Bruv, normal people did not watch films on film at home. They went to the movie theater. So "rolling film at home" was really barely if at all a thing, ever.
1) Rotary Phones. WRONG. Rotary phones are also EXTREMELY familiar to Gen X. And a good chunk of Millennials probably also know what they are. Also, members of the Silent Generation are still alive and will also recognize these from their own childhoods. Try again. 2) Real Film. Are we talking photographic or reel to reel? In any case, Gen X is also very familiar with both of these. Also some Millennials. Also the Silent Gen. 3) Time Before the Internet. WRONG. Okay, I'm going to stop mentioning the Silent Gen and we can just pretend they're all dead for the sake of this list (sorry, Silent Gen). But the Internet was born in 1983. Gen X goes from 1964 to 1979. ALL Gen Xers remember the time before the internet, too. 4) Encyclopedias. See Time Before the Internet. You do know one of the most popular Gen X children's books was Encyclopedia Brown, right? 5) Less Airplane Restriction. The massive airplane restrictions were put into place after 9/11. ALL Gen Xers and Millennials also remember the time before airplane restrictions. Even the really old Gen Zers might. Oh. Smoking? That was banned in 1988. So Gen Xers do actually also remember the time when you could smoke on planes. 6) Milkmen. At last something you got kind of right. Milkmen declined in the period from 1970 to 1990. So some Gen X and Millennials may have had them, but not all. The house I grew up in had a sealed up door that had been put there during construction in the 1950s for milk drop off. But when that stopped, it was sealed for safety. You could still see it on the exterior of our house, though. 7) TV end time. Welp. I can't fact check this one with my Google Fu. I an tell you I don't remember it having an end time. Though it may as well have. It was all just long-form ads for products after a certain point at night. So maybe this is right? 8) Typewriters. Wrong again. I remember typewriters vividly. My high school requirements included a typing class,. I had to get my mom to type papers for me when I was in grade school. Gen X most definitely remembers typewriters. And the white out fluid when you made a mistake. And changing ribbon cartridges. Also, typewriters are pretty old tech. The Lost Generation, the Greatest Generation, and the Silent Generation all also experienced typewriters. It is NOT "something only baby boomers have or will ever experience." You're a fricking history channel. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS? Okay, bud. You're a Zoomer,, huh? From the way you're framed this, and something you said about Zoomers and Alpha, it sounds like it. Well, whatever you are, you need to get better at research. Or just talk to people. People who are alive right now and could tell you what life was like. Because this sucked. Yeah, Gen Z and Alpha are not going to experience these things unless they get into a retro lifestyle or there's a technological apocalypse. But knowledge and experience of these things often didn't begin with Baby Boomers, and it certainly didn't end with them. And if you actually had any inkling of history, you'd know that. Or at least have enough Google Fu to look it up.
I REMEMBER those days!
Bruv, normal people did not watch films on film at home. They went to the movie theater. So "rolling film at home" was really barely if at all a thing, ever.
1) Rotary Phones. WRONG. Rotary phones are also EXTREMELY familiar to Gen X. And a good chunk of Millennials probably also know what they are. Also, members of the Silent Generation are still alive and will also recognize these from their own childhoods. Try again.
2) Real Film. Are we talking photographic or reel to reel? In any case, Gen X is also very familiar with both of these. Also some Millennials. Also the Silent Gen.
3) Time Before the Internet. WRONG. Okay, I'm going to stop mentioning the Silent Gen and we can just pretend they're all dead for the sake of this list (sorry, Silent Gen). But the Internet was born in 1983. Gen X goes from 1964 to 1979. ALL Gen Xers remember the time before the internet, too.
4) Encyclopedias. See Time Before the Internet. You do know one of the most popular Gen X children's books was Encyclopedia Brown, right?
5) Less Airplane Restriction. The massive airplane restrictions were put into place after 9/11. ALL Gen Xers and Millennials also remember the time before airplane restrictions. Even the really old Gen Zers might. Oh. Smoking? That was banned in 1988. So Gen Xers do actually also remember the time when you could smoke on planes.
6) Milkmen. At last something you got kind of right. Milkmen declined in the period from 1970 to 1990. So some Gen X and Millennials may have had them, but not all. The house I grew up in had a sealed up door that had been put there during construction in the 1950s for milk drop off. But when that stopped, it was sealed for safety. You could still see it on the exterior of our house, though.
7) TV end time. Welp. I can't fact check this one with my Google Fu. I an tell you I don't remember it having an end time. Though it may as well have. It was all just long-form ads for products after a certain point at night. So maybe this is right?
8) Typewriters. Wrong again. I remember typewriters vividly. My high school requirements included a typing class,. I had to get my mom to type papers for me when I was in grade school. Gen X most definitely remembers typewriters. And the white out fluid when you made a mistake. And changing ribbon cartridges. Also, typewriters are pretty old tech. The Lost Generation, the Greatest Generation, and the Silent Generation all also experienced typewriters. It is NOT "something only baby boomers have or will ever experience." You're a fricking history channel. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?
Okay, bud. You're a Zoomer,, huh? From the way you're framed this, and something you said about Zoomers and Alpha, it sounds like it.
Well, whatever you are, you need to get better at research. Or just talk to people. People who are alive right now and could tell you what life was like.
Because this sucked. Yeah, Gen Z and Alpha are not going to experience these things unless they get into a retro lifestyle or there's a technological apocalypse. But knowledge and experience of these things often didn't begin with Baby Boomers, and it certainly didn't end with them. And if you actually had any inkling of history, you'd know that. Or at least have enough Google Fu to look it up.