ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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 · 3 days agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up70arrow-down1·3 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-squaremetallic_z3r0@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 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-up3·3 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.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·3 days agoAnd the phone call icon being a landline
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoAnd the email icon being an envelope
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoLand lines are nice A dumpster for spam
minus-squareninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agobusinesses still have landlines
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoVery often they are SIP voip solutions that barely have anything to do with landlines, other than the number pattern and area prefix.
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.
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.
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.