15 points.
I’ve listened to music on CDs and cassette tapes, watched a VHS tape, recorded music from the radio, and at one point owned a dictionary.
Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE
Submitted 11 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Bonifratz@lemm.ee 11 months ago
2 points. I did technically “use” my dad’s old typewriter once or twice, but only to check it out/play with it, not to actually write something. Have never paid by cheque. Have done all the others.
seggturkasz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Which floppy disc? The one whith the sliding metal thingy or the bendy one? Just kidding… I used both :D
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The one with a sliding metal thingy had a floppy magnetic material inside it just like the bendy one.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 11 months ago
The diskette was just a floppy anyways:) just a bit smaller.
Shapillon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’d assume it’s the floppy one but same lol
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Two points. I’ve never paid for anything by cheque (we have had bank transfers in Finland for ages) and Blockbuster didn’t operate here (we had our local video rental chains, and the convenience store chain that I used to go to is still in business, just, you know, not having movies for rent any more)
eaterofclowns@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you just got a point for never having written a postcard, go write a postcard! And mail it to someone that you appreciate in your life. It doesn’t need to be from anywhere exotic or say anything profound, it just takes a few sentences. If you really want to get fancy about it, a lot of little art galleries sell postcard sized prints and you can give someone a tiny little piece of art that speaks to you. Or go to a museum and buy like 10 at the gift shop and keep a stockpile to send when you want to reach out. People love it, and you probably will too.
Willard@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I guess 2 points, I’ve not owned my own dictionary or encyclopedia. Born in 1989.
ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Born 1992
5 points- No typewriter ( would kill for a real TTY though)
- Haven’t listened to vinyl ( I really want to get into that, overwhelmed with stuff I need to learn)
- No boombox ( and thank god for that - this shit looks heavy af)
- Not recorded music to a cassette ( only from lack of trying, had a radio accepting cassettes with “record” button)
- No postcard ( not a big thing around these parts)
Ziglin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A real TTY would be really cool.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t understand why people want to listen to vinyl records vs. digital
StellarExtract@lemm.ee 11 months ago
As someone who listens to both: because they’re fun
ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Purely ideological at this point.
I want to own my media, CDs aren’t being produced anymore, vinyls are resurfacing.SirSamuel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m no audiophile, but there is a difference in sound. To me it’s not enough to invest in the type of equipment that maximizes that difference, but it’s still there
Plus turntables have become another niche technological LEGO set, to customize and improve until the hole in your chest is filled
aiden@lemm.ee 11 months ago
- If you count me messing with stuff as using it then 9. But they didn’t work unfortunately. Born 2005
random_character_a@lemmy.world 11 months ago
3 point
Last three on the list.
Never actually owned dictionary or encyclopedia. somebody just left them at my place, because nobody wanted them, so I used them as a door stop. If they are considered my property, because they were abandoned at my property then just 1 point.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Dictionaries are like cats. They just find their own home.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Remember the time when there were telemarketers and door-to-door salesmen selling dictionary, encyclopedias and history books. Always wondered who the fuck buys those from a shady dude at the door.
Penta@lemmy.world 11 months ago
7 Points. Born in 2004 🤔
CephaloSquad@discuss.online 11 months ago
10 points, though maybe less depending on how strict you are. For example I’ve seen floppy disks and seen my dad use them (we had a whole stack of them at home), or my mom send and receive faxes, but by the time I was old enough to use a computer or need to send communications it was CDs and email instead of faxes.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
0
bushvin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
20 point! Finally a test I aced!!!
Ziglin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How on earth?
bushvin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
By not reading the question properly!
zxqwas@lemmy.world 11 months ago
2 or 4 depending on how strict you are.
greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I’m gen z but I still only got 3 points. I live in the sticks, so no blockbuster. Also no walkman, though I have used portable cassette players. And never recorded from radio to cassette. Maybe you could give me another point, because my dad had to send a fax for me, but I felt involved in the process.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 months ago
5
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 11 months ago
1 point. I’ve never personally owned a physical encyclopedia. I’ve def. used them though.
CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Same. I’m actually surprised at the number of people who have owned them based on these responses. I used them at the library, and probably had a digital one that came with a computer (like Encarta or something), but never owned a full set, which is what I’d guess this list means.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 11 months ago
WOW! You just jarred my brain mentioning Encarta. That was such a big thing in it’s time.
Enkrod@feddit.org 11 months ago
1 Point, we don’t use cheques in Germany.
Nomad@infosec.pub 11 months ago
There was a time when people used cheques in Germany. I remember my father using them ages ago
Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I’m exactly the same, only i’m from the Netherlands
affenlehrer@feddit.org 11 months ago
3, same with the cheques
nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Actually… en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocheque
Enkrod@feddit.org 11 months ago
Still nothing compared to how it’s used in the US.
I’ve never seen a cheque in my entire life and it’s so incredibly niche that you might as well talk about paying with stocks or gold bars.
superkret@feddit.org 11 months ago
Your age is 40 minus your number of points.
AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oof this is too accurate
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Gasp, burn the witch
madjo@feddit.nl 11 months ago
I just turned 45. But I have 1 point. I’d happily pretend to be 39 though.
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ouch… aged three years in a single day.
Enkrod@feddit.org 11 months ago
I’ll need a couple of negative points for that to hold true.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I’m 60 so I’ll take 40.
missandry351@lemmings.world 11 months ago
40-4 points is 36, I’m turning 35 this year 😹 only missed it by a year
LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world 11 months ago
40-14 is also off by half a year, dang
graycube@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Zero.
Wutchilli@feddit.org 11 months ago
5, but only because i love to tinker with old technology (Gen Z)
riodoro1@lemmy.world 11 months ago
3 or 4 points because I don’t think I’ve had friends with boomboxes, I didn’t use fax as a kid and I wasn’t raised in the states to use blockbuster and cheques.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So sad today that so many live lives filled only with negativity and doom
MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 11 months ago
8 points. I’m born in 1997.
- No floppy disk
- No typewriter
- No Walkman
- No boom box
- No record of radio
- No Blockbuster (I think that store is not present in my country)
- No dial up Internet
- No cheque
baduhai@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I was born in 98, got 5 points.
- No walkman
- No boombox
- No fax
- No recording radio
- No cheque
I’ve rented video before, so I’m counting blockbuster.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m at 3 points from a similar age. 8, 12, 13.
Shapillon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
0 points if you count public libraries as “blockbuster adjacent” and I’m only a year older than you.
Cano@lemm.ee 11 months ago
15
Come at me grandpas
Ziglin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I thought I would be at the low end at 12…
Maybe the younger people didn’t have the patience to read all 20 bullet points and comment as well?
Enkrod@feddit.org 11 months ago
Also, I own a house, have no college debt and have met Steve Irwin and talked to Alec Guiness and Terry Pratchett in person.
Your move young whippersnapper.
Cano@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I do agree a lot of zoomers just suck with computers. I am not one of them unfortunately, I am confident in my ability to use a computer which kinda backfired cause now I have my boomer relatives AND my zoomer friends asking for tech support.
I technically own a house (long story short, it was to pay less taxes)
I paid only ~2000€ in university taxes this year. I’d argue this problem is mostly with being an American (which I am not) rather than being a zoomer.
Steve Irwin is the only thing you have over me, and I don’t know who the others are.
luckystarr@feddit.org 11 months ago
All of them.
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Walkman, Blockbuster, Encyclopaedia, Paper cheque.
I have a Walkman, but it is broken. Blockbuster never existed in my country AFAIK. Lexicon vs Encyclopaedia. Cheques are not really a thing here except for media display (“Local company donated to local sports association”, Photo).
ving_thor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
2 points.
I have never written a check, and as far as I know, there were no Blockbusters in this country.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 months ago
Me too. Though I’d say we can substitute any locally available video renting store with Blockbuster. So it would only be 1 point.
Valmond@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There were no blockbuster where I come from so I have 1 pont. Suck it up loosers!
missandry351@lemmings.world 11 months ago
Typewriter, vinil, fax, and payed with check, those are the only 4 things I never done. The boom box I don’t know what it is.
Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
A boombox is one of those big rectangular radios that can work on batteries