12mo ago

You had to hold it up to a candle.

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This is fake because "burning" is a CD specific term, and no real Gen Z would know that you "burn" a CD to put music on it.
Most would probably just assume it works like a USB stick or any regular digital storage format.
It's like how a hilariously large amount of people don't know what the origin of "mixtape" is. They think its just a word that defines music mixes, because no one knows what a cassette player is anymore, or that people actually used to create and sell mixtapes.
- Fuck, some of the younger rappers actually put out mixtape cassettes now. There's a fairly brisk but low demand market for not only used tapes, but there's bands releasing them im special editions.
  I'm kinda regretting dumping some of my old tapes. I kept the stuff that's impossible to replace (local bands mostly), but I sometimes get nostalgic for the liners. Not the sound being shitty, or how fast tapes wear out, or anything else about the format, but there was something coool about the way the liners unfolded that isn't as satisfying with CDs, or even vinyl.
  
  I'm in a band and we make cassette tapes. They sell like hot cakes. Our last run sold out in a single day on bandcamp. Many people buy them and don't even have cassette players. They're cheap to make and I think many people just want a cool souvenir.
  
  That's the way I think of them now, like the equivalent of a poster or keychain thing.
  
  There are podcasts that were put on vinyls, can you believe it.
  
  I can't say I'm totally surprised, but it isn't something I would have thought of!
  
  I have the hello internet vinyl episode
- Sell? I remember it as how to tell if someone fancied you :)
  Do kids these days just make playlists and send links?!
  
  1st question, selling mixes tapes was popular in larger cites. The movie Hackers even had a scene with it (although that may have been a CD).
  Not sure. "I think" just sending individual song links in Spotify is the thing.
- Or the benefits of that sweet chromium oxide cassette tape...

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