STATE OF HEADPHONES 1983: Foam covers falls off and they buzz if you sweat 1995: Luxurious padded leather mansion for ears 2002: Earphones apparently too cheap to meter 2012: Tiny silicone cap invented to get trapped in ear 2020: $130 pair of ear tampons that require charging
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STATE OF TELEVISION 1983: Heavy dial with 13 channels, of which three work. 1995: 390 channels of satellite TV you can flip through at half the speed of light 2002: You must now wait 10 seconds to flip channels 2012: Everything 3D for some reason 2020: 39 subscription services
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Kind of a fun phenomenon when technologies get objectively worse with time (something we're not used to!) is that it's synergistic with old person nostalgia. Young people assume it's 100% the latter, reducing the chance the better technology experience can ever be brought back
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It is underappreciated how much dislike of talking on the phone correlates with a big decrease in audio quality.
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