Gen Z asked to name this 90s electronic device, and they are dumbfounded

[UpAndComing]

Damn, I feel old

 

[Wolfpac]

Just wait until they see landline phones

 

[jdubnyce]

Just wait until they see home phones

Funny enough
This afternoon, watched first episode of stranger things with my daughter
She thinks shes old enough to watch, tells me she wont get scared

She was dumbfounded when the girl was talking to her boyfriend on the land line....corded, the coiled type

 

[Devilinurear]

Damn, I feel old

You are

 

[Bubba T]

It's an ancient device not relevant since 2001, which predates the birth of much of Gen Z.

How many of yall even know what a telegraph machine looks like? How about a mimeograph machine?

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

This is a dial up printer.

 

[UpAndComing]

You are

You Gen Z ?
Did you ask your uncle what that device is?

 

[Devilinurear]

You Gen Z ?
Did you ask your uncle what that device is?

I'm old and proud

 

[Devilinurear]

It's an ancient device not relevant since 2001, which predates the birth of much of Gen Z.

How many of yall even know what a telegraph machine looks like? How about a mimeograph machine?

You could have said 8 track.

 

[mbewane]

The cultural/technological/societal divide between Gen Z and everything that comes before really might be the biggest ever tbh. Feels like previous generations were closer to each other than Gen Z is to Millenials.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Tbh these people are most likely the youngest of the youngest Gen Zers. Gen Zers born before 2003ish definitely know what a vcr is.

 

[br82186]

The cultural/technological/societal divide between Gen Z and everything that comes before really might be the biggest ever tbh. Feels like previous generations were closer to each other than Gen Z is to Millenials.

Most things that millennial grew up with were phased out just some years prior to the start of Gen z

 

[br82186]

Tbh these people are most likely the youngest of the youngest Gen Zers. Gen Zers born before 2003ish definitely know what a vcr is.

VCR's were getting pushed out the paint around 99/2000

 

[Mike_Pipeson]

The cultural/technological/societal divide between Gen Z and everything that comes before really might be the biggest ever tbh. Feels like previous generations were closer to each other than Gen Z is to Millenials.

These young katz also have scrambled brains

 

[Oatmeal]

It's an ancient device not relevant since 2001, which predates the birth of much of Gen Z.

How many of yall even know what a telegraph machine looks like? How about a mimeograph machine?

It might just be education level. I did a report on Granville T. Woods in school for a black history project so I'd be able to identify it. But also just watching films you'd know about old technology.

This is really a microwave generation where they don't look back at historical references. Thats probably why they think everything they come up with is new....when in reality