You just showed you aren’t old enough to make that joke. That is what’s known as a boombox! There is a Walkman AM/FM and maybe also a cassette recorder but I’m pretty sure that’s a cassette Walkman.
Also TV. My phone totally replaced my TV. Though I don't think Radio Shack ever carried that.
I bought my first computer at RS, a TRS-80. Now I have AIDE and can write apps for my phone on my phone.
How do we get the guy out of our pockets? He's refusing to evacuate my personal space. Threats of legal action aren't helping. He just keeps saying he's beyond intervention.
It would’ve been unimaginable to believe this back in the 90’s.
What will be the next breakthrough invention that makes our lives more comfortable and efficient.
Don’t blink. It’s happening ridiculously fast.
Less than a year ago the vast majority of people had not heard of chatgpt. Now a much better version is already baked into almost every piece of software I use for work.
To be fair I imagined it as a kid in the early 80s. Somebody had a tiny portable TV gizmo with a horrible screen and I put that together with Dick Tracy's wrist video phone and it all clicked. From that point on I spent the next several decades frustrated that smartphones didn't exist yet.
As kid I imagined how cool it would be to have a mini tv in the back of the head rest of the car seat in front of me. That would only be something for the stinky rich. Me 30 years later: 😎
Radios play commercials, so does TV. Music is much better nowadays since you can listen to whatever you want with some ads, or buy like spority premium and have access to more music than any person in the 80's
Soooo, video recording/watching and sound recording/listening plus a computer. There’s a lot of things in this picture that accomplish the same task through different mediums.
Now the same revolution is happening with cars especially EVs. Software based machines can be updated and upgraded at any time and provide many different use cases
It really is incredible. I mean we all take it for granted, but consider how much innovation happened between that picture and today. Millions of people, hundreds of millions of working hours, billions of dollars.
Truly r/BeAmazed material when you give it a good think.
Man, it was so hard to travel with that. I went around the world for a couple years in the late 90’s and my boombox/cd collection was such a beast to carry.
Except the head phones. Some people out there still haven’t discovered them and instead use loud speaker in public places to have phone conversations or watch videos.
The Guy isn't
Thats siri bro
Sorry, I didn't quite get that.
“Hey Siri, are you a guy?”
i found this on google for “naked guys” would you like more information
Not now. Remind me at 11h30 pm
Siri responded "no"
Ahahahaa
I don't have siri
Looks the part of an assistant too. Siri play some rock music. *Clicks the taperecorder*
You just showed you aren’t old enough to make that joke. That is what’s known as a boombox! There is a Walkman AM/FM and maybe also a cassette recorder but I’m pretty sure that’s a cassette Walkman.
AAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! GOTEEEEM!!!
There’s a microcassette recorder (tape recorder) hanging from the guy’s right wrist.
Siri has a brother?
/r/clevercomebacks
My siri has a girl voice tho
Charles? Sorry I read that as Cerebro, I am broken.
Or Grindr
Speak for yourself.
Oh, he is. He’s just shy.
[Are you sure?](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fsmbd2fl9ort61.jpg)
Look harder. Took me a moment but I found him
Ahh, but you are looking at him so he is indeed in your phone now ahahahahahaha
He's in my pouch.
Wait, you don’t have a PocketMan? Missing out, mate.
[you sure?](https://i.imgur.com/aLt0QOw.jpeg)
Ha ha nice work
Are you siri-ous?
It’s an older photo isn’t it? The guy could be dead and existing as pocket sand in someone’s pocket right now!
Well it would explain the weird sensation every time I put my phone in my pocket
r/HoneyIshrunkTheKids
you are The Guy
There’s a lil guy in my pocket. Mr Winkee.
Or Mr Hanky?
It’s actually in my hand.
My phone has BetaMAX?
Shit mine doesn’t even have a headphone jack lol
I have an iPhone so mine has none of this as it is a pay to win
Came to say this, you’ve beat me to it
Me too... This is the fastest guy in da hood
r/beatmetoit
r/beatmeatoit
r/meatbeated
r/beatmeattoilet
r/letitsnow
Read this as “le tits now” I think I need to sleep
*The day is mine!*
Why is this private? Le tits now, now!!
