I’m not quite that young.
Comment on I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why did I just read an article about using an iPod that was clearly written by someone born in the early-mid 2000s? I know the original ipod was fun. I was there, gandalf
corbin@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So we can laugh at the fact that they can’t find a simple 1394 to USB cable and instead rely on daisy chaining a hundred dollars worth of apple products to make it work…
Holy shit.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 months ago
a hundred dollars worth of apple products
What’s that, like, one cable?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hahaha - no, that’s just the little clippy bit at the end of the cable. The cable’s extra.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Right? Like this guy was a prophet. Uh, one of those prophets who appear, y’know, after all the stuff happens.
corbin@infosec.pub 6 months ago
I didn’t buy those adapters, I just used a computer that had a FireWire 400 port. I haven’t found any evidence of those direct USB cables working with old iPods.
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Yeah, there’s an interest in Y2K era tech amongst some gen-Z people. I think it’s cool, idk why you’re hating.
copd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve never understood it, but there’s a lot of gatekeeping when it comes to older products. Some people think they have more rights to enjoy a product they knew existed for longer and it’s really strange behaviour.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
I see a lot of younger people wondering why so many people my age liked this or that and it helps to have it in context. Like “what’s so great about half life? Every shooter ever is like that!” Ah, but you see, my young friend, that’s now. Everything is like Half Life because Half Life changed the landscape.
prole@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Basically, the “Seinfeld is not funny” trope (insert TVTropes link and disclaimer)
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 6 months ago
It’s not gatekeeping, but a frustration about a new generation coming to an obvious conclusion, that they already had.
copd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why do people get frustrated about that? Someone is experiencing something for the first time, it’s the circle of life.
I’m in my mid 30s and my wife bought a record player during the revival of records last decade. Do you think older generations than me found that frustrating? Personally I think it’s fascinating to watch technology go full circle generation by generation
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
IDK why you interpreted their comment as hating.
ech@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I don’t think it’s hating. More just questioning their own decision to read the article.
Speculater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nintendo DS sales are crazy popular right now too. They like our tech like we liked our parents’ Ataris.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 months ago
Parents?? That was my first console. How young is everyone here?
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Intellivision was where it was at though, right?
Speculater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
To be fair, the 2600 is 47 years old, you’d have to be 52 at a minimum to remember it launching and 42 to remember the NES. I just remember loving my Atari 2600 all the way in the 90s.
Hule@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My first console was an Atari 2600 clone in 1994!
Eastern block vibes
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Theres a reason retro consoles are a huge hit right now. Even emulation consoles like the Miyoo Mini Plus.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No micro transactions?
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Naw, no hate. iPods are fuckin rad. But the author’s observations weren’t really anything I needed to invest my time in reading. I know old iTunes had a visualizer. I don’t know why I read the whole thing anyways