• Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
      166·
      4 days ago

      was at a flea market, there was a machete, i jockingly called it a pocket knife, because it fits in a pocket,

      put it in my pocket, it fit.

      felt bad for my daughter’s who will likely never get proper pockets.

      who do I need to hack with my pocket knife for them to get normal pockets?

  • Hackworth@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    3 days ago

    The single CD amongst all that analog media seems so much like an anachronism that I had to look it up. The CD standard was published in 1980 and it was commercially available in the US in 1983 but it took until 1992 for CD sales to surpass cassette tape sales.

    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 days ago

      The Walkman and other tape players were so much superior to CD players for portability and convenience. Batteries lasted a lot longer for portable tape players than for CD players. Tapes could be remixed easily so you could bring a specific playlist (or 2 or 3) with you. Tapes were much more resilient than CDs. The superior audio quality of CDs didn’t matter as much when you were using 1980’s era headphones. Or, even if you were using a boombox, the spinning of a disc was still susceptible to bumps or movement causing skips, and the higher speed motor and more complex audio processing drained batteries much faster. And back then, rechargeable batteries weren’t really a thing, so people were just burning through regular single use alkaline batteries.

      It wasn’t until the 90’s that decent skip protection, a few generations of miniaturization and improved battery life, and improved headphones made portable CDs competitive with portable tapes.

      At the same time, cars started to get CD players, but a typical person doesn’t buy a new car every year, so it took a few years for the overall number of cars to start having a decent number of CD players.

  • rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works
    91·
    3 days ago

    Even ignoring the joke with the dude fitting into your pocket, I cannot fit full over-ear cans I to my pocket… This is just lies.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    4 days ago

    My double standard is that when I see someone with a boombox playing music in public, I’m chill and open to it. When someone does the same thing on their phone, I must work to enhance my calm.

    Is it the sound quality? Maybe in part. But there’s more to it.

    • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      4 days ago

      Maybe it’s that a boombox playing music is more social and open, whereas what someone does with their phone is typically meant to be private, but some people play their music or w/e noise out loud from it as if only they can hear their phone and you’re just supposed to pretend they aren’t overstepping boundaries.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
      4·
      4 days ago

      Yes. At least the person with a boom box brought quality speakers.

      Also, their sick roller skate moves timed to their music are pretty great.

      Edit: Plus, it’s not inconsiderate, because everyone loves “Wham!” (Classic 1980s music, from the last time I saw a boom box in public.)

  • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
    39·
    4 days ago

    Missing:

    • A game console
    • All the maps in the world + compass
    • Gigantic notepad
    • Calendar
    • Entire stack of catalogs
    • Newspapers
    • Thermostat
    • A whole fucking supercomputer
    • An entire building-sized stack of photo albums
    • Flashlight
    • An sycophant assistant who makes shit up just to keep you happy.
  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    3 days ago

    When I was young, I had a bucket list of all the fun gadgets I wanted - a camera, a video camera, a nice stereo system, a portable stereo system, a car stereo, lots of records, a TV, a VCR, a computer, etc. Making a Christmas list was easy, even if I knew I would never get 99% of it.

    Now I get asked what I want for Christmas, and I have no idea what to say. My phone includes nearly everything I’ve ever wanted, including stuff I never thought of. Give me my phone, my guitar, a sandwich, and a bottle of water, and I’m pretty much set for life.

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
      4·
      3 days ago

      Cool things to ask for for Christmas:

      • Socks: I wear tall boots & long pants for work, so no one knows about my Deadpool/Pokemon/flying taco socks, but it puts a smile on my face. My sister got me a pair of socks with a sad sock sitting on the stairs that say “worst gift ever.” I cried laughing.

      • Hobby accessories: You have your guitar, straps, strings, and picks are all perishable items that it’s good to have a backup for.

      • Shared experiences: ask for a group trip, a local excursion, or a board game to play together.

      • My favorite - the themed surprise: instead of asking for a specific thing ask for “Something to make me laugh” or “Something nostalgic” or “Something I’ll use daily” or “Your favorite recipe and the ingredients to make it”. This makes shopping for / creating the gift as much fun as receiving it, since everyone will interpret the instructions a little differently and the possibilities are endless. This one’s fun for a themed gift exchange for a secret Santa as well.

      • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Good suggestions. They actually like to get me little guitar stuff, or music books, I just have to steer it to them, so I put it all into an Amazon list. This year, I’m going to direct them to Stillwater, and give Amazon less business.