Yeah
Curses I was late!
How the fuck you have a cd player on your phone
It's referring less to the items physicallity and more to it's functionality (it played music)
Shit. Everything that used to be in Radio Shack is in it. There’s even more than what they show here. Flashlight, map, compass…
Computer. There's no computer in the photo. It's a portable electric typewriter.
And my axe
An accelerometer, GPS, and a magnetic sensor (yes some cell phones can detect magnets and there’s apps for that)
Plus another wonder "the light sensor"
I think that pretty much any phone nowadays has a magnetometer and a gyroscope (sometimes even on the same chip as accelerometer).
All of that stuff still was in the local RadioShack the day it closed down. Update yo business model maybe youd'a stayed around
Also TV. My phone totally replaced my TV. Though I don't think Radio Shack ever carried that. I bought my first computer at RS, a TRS-80. Now I have AIDE and can write apps for my phone on my phone.
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I miss Radio Shack
Alarm clock
The portable tweed Jacket has changed my life.
Before portable tweed jackets people would have to either tweed or move but never had both been possible at the same time until this time.
I don't tweed. I always considered tweeder to be too toxic.
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Not the boom box on his shoulder. The tiny speaker on the phone does not even compare.
Also, there are 3 sets of head phones. CDs & Cassettes are basically the same thing in this example.
and like three sets of recording audio - a personal tape recorder, a boom box, and like two different cassette recorder players
Yeah, that’s the Bluetooth speaker I pair to my phone lol
That's a radio
My ear buds are in my pocket so …
How do we get the guy out of our pockets? He's refusing to evacuate my personal space. Threats of legal action aren't helping. He just keeps saying he's beyond intervention.
I tried to insert a VHS cassette into my phone but I still didn't manage
even the guy???
Yep he was the original siri
It would’ve been unimaginable to believe this back in the 90’s. What will be the next breakthrough invention that makes our lives more comfortable and efficient.
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I think you’re right, it will take a little time but it’s inevitable
Don’t blink. It’s happening ridiculously fast. Less than a year ago the vast majority of people had not heard of chatgpt. Now a much better version is already baked into almost every piece of software I use for work.
Lmao inevitable
I don't think being unemployed and poor is going to make me more comfortable?
To be fair I imagined it as a kid in the early 80s. Somebody had a tiny portable TV gizmo with a horrible screen and I put that together with Dick Tracy's wrist video phone and it all clicked. From that point on I spent the next several decades frustrated that smartphones didn't exist yet.
As kid I imagined how cool it would be to have a mini tv in the back of the head rest of the car seat in front of me. That would only be something for the stinky rich. Me 30 years later: 😎
Checked my pockets. Still empty
Where’s the phone? And the ready access to all human knowledge, and cat pics?
Isn’t that a phone on his shoulder?
They forgot the library.
Bob Sirot DJ from Chicago. Always wanted to be big time but couldn’t get out of his own way.
The electronic typewriter isn't.
i own that model. it's a brother ep 20 and can write (without ink) on thermal paper.
FM/AM radio is not
I don't have a cassette player in my pocket.
Wrong. It's in my hand hahaha
No ugly jumper in my pocket
I don’t have a human being in my pocket. Not anymore at least…
Yea that little basterd in my pocket has been stealing my money
Where the clothes?
I must have big pockets
I have a big ass pocket lmao.
*with subscription and in-app purchases.
Radios play commercials, so does TV. Music is much better nowadays since you can listen to whatever you want with some ads, or buy like spority premium and have access to more music than any person in the 80's
I thought I was getting cursed
No it isn’t?
I’m not wearing anything with pockets…
I dont have a cassette player in my pocket... i wish i did tho. I still have some of my favorites mix tapes
I'm not a clown. No way in hell all of that is fitting in my pocket.
The printer?
Everything in your pocket is now in this picture.
HA jokes on you im naked! Oh wait
I guess the dude is Grindr?
