat.bsky.social•50 days ago

Same. Sent a fax last week. 🤷‍♀️

trash-panda3729.bsky.social•50 days ago

0. I did half that stuff last week.

43 white male. Hates bananas.

catlinyemaker.bsky.social•50 days ago

I paid for something with a paper check _yesterday_. WTH?

premiumsteve.bsky.social•50 days ago

I don’t think I ever used a proper old fashioned typewriter that wasn’t a computerized version. That’s the only one I think I never did.

revanche.bsky.social•50 days ago

Also zero

wudang96.bsky.social•50 days ago

who did this? 0 😅

galalefey.bsky.social•50 days ago

Fancy boy owned an encyclopedia

trishpaton.bsky.social•50 days ago

I dunno, the way search is getting AI-enshittified, encyclopedias and dictionaries could make a major comeback.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•50 days ago

More like my grandparents owned a World Book set from when my mother was in grade school 🤪 Any time I had the audacity to say I was bored, I was told to go pick a book and read it

itsjustgary.bsky.social•50 days ago

I don’t remember ever sending a postcard and I definitely didn’t own an encyclopedia so 18. No wonder why I feel like crap all the time I’m old

betterkevin.bsky.social•50 days ago

You can fix one of those easily. https://effinbirds.com/post/627090822021644288/greetings-from-effin-birds

robertswartz.bsky.social•50 days ago

Me too.

riderius.bsky.social•50 days ago

3. No blockbuster, never used a walkman, and I know how to spell vinyl. "Vynil" must be some group I never heard of 8-)

nefcanuck.bsky.social•50 days ago

Zero here as well 🤯😂

peachoc.bsky.social•50 days ago

I mean, this is just “are you old”. For the record - I am old, lol.

david.uncensored.zip•50 days ago

wait has the legal professional somehow escaped from faxes?
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gregdoucette.bsky.social•50 days ago

1 point for *never* doing something on the list

I still have a fax number despite shutting down my practice 2.5 years ago 🤪

dkbell0.bsky.social•50 days ago

I don't know if I've used a rotary phone. I don't recall having done it, but I can't say I definitely haven't and I know exactly how to use one.

hellkitty.bsky.social•50 days ago

I be done that, but I never rented from Blockbuster. Rented from lots of other places tho

isaac32767.picknit.com•50 days ago

Hey, I'm old enough to remember when half these things were breakthrough technology. I particularly appreciated the introduction of VHS.

onedimental.bsky.social•50 days ago

Also take -10 points if 'vynil' made you die a little inside.

exkage.bsky.social•50 days ago

I have been staring at "vynil" for a whole minute.

edudatasci.bsky.social•50 days ago

Also zero

bennettelder.net•50 days ago

I initially read this backwards and said how are you this young.

professor-molerat.bsky.social•49 days ago

Ditto. Sigh...

kja.bsky.social•50 days ago

My parents were the ones who actually owned the encyclopedia (both the Britannica and the MS Encarta)

gregdoucette.bsky.social•50 days ago

Good point, lawyerly! In that case I'd score a 1

I just imputed the ownership to myself

kja.bsky.social•50 days ago

I might get to 0: I saw a new set of World Books at the Georgetown library a few months ago, and they're pretty cool - good design. I'm debating on a lightly used set for kiddos to browse when they're bored.

cschoppa.bsky.social•50 days ago

1, I was never rude enough to use a boombox

catsofblsky.bsky.social•50 days ago

You used a vynil record? 😂 Was that a secret proto vinyl?

kyddryn.bsky.social•50 days ago

Zero, and I still do a few or ‘em. Get off my lawn.

feefer2.bsky.social•50 days ago

I used a Thomas Guide I bought at Costco, in addition to earlier fold-up maps.

Does that mean I’m -1?

kyddryn.bsky.social•50 days ago

I still have an Aero Atlas, AND remember my old coordinates. Ow, my hip.

feefer2.bsky.social•50 days ago

LOL!

I doubt I’d be able to use a paper map nowadays, much less remember anyone’s phone number or address (Im lucky if I can even remember my own), as I’m so dependent on Siri/Carplay for navigation.

I feel like this: 🤣

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