ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoKids today only know what a VHS tape is because of horror gamesmessage-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1298arrow-down1message-squareKids today only know what a VHS tape is because of horror gamesShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up70arrow-down1·7 days agoKids today know what a floppy disk looks like, but not what one is. They only know it as a “save” icon in games and apps.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up26·6 days agoAnd the phone call icon being a landline
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days agoAnd the email icon being an envelope
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoLand lines are nice A dumpster for spam
minus-squareninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 days agobusinesses still have landlines
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoVery often they are SIP voip solutions that barely have anything to do with landlines, other than the number pattern and area prefix.
minus-squaremetallic_z3r0@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoIt’s called a skeuomorph, and many times the camera symbol is one too, as most modern cameras don’t look like that.
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoThe only examples I can think of look like a DSLR or similar. It would be funny if they looked like an 1800s camera with the bellows focus.
Kids today know what a floppy disk looks like, but not what one is. They only know it as a “save” icon in games and apps.
And the phone call icon being a landline
And the email icon being an envelope
Land lines are nice
A dumpster for spam
businesses still have landlines
Very often they are SIP voip solutions that barely have anything to do with landlines, other than the number pattern and area prefix.
It’s called a skeuomorph, and many times the camera symbol is one too, as most modern cameras don’t look like that.
The only examples I can think of look like a DSLR or similar. It would be funny if they looked like an 1800s camera with the bellows focus.