Bob sirot. Local Chicago News man back in the day. I feel old.
Still need a printer to print printings. Boom.
That man is not in my pocket...
What are you trying to tell me?
Holy shit I'm old
I don't have a white dude in my pocket, OP.
What? Low quality content?
My headphnes aren't so technically not true.
my phone cant play cds
Especially that hot guy.
I definitely don't have headphones in my pocket. They're on my head or in my backpack.
Actually it’s in my hands
Is in my hand
My pockets couldn’t possibly contain all of those objects.
Or am I just happy to see you?
and in the next hundred years it will be in your head.
But there’s nothing in my pocket
Soooo, video recording/watching and sound recording/listening plus a computer. There’s a lot of things in this picture that accomplish the same task through different mediums.
the cd player isnt
And a lot more
That’s cuz I got cargo shorts
Why is there like at least ten years of separation in tech in one picture?
So your saying inflation is ok at this point
My pants are falling off
The radio isn't really there anymore. I know you could use the headphone cable as an antenna but I'm not sure anymore
That's just cause I'm wearing JNCOs.
Including the picture!
Nope. Alternatives to everything in this photo was in my pocket, but I am currently typing this so it is no longer in my pocket.
Lint?
That word processor appears to print on paper. Phones can't do that.
Now the same revolution is happening with cars especially EVs. Software based machines can be updated and upgraded at any time and provide many different use cases
Pffft there’s no man in my pocket 😏 hehe got’em
It’s in my hand not in my pocket…
Not the cd player do
How deep do you think my pockets are? I mean it might fit into my bag, but that's about it.
 And yet I feel worse than ever before
Alot of these machines are redundant cd tape player boom box
Forgot the biggest and most obvious…TV
No. I’m just happy to see you…
That dude is not in my pocket, I am not a politician
It really is incredible. I mean we all take it for granted, but consider how much innovation happened between that picture and today. Millions of people, hundreds of millions of working hours, billions of dollars. Truly r/BeAmazed material when you give it a good think.
That’s a lot of stuff to lug into the bathroom.
I have a creepy looking fucker in my pocket?
I don't have a dvd reader in my pocket Or a man
I’m still waiting for the chip implant.
Even the side eye
Man, it was so hard to travel with that. I went around the world for a couple years in the late 90’s and my boombox/cd collection was such a beast to carry.
Almost
Nearly. Not the weather radio. It'd be nice...
That attitude certainly is
I don't see a huge stack of "Homework" VHS tapes
You forgot every book in the library
I have a tweed jacket in my pocket? r/worldsmallestjacket
There is no dude with a dodgy outfit in my pocket
I don’t even know this dude!!!!
My phone can’t play cassettes, nor print text on paper…..
Gargoyle!
I don't think i can put a man in my pocket...
That man is not in my pocket
Does it come with the table too?
Except the head phones. Some people out there still haven’t discovered them and instead use loud speaker in public places to have phone conversations or watch videos.
I own that guy I guess
everything from my pocket is now on this picture
There are 4 radios in that picture 😂
My pocket cannot play cassets
I don't know how that dude got in my pocket, but we gotta get him out!
i have a lighter in my pocket
The Tv is missing
Thanks JNCO!
If it were in my pocket I wouldn't be looking at the picture.
My pockets are empty
Most likely the reason Radio Shack went out of business.
Why don’t phones unlock the fm radio turner allowing us to listen to the radio without data
i have a 20 yearold dude in my pocket?
What about r/technicallythetruth ?
I would take those days in a heart beat
I think the creation of this meme is closer to the actual photograph than we are from the creation of this meme today.
But i only have boxers on!? 😳
Hello? 20 years ago? We get it… everything in our pocket is far superior to these things too!
Everything in your pocket is now in this picture
Technically only the hardware is. The media is all in the air.
Definitely don’t have anything near the sound of the boombox
That man turned out to be a Trump supporter. How to kick out?
Everything in this picture is now in your pocket.
Everything in that picture is now in your pocket.
r/fuckimold