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THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Mickey7@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do they mean a mix tape?

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    • three@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You must be 18 to post here.

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  • the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What’s a phone bo?

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    • ik5pvx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Book, probably

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    • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s a phone bo?

      More importantly: Why is there aa jizz stain at the o?

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      • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The second column is all misaligned too.

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      • criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        AI is my guess given the lack of structure

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    • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The reason you didn’t get 20.

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  • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    20 is a typo, it’s actually phone bō and it’s the art of fighting with a phone staff.

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  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So everyone over 35 or so?

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    • chocrates@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m 37 and only about 16 points.
      I didn’t ever use a typewriter afaik, nor a rotary phone.

      I was in the wra of aol addresses but my first email was when I got into the Gmail beta 😎

      Sadly I need to extricate myself from Gmail

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      • Soulphite@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m 38, I scored 20 points unfortunately. I only used a rotary phone because my grandmother had one and she also had a typewriter that I’d fuck around with for fun… never used it to write my dissertation for a PhD or anything like that.

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      • faintwhenfree@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m 31 and I scored all 20, assuming last is phone book. Although I only trained in typewriter, never actually sent anyone a letter. Although I did type a contract for my dad so I guess that’s a real use case. All 20 then.

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    • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think you’d be 50 or older

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      • Psionicsickness@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        38 here, 20 for 20

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      • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m 43 and it’s 20. My mate is 37 and it’s also all 20.

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      • ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Early 40s and 20/20. I’m guessing you’re pretty young.

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  • Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    20

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    • WanakaTree@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I know right. I’m 39, all 20.

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      • Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        To be fair I spent a lot of time with my grandparents

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    • xilence@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      37, got 19. Never had a mix tape.

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      • Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Whattt? I feel like I should make you a mix tape

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      • Doublenut@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Same. Plenty of “mix tape” CDs but no tapes. Unless you count the one I stole from my aunt. Also not sure if I can count a word processing machine as a type writer. I’ve used a real typewriter but just for fun.

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    • Trashcan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have them all, except 5 and 12. Not from the States, so no aol. And cheques were fazed(?) out really early here, so have never seen one in use.

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      • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can’t start with I have them “all”. Then put in exceptions. That’s not how all works.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mixed Tape

    Does this mean a mix tape or is that something else? 🤨

    Also: I’ve used a rotary phone, but only because I had bought a novelty modern phone that used a rotary dialer in the 90s.

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    • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Smithers, I really feel like a free spirit. And I’m really enjoying this so-called “iced cream.”

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    • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think “mixed tape” refers to when you could take a cassette and record different songs onto it. Though I don’t remember how it was done unless you caught a song playing on the radio at just the right point. Using a novelty dial phone wouldn’t really count.

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      • Thunderbird4@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Right, but that’s usually called a “mix tape”, not “mixed” unless that’s some kind of regional thing. I’ve never heard anyone call that a “mixed tape” before this post.

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      • DBT@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’d often see cassette players with two tape decks, so you could play one while recording with the other.

        You could also record from radio, record player, or whatever else your stereo had. Boom boxes with two tape decks were fairly common.

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  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    20/20 and I’ll add Atari, illegal cable hookup, and limewire.

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    • AlphaOmega@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Add Napster, ICQ, and AOL chatrooms … A/S/L?

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      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’ll add Saturday morning cartoons, planning your week around when shows came on TV, and renting movies from a grocery store/pharmacy.

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  • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I am assuming Phone Bo is Phone book.

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    • chocrates@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The meme creator got lazy and just didn’t do the last two letters?

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      • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        He just have died while typing…

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      • hateisreality@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Their time was shorter

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    • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Same here. I have used everything on this list at least once.

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      • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I have used them all so many times I lost count.

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    • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      yes

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  • NoPanko@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This title/post combination is peak 2005 myspace/facebook posting

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    • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The choices also tend to center around 2005, with only a handful of technologies that were made definitely obsolete before 1995 or after 2010.

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    19 out of 20. Unless just testing a waterbed counts…

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    • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah it counts. I’ve “tried” them but never owned them. So that counts

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      • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I am not being euphemismistic.

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  • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Terrible distribution of options. A good list would have a series of technologies and tools that became obsolete at different times. Almost all of these became obsolete with the rise of broadband internet in the early 2000’s, while a handful were earlier (rotary phones) or later (paper maps, paper checks).

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    • ArfArfWoof@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The point of this “meme” is for OP to toot they own horn. This selection is a good choice for that. Effective means for an ill end.

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  • ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    19/20. Only because I refused to use AOL.

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    • froh42@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      18/20 because waterbeds weren’t a common thing here and I already had internet access and a mail address before AOL was a thing. Whoever made that list should have added usenet.

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      • ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m still on usenet.

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  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    5 makes no sense outside of USA
    20 What is phone bo? book?

    19, 20 if NZ equivalent of AOL

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    • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      phone book or booth, either works.
      double points if you’ve used a phone book in a phone booth

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      • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Woot! 2X.

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  • percent@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I got all 20, but I never used vinyl records until just a few years ago

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  • UNY0N@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m assuming that “phone bo” means phone book? If that’s true then I’m at 20/20.

    I plan to live forever. So far, so good.

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  • AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Did you really need to use ai to make a text based meme? I completely lost hope in humanity after seeing this

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  • lastweakness@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    17/20. I’m 25

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    • VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, in don’t think many of us touched a Phone Bo. They’re impossible to find after we started making bo staffs out of better material like wood.

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      • Nasan@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In my family’s house growing up, we duct taped our only phone’s receiver to a Bo staff so we could pass the phone between rooms without having to leave the room.

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      • lastweakness@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Very unfortunate that we never got the chance.

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  • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    *cheque book

    And why people from other countries than USA would necessarily use AOL?

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    • jambudz@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s check book in the states, where the majority of native English speakers live.

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  • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    19, but only because waterbeds were never really a thing in the UK

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  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Half of these are still in use simply because some people think they’re cool, or when someone prefers to not have to rely on technology (e.g. paper maps don’t run out of electricity while you’re on a long hike).

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  • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bingo!

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  • HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol #9 is mix tape 🤣😂

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  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Does it could if I’ve used them for the novelty?

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    • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      doesn’t count

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      • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Then I got 8

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  • Jeeve65@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You don’t scare me.
    AOL never was available in my country. Check books? I’ve never even seen someone actually using one, I think.

    I will never get to 20, yay!

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    • MudMan@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Waterbeds also not a thing.

      Not being American gets you 3 extra... years? decades? life units? Which does seem still accurate.

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    • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Same. I’ve seen people using cheques when I was a kid, but they were issued as separate sheets not in a form of a book

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  • tym@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t see cocaine on this list. That takes some years off as well.

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  • MoonRaven@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    AOL is very American, could’ve written dialup. Check books were also gone here long before they were in the US.

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    • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why did check books leave in the EU long before in the US?

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      • MoonRaven@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        We phased them out because of security reasons. Paying by card was introduced, at least in the Netherlands, in the 80s.

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Add this number to 35 for your age.

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    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      According to that, I should be 53.

      That’s over a decade older than I am right now.

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    • PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I got 18 and I’m not even 35 yet lol

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    • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not even thirty and have like 10 points though

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    • EchoCranium@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Weirdly enough, I find that accurate.

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  • Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    20/20

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Water beds are making a comeback. This coming year, I swear!

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    • Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Guess we dying in our mid 40’s… What is this? The middle ages!?

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      • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Since no one can afford health insurance, vaccines are apparently bad, and our government is prescribing horse dewormer …. We’re getting there

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    20/20, waterbeds were awesome.

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