Things Babies Born in 2011 Will Never Know - Polidicks

[quote]yellow and white pages[/quote] thank fucking god

Man... I still use CD's and me and my girlfriend send hand written letters through the mail to each other, not all this stuff is true. They should have added cassette tapes

This article automatically assumes that everyone has a phone.

[QUOTE=BCell;27275744]Back then cartoons used to be hand drawn and in 2D Back then, Video games were released in cartridges Back then, we have cassettes players to play music. Kids today won't know what those things are[/QUOTE] They're not missing much. [editline]8th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Amaurus;27281617]This article automatically assumes that everyone has a phone.[/QUOTE] You're strange if you do not have one.

[QUOTE=Amaurus;27281617]This article automatically assumes that everyone has a phone.[/QUOTE] Furthermore it assumes that everyone lives in America, in a wealthy neighborhood, and gives a fuck about trends It's such a badly written piece of pop-corn garbage. Printed books sales are strong, even now with fancy e-book and e-ink readers. Watches are a matter elegance and everything in this article applies only to rich spoiled "Tweens".

[QUOTE=Andaeeee;27279038]They'll assume current gen consoles are amazingly retro and black ops is a masterpiece. Precisely why I'm stockpiling old consoles to bring my children up on :unsmith:[/QUOTE] The difference is most of the classic retro games are for all ages, and everyone found them fun. Modern shooters like Black Ops aren't games everyone can connect with. It'll be interesting to see the first generation of kids from parents who grew up with video games, though.

It's sad to think my children will grow up with mind numbing graphics instead of the classic 8-bit games

I never use cds ever. Well besides video games. Any songs are on my ipod, and anything else is on a flash drive, should that be up there?

Pretty sure wires are not replaceable.

i miss begging my mom every friday afternoon to take me down to blockbuster so i can rent some cheap ass n64 games

[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;27294843]It's sad to think my children will grow up with mind numbing graphics instead of the classic 8-bit games[/QUOTE] Why is it sad?

Reading this makes me feel older than I actually am :ohdear: It may not be completely real for babies born in 2011, but let's say those born in 2050 it might.

I get the secret message in this article. It hints that in 2012 everyone will die, thus babies won't ever know these things :v:

[QUOTE=Akayz;27254223]A physical copy is better than a digital copy. If you disagree, say something that is not "space saver"/"easy to obtain"[/QUOTE] i can never get comfortable with a book while laying in bed. the way i want to lay and the way books work interfere with my comfort digital books solve this for me also, nice job arbitrarily denying 2 perfectly legitimate arguments. [editline]9th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=markg06;27255341]Half of these are pretty stupid, kids born this year are still going to buy and wear watches you don't want to piss about getting your phone out of your pocket every time you want to look at the time and since when are cameras being replaced by pocket computers. And not writing anything? Come on that's just stupid of course kids are going to write shit it's not like exams are going to be given on laptops.[/QUOTE] our school already has us take exams on the school computers [editline]9th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Baldr;27257888]GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DAM KIDS! I still use a pocket watch and hate fucking cellphones.[/QUOTE] why the fuck do you hate cell phones

I don't agree with most of em, I pretty much use everything in there, and don't even own a mobile phone.

[QUOTE=IliekBoxes;27264726]Books are not going to disappear. They have been with us for many years, just because we can buy one digitally doesn't mean that people will migrate to digital books. I love the smell of the paper in the book, I would never buy them digitally.[/QUOTE] just because you love "the smell" of the paper in the book doesn't mean kids born in 2011 will i hardly know anyone who gives a fuck about how their book smells unless it's unusually bad or good for some reason [editline]9th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Upgrade123;27267183]Certain books were written specifically to be in an exact format in a paper book. Like House Of Leaves. The book involves constant flipping all over the pages and chapters, with stories running through and between other timelines in the novel. The text formatting is crazy as shit, and even the physical dimensions of the book itself have relevance to the story. Good luck putting that on an e-reader. [img_thumb]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4254597246_7c7fdfcc85.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] so continue printing the books that have weird formatting and everyone is happy? whether you like it or not, digital books are the future [editline]9th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=mobrockers;27296615]I don't agree with most of em, I pretty much use everything in there, and don't even own a mobile phone.[/QUOTE] were you born in 2011

I still use a phone book

[QUOTE=Lazor;27296658] were you born in 2011[/QUOTE] I will continue to use almost all of this, which means that babies born in 2011 will come in contact with them, and as they grow older will still see me using them.

[QUOTE=mobrockers;27297052]I will continue to use almost all of this, which means that babies born in 2011 will come in contact with them, and as they grow older will still see me using them.[/QUOTE] Good luck using film that isn't medium format in like 10 years.

[QUOTE=Kagrenak;27297149]Good luck using film that isn't medium format in like 10 years.[/QUOTE] Good luck reading like that for the rest of your life.

[QUOTE=mobrockers;27297216]Good luck reading like that for the rest of your life.[/QUOTE] The other things you can use, sure. I was mentioning the one that you definitely won't be using in a few years. Oh, and renting a movie in a store, too. That will be hard what with RedBox and Netflix and whatever else.

I can't wait for the day I can truly say 'Why back in my day blah blah blah'

[QUOTE=Super_Poo;27299604]I can't wait for the day I can truly say 'Why back in my day blah blah blah'[/QUOTE] I never want that day to come. I fear the day when my mind gets old and I am no longer able to learn the new technology.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;27299882]I never want that day to come. I fear the day when my mind gets old and I am no longer able to learn the new technology.[/QUOTE] Do as much sudoku and play as much Tetris as you can as you get older.

[QUOTE=Andaeeee;27279038]They'll assume current gen consoles are amazingly retro and black ops is a masterpiece. Precisely why I'm stockpiling old consoles to bring my children up on :unsmith:[/QUOTE] Same here. Several people I know are keeping an N64 and a ton of games for their children.

[QUOTE=Upgrade123;27299897]Do as much sudoku and play as much Tetris as you can as you get older.[/QUOTE] I don't even get how to do sudoku now. :v:

2200. Babies won't know how to write on paper. Only on computers.

[QUOTE=tomatmann;27300555]2200. Babies won't know how to write on paper. Only on computers.[/QUOTE] By 2200 I believe that you won't need to even write via computer. We will probably have a system that interfaces directly with the human brain. We can already control a cursor with our mind with brain chips. It's not far off until we can fully interface.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;27300568]By 2200 I believe that you won't need to even write via computer. We will probably have a system that interfaces directly with the human brain. We can already control a cursor with our mind with brain chips. It's not far off until we can fully interface.[/QUOTE] But it's faster to type on a keyboard.

[QUOTE=tomatmann;27300580]But it's faster to type on a keyboard.[/QUOTE] Not if we can fully interface with a computer. It will be as easy as thinking what we want to write and it will be written.