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Nostalgia

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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 4 months ago

Hell yeah. The headphones also served as the antenna so you would wiggle the cable a bit to get better audio.

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yup! I think I got it as a goody in some Mickey Mouse Magazine in the mid-2000s.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I got mine as part of a Snap Circuits electronics set

[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Still plenty available, look up "FM auto scan radio" on eBay

Had one, enjoyed it for a short while but the audio quality out of the earphones is poor, and there's nothing but classic rock, lite hits, top 100 and NPR over here so also got bored pretty quick.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

This is how I discovered radio as a kid. These things are awesome. Before phones, I pods, and smaller than a Walkman. Completely underrated

[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Honestly i never had that thing, i had walkman (fake chinese one)
From what i experienced (borrowed from my friend because it's so... hyped back then) that thing had terrible signal receiver + the headset is so....... fuckin bad that i couldn't describe with a proper word
Honestly i don't know why many child back then buy this instead of chinese walkman

[–] fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 months ago

I got mine for free. some school prize or something

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Absolutely, I got it for free selling wrapping paper for the school fundraiser

[–] Mannimarco@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I had several of these throughout the years, back in the day I actually liked to listen to the radio

[–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah. I got frustrated pretty quickly at them. I used it maybe 20 times before I gave up with the hassle it was to find the station I wanted again.

[–] Vengeance@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

YESSSSS!!! I had one … memory lane !!

[–] OtisRamflow@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I had one of these things, USB 2.0 20gb laptop HDD, rechargeable batteries, external HDD/mp3 player/ audio recorder. Pretty fucking cool for 2002.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276352834271?itmmeta=01HRCWDARYK3G7GEM3HNX2SJNN&hash=item4057e99adf:g:bXAAAOSw9VZiCtYG

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Did you set fire to that abomination?