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It made me very sad. Took about 2 minutes to convince people that you didnt just point it in the right direction and hope that you captured the subject accurately. The other guests my age couldn't believe how "involved" the picture taking process was with having to look through the viewfinder.
Oh and they thought it was broken when the picture came out white at first. #shakeitlikeapolaroidpicture.
Insomnia297
Why? You know what "obsolete" means, right?
stopitcharlesgetoutofmyhead
CallMeSleeper
The mind gets lazy(dumb) when others make things easier for you. Schools should teach curiosity! You should be interested in how things work
polluxxy
Oh no don't shake it
dangerousDoc
25 here HOW THE FUCK DO THEY NOT KNOW HOW TO TAKE A PICTURE AND WHY DO THEY THINK THE SCREEN IS THE BEST WAY! Viewfinders FTW
blarblarblarrrr
Hey I went to a wedding exactly like that this weekend in Brooklyn......
blortch
SmokingDog
Didn't know how much I needed that gif in my life until now. Thank you.
sunlitglo
You must be the rich kid. My dad didn't buy a camera until I was 12
sceptikmika
Maybe poor ppl? I'm 32 and i never seen one...
ChucklePuss
Surprising. I'm also 32 and grew up poor. this is our generation's common knowledge. You don't have to own it to be culturally aware of it.
sceptikmika
How? How do you know how to use something if you never seen someone using one?
ChucklePuss
Listening to my elders and the internet.
MakeRareGreatAgain
Well this is the most circle jerk thing i've seen today
sceptikmika
Dude, I'm 32 and i never seen one of those polaroid in my life.
DeathByUnicornsandCandycorn
I'm 22 and appalled that people older than me don't know what a Polaroid is.
NuVanDibe
I'm 30 and have never used a polaroid
DoomGuysCousinKenneth
I don't believe you
PistonATF
Have you met people? They're pretty dumb.
Odoban
i don't believe him either. Like, were there no parents or aunts or uncles there? Just all kids? yeaaaaaa.
DoomGuysCousinKenneth
Not even that we're not talking about kids either we're talking about 28 yr olds! people born in '89 who don't know how to use a Polaroid?
DoomGuysCousinKenneth
We grew up on movies and cartoons riddled with Polaroid cameras no way the majority didn't know how to use one.
waltjrimmer
As someone in their early to mid-twenties, how does ANYONE my age not know how these work? Disposable cameras still exist, too!
HawaiianWithExtraPineapples
I'm in my late teens. I find it weird that people my age don't know how Polaroids work. Granted I've always been one who loves older tech. 1
HawaiianWithExtraPineapples
My first computer ran MS-DOS so. I've had computers running 95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista (still scarred for life), 7, 8, and now 10. 2
impern
as somebody in their early twenties - family couldn't afford polaroid camera when I was young. sometimes stuff just passes you by.
DontJewishYourOvenWasHotLikeMe
Oh man I remember my parents making me buy disposables for school trips instead of taking the fancy new "digital cameras" (1/2)
pandasmakemehappy
To be fair when digital cameras first went main stream they were awful.
DontJewishYourOvenWasHotLikeMe
Only to find out that I would never get the photos developed maybe 1 every 5 trips I would actually get to see my pictures like 3 yrs later!
misfit119
Ah yes, the photos that never were. Fiancee got her Georgia trip pictures developed that weekend. I have E3 2012 pictures I've never seen.
ErinFromTheOffice
Zoroasterisk
Thanks for the 29th thing, btw. It's my favorite thing about this place
Sprinx
User name checks out
Plurii
For some reason this joke just completely flew over my head as a struggled to remember if that was what a "disposable" camera meant...
SgtPotshot
I'm almost 30, and I've never used one, only cheap disposables
IshitOnWindshields
People are sheltered yo
TheEdmontonMan
I was born in the late 90's, and I only used one when I was 3 or 4, after that it was digital.
DrFartstheTRex
They probably always will too. Older tech still has its uses.
MovieMoments
Psh, my housemate won't put hers down in her efforts to be as hipster and cool as possible. Can you tell it drives me nuts?
ISupportYourViews
Seriously? A Polaroid is the main thing my 11 year old asked for last Christmas. They still make/sell them.
hiltonking
I hope you took a few pictures or your dick and shuffled them in with the rest.
Nightcaste
Don't shake Polaroid pictures, it doesn't help them develop faster, and can cause the chemicals to blend wrong, ruining the photo.
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
I posted, asking about the same thing, then read your comment before I deleted mine. +1
MetaSomma
SquatttingDog
Yup. You're especially not supposed to shake Impossible film. Which is the only film that's made for Polaroid cameras. @op is a phony.
