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Tried to explain a floppy disk to my cousin's kid and it went about as well as you'd think

We were at a family barbecue in Austin and this 14-year-old found my old box of 'save icons' in the garage. I said it was how we stored files before clouds, and he just stared at me like I'd grown a second head. I ended up showing him a YouTube video of a disk drive sound, which he called 'a weird robot snack.' Anyone else from our generation have a moment where you felt like a museum exhibit?
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kim_west
kim_west14d ago
Wait, he called it a ROBOT SNACK?
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fisher.adam
What did he think the save icon was supposed to be? I had to explain a landline phone with a cord to my niece last month, and she asked why you wouldn't just walk around with it.
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robinson.wren
Seriously, maybe the floppy disk is just a cool abstract symbol now, who cares?
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