I Don't Get It

[DeeryTheDeer]

What IS the link? I've had plenty of experience with both.

[Oneironaut Zero]

The only thing that I can think of is that they are both tools for artistic expression. Dunno if that's what they were getting at, though.

[backslashed]

I'm not too old but isn't it..... Spoiler for when mixtapes and pencils had some sexy time: ...when the tape gets eaten/loose you'll have to grab a pen or something you can use to slowly roll it back? or even rewind? ... reminds me of my childhood (90s)!!

[DeeryTheDeer]

Hmm, that makes sense. I've never had experience with bad, eaten tapes, though, which is probably why that never came to mind. Why should that be a bad thing, that kids don't know about that? As much as I sympathize with the nostalgia of "simpler, better times" of the past, I think some of these people don't want any progress to happen. They just want to live in the past.

[Oneironaut Zero]

I'm not too old but isn't it..... Spoiler for when mixtapes and pencils had some sexy time: ...when the tape gets eaten/loose you'll have to grab a pen or something you can use to slowly roll it back? or even rewind? ... reminds me of my childhood (90s)!! That's a good point. I always just used my fingertip, though. Using a tool just seemed so...unnecessary. Lol.

[Zhaylin]

Yep. That's happened countless times to me and a pencil was always the first thing I grabbed

[Xei]

Derp thread is derp. If you used your finger to reel that shit in you should probably head back up into the trees.

[Oneironaut Zero]

If you used your finger to reel that shit in you should probably head back up into the trees. Or commend yourself for being able to do something that doesn't require a tool, without the need of a tool. Whichever.

[Unelias]

I used to do that with nail. Or pen.

[DeletePlease]

Or commend yourself for being able to do something that doesn't require a tool, without the need of a tool. Whichever. It's actually much faster with a pencil from what I recall. ----- I love cassette tapes. CD's are so boring, cassettes look so badass. They used to come in shades of every color. Good times, good times... :'] Why should that be a bad thing, that kids don't know about that? As much as I sympathize with the nostalgia of "simpler, better times" of the past, I think some of these people don't want any progress to happen. They just want to live in the past. I don't think it was intended to make it sound like a bad thing, it's just to point out that the next generation will miss out on this and countless similar experiences (like having to stuff a sock or a second game cartridge into your Nintendo to prevent the first cartridge from popping out of the system =D ). It's not that they're standing in the way of progress, they're just pointing out that kids missed out on X. Speaking of X, remember when ecstasy was new on the scene? I remember my older cousins making a big fuss about it and all those concerned parents. Oh, and those huge cell phones, those were awesome. The absolute best was when you found out a new cheat code for a video game, that made you the coolest kid on the playground. Now they're just posted publicly on the internet. =/ And as for the internet during the 90's... hah... xD Woah dude, blast from the past (out-dated terms ftw). Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go listen to my Nirvana and Bone Thugs N Harmony mixtape as I flip through my comic books. :]

[Zhaylin]

haha, I just asked my girls if they know that the connection is. My daughters friend said you can write on the cassette tape. Then I asked my daughter and I told her she should know. She thought about it, then gave the correct answer They're 13 and 14 years old. Not too bad lol

[Arra]

Isn't it just that you can use both to record things? Like when people write in their dream journals, and other people record their voices instead. And I disagree with Gavin about the message. I think the image does imply that there's something wrong with it. There's no rational reason for it being good to see the connection. Older people have emotional attachments to memories of things they did, and are saddened by the thought that later generations will never experience those things. The only thing I've experienced that with is reading, and this new Kindle thing. I hate it and wish it was never invented. But that's because I have such an attachment to the experience of reading an actual book, it saddens me to think that experience might vanish. It's the same thing.

[eldante]

What IS the link? I've had plenty of experience with both. It is an indirect link. A pencil is used to write with. A cassette/CD/hardrive/USB, ect, is used to record [write] upon. A big difference is in the recording devices, as a pencil does not copy and paste. You actually have to write for yourself with it.

[Grod]

I think it's because you write the track names down on the cassette. Or the name of the mixtape.

[Xei]

Or commend yourself for being able to do something that doesn't require a tool, without the need of a tool. Whichever. > Implying tools aren't useful > Or even preferable > Implying the dude in the middle ages who said 'rofl good luck with that shit' to Johannes Guttenburg whilst he copied out the Bible by hand was in the right > Implying the dude who invented a shovel to remove horse crap instead of using his bare hands was inferior

[Xei]

ITT in 3,000 words:

[Seroquel]

[Oneironaut Zero]

It's actually much faster with a pencil from what I recall. Most likely.

[Invader]

Who hasn't rewound a cassette tape before? :O

[Original Poster]

I'm pretty sure they're talking about two extinct technologies and making a joke about evolution.

[Xei]

To be honest pencils are only extinct if you're unemployed.

[Oneironaut Zero]

To be honest pencils are only extinct if you're unemployed. I'm not too sure about that one. I usually have to bring my own pencils to work, to draw, because most offices I've worked in don't keep pencils around. Only pens. Bastards.

[Xei]

True enough. I only use pencils for diagrams and stuff where a pen would get smudged all over and blargh. Still, not sure what invention since the 80s is supposed to have made them obsolete...

[ThePreserver]

I was a rebel... I used my pinkie finger and spun the CASSETTE around my FINGER. It was quite quick. Sure, I was a kid, but I like knowing I had a childhood sans CDs.