I know this is a shitpost, but I honestly think that was better. In the past couple years I’ve bought an mp3 player, and dslr camera, and a pocket sized e-reader, and a retro gaming handheld, and it feels so much better swapping between them when I’m doing something than just staring at the little hell rectangle for 12 hours a day.

Well, the headphones are still a separate thing. They are even more separate now, than they ever were (each one earphone is separate now)

And it was beautiful

Don’t you remember the joy of carrying around a dozen proprietary cables. Oh dads cable drawer was great.

I don’t remember having to deal with USB-C earbuds before the iPhone.

And that’s was a good thing too.

The time is now. Fuck relying on a tech giant for all my cloud storage and “convenience”

It was better and the price of the slight convenience now is that the next generation, and your aunt and uncle, are openly cheering on nazis and pedophiles with no idea what’s actually happening in the world.

Shut up and carry the cassette tape thin digital camera already.

I feel like this is a shitpost because they’re all weird or anachronistic in some way

That’s me, today. Different brands and models, but pretty much the same items. If I have the space (inner coat pockets, for example), I also add a small notepad and pencil, and a calculator. I ain’t gonna pay for a HP-12C calculator app, when I have the fully functional hardware.

guys the headphones aren’t supposed to be “headphones built into a phone”. they are more representative of speakers. cassette players, cd players, and MP3 players didn’t have built in speakers, you had to have headphones to listen to music. in no way am i advocating that anyone should listen to music or their shitty social media short videos, or have a phone call on speaker in public. im just saying you don’t need headphones anymore because phones have a built in speaker

(big boomboxes had big speakers yes but those were very cumbersome to carry around, i’m talking more Walkman’s)

but also i still have all those separate. i have a cell phone, a separate MP3/FLACC player, bluetooth headphones (which connect to both my phone and mp3 player), a smartwatch, an actual wallet, and a mirrorless camera.

We were all very excited to do so.

I don’t miss all the different cables but fuck, do I miss being able to listen to a song without having to silence a spam call in the middle of it

Good times

We didn’t carry cameras around all the time.