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Floppy disk
Typewriter
Rotary phone
Paper maps
Cassette Tapes
Dial-up internet
Film rolls
Car window crank
Yellowpages

I've actually used all of these.

All of them.

Floppy disk
Paper maps
Cassette Tapes
Dial-up internet
Film rolls
Car window crank
Yellowpages

All, but only because I'm past the age of 40.

Floppy disk
Rotary phone
Paper maps
Cassette Tapes
Dial-up internet
Film rolls
Car window crank
Yellowpages

None of them

I still have operation neptune on floppy disk

All of them

8 out of 9. I've seen and held film rolls before but by the time I was a teen, film roll use had long been discontinued so I never got to actually use them.

All but a typewriter.

All of them

All but paper maps

Think I was too young to navigate with one. Definitely looked at a few for fun though, had some in ze glovebox.

All except the rotary phone

All of the above. Can't say I miss any of them either.

All of them

All of them.

This also reminds me of how oddly satisfying playing with a floppy's protective cover is. Usb and whatnot just isn't the same.

All of them, I was born in 81. We didn't have a computer with internet until about 1994.

7 of those things on the list.

All of them, Im 33

What kind of boomer-ass popularity club is this

DanHaren22Champ posted...

Floppy disk
Typewriter
Cassette Tapes
Dial-up internet
Car window crank
Yellowpages

Allof them

DanHaren22Champ posted...

Floppy disk
Typewriter
Rotary phone
Paper maps
Cassette Tapes
Dial-up internet
Film rolls
Car window crank
Yellowpages

I had broken typewriter at one point in college but threw it out before fixing it up. It was from the 80s I think.

I had a typewriter class in elementary
school.

All of them.

Most people over the age of 35 probably used most of those items at least once

All of them. I use to rip phonebooks in half as a party trick.

All but a typewriter.

Never used a rotary phone legitimately though. But we have one and if it where functional I know how to use it.

All except the typewriter

I was born in 1977, so all of them.

All of them.

All of them born in 88

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Lol

Floppy disk
I played DOS games on then not-too-old computer in the mid 90s and it only had a C: and an A: drive. Good times with Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3d, Duke Nukem II etc.

Typewriter
Not really. Grandparents had one and I recall little kid me toying with it for a few minutes before getting bored with it.

Rotary phone
Same as above, except I fortunately did not accidentaly dial anyone.

Paper maps
Certainly. I think I have one in my car, but it's probably at least fifteen years out of date.

Cassette Tapes
I have recollections of listening to children's entertainment tapes when was a kid. They're probably around, either in my or my parents home, but I don't desire to seek out and listen to them again as I've recently learned that the entertainment I thought was great as a kid actually offends my intelligence today.

Dial-up internet
Ah, I can remember that screechy dial-up sound, the internet disconnecting when a phone rang, loading a single web page could take a minute or two, and downloading a 10 mb file could take thirty minutes. Oh, and the fuuuuuuuuuuu if the connection broke, because then that 30 minute-download process would reset to zero!

Film rolls
My first camera used film rolls; my second was digital.

Car window crank
Absolutely. In fact, sometimes I wonder if my car even has power steering; it's that basic and old.

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I've never used a typewriter or a film roll. Not really sure what that is. I've used the rest and quite a bit. My last car had manual windows.

All of them, but for I've never really used a typewriter for practical purposes. More like I've seen them before and given it a go for fun once or twice.

All of them, though the rotary phone and typewriter were more old novelties that my parent's had around the house rather than things that got used on a day-to-day basis (but they were still fully functional).

Floppy disk- Yep.
Typewriter- Don't think so. We never had one, and my elementary school taught us to type on old macs.
Rotary phone- Maybe? I've seen them in businesses or people's houses, but I don't think i've used one personally.
Paper maps- Yep. All the pizza places I've worked for had one hanging up on the wall.
Cassette Tapes- Yep.
Dial-up internet- Didn't have dial-up personally since we adopted broadband early, but used other people's computers who had it.
Film rolls- I've never owned any sort of camera that wasn't a phone as I don't really have any interest in taking pictures of stuff. I've used disposable cameras a handful of times, which I think come with a roll of film inside? I've never handled the film myself though, you just go to a store to get those developed for you.
Car window crank- Yep. My first two cars had one.
Yellow pages- Yep.

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Oh duh. Yeah so typewriter is the only one I havent used. I used to take pictures all the time as a kid with film like that.

All of them

All of them