ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoKids today only know what a VHS tape is because of horror gamesmessage-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1298arrow-down1message-squareKids today only know what a VHS tape is because of horror gamesShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up71·2 months 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-up27·2 months agoAnd the phone call icon being a landline
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoAnd the email icon being an envelope
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoLand lines are nice A dumpster for spam
minus-squareninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agobusinesses still have landlines
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-up9·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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.