AlexisActually
Those are the lyrics to an Outkast song, and it used to be necessary, so the habit kinda stuck.
Nightcaste
It was never necessary. It was a bogus habit created by impatient people and was never proven to have any benefit
JayEnfield
But it feels good.
LauriMaijala
More ups for this! Shaking might make them more "interesting" but if you don't want to spoil them don't shake it.
LapsisBeeftech
Gentle warmth is supposed to speed the development process. Put it under your arm
BlueCrystalisk
Thanks alot, Outkast!
MetaSomma
Seriously! Ruining pictures everywhere he goes!
webberjo
a lot*
JossWhedonsGhost
Really? I'm 21 and know how to use one. Maybe it's because I grew up poor and that's all we could use.
doyouevenrobot
Nah, the guests were just idiots. I see kids with those Fuji Instax cameras that are basically the same thing.
PreciousPotato
Yes? We only had a normal camera, not a fancy Polaroid, because the films themselves were so expenssive. :P
triplikewedo
I thought Polaroid was dead. I can no longer buy Polaroid film for my 4x5 view camera.
quietlysinister
Another company bought the old Polaroid instant film factory and is producing film at a hideous premium.
TheSadCafe
I know. My kid was thrilled to find a Polaroid camera at goodwill. I had to break it to him that the film is next to unaffordable.
ThatAssholeOverThere
It's $30 for 300 exposures
TheSadCafe
Where??? I couldn't find anything that good.
ThatAssholeOverThere
Walmart, Nordstom, Target, and you can probably find some on amazon for cheaper
daveisamonster
He doesn't know how to use the three seashells
LunaPz
A lot of people couldn't afford a polariod camera and expensive film...
dipidy
Good for you.
onebadharambe
Like what's the point you can't even upload it to instagraaaahhhm.
quietlysinister
I know right? It's all the same ugly filter too.
insertLoserNamehere
People don't understand the concept of a rotary phone either. It's what happens when the technology fades.
Justapartofyourimagination
I used one that still works like 7 or 8 years ago.
NateNuss
Or when kids these days put a rotary phone app on their smartphones because they think it's cool. The struggle for dialing 9 was real...
KNIVESY
It's so weird to me because rotary phones are insanely easy and simple to use. It just takes longer to dial a number is all.
firstmiddlemiddlelastlast
Disappointing how kids these days don't know how to use a spinning wheel. SMH
thisoneisjustforyoureyes
Dungeongeek
Yet we still "dial" peoples numbers and will call it that far into the future.
foxracing254
True but I feel it shouldn't be hard to introduce the concept to someone. Maybe it's more involved than current tech, but it still works.
Ivain
Pretty sure you still look at the picture you're taking before taking it though except its now on a digital screen instead of the viewfinder
Ansatsunin
It's what happens when the technology fades, and people become absolute retards with no hint of inventiveness or self-sufficiency over time.
ISenseAChallenger
I'M 14 AND I KNOW HOW THEY WORK WHAT
thewalkinged
That username. Jesus, kid.
ISenseAChallenger
Ah that was tame. Case and point GrandmasHorseCock
InvadingYourSpaces
No one is going to know why we say 'Dial a number' or 'Roll up your windows.'
Adato88
and clicking on a floppy disk to save
Falos
"oh look, this coaster is shaped like the save icon"
Qualtagh
They'll be explained in little fact dumps and commenters will ooo and ah with the refound knowledge. Now I kinda want to make this post...
DontJewishYourOvenWasHotLikeMe
Or "Hang up the phone" like for crying out loud I'm 19 and I know and grew up with all of these things I already feel like I'm 60
Tylvian
imagine when you ARE 60, jesus tech is advancing like crazy
DontJewishYourOvenWasHotLikeMe
Yeah I'm scared that I won't keep up, although I am an aspiring techie and computer scientist
InvadingYourSpaces
MechaJesus?
fhatpotatou
Jheezzze, I'm 14 years old and I know how they work..
eruhhhn
same but i just turned 15 but i have millennial cousins who are obsessed with these
fhatpotatou
Yeah, the only way I ever even knew how Polaroids exist probably is because of my dad (at the time he was 48) telling me several years ago.
easybrz
Holy shit do you guys think millennials are old?
CheeseIsNaturesFudge
.
eruhhhn
no theyre just like those weird hipsters try hards but also took photography classes
easybrz
Millennials are every person born from 1980 and 2000 it's a generation we didn't all take gender studies in college we are Dr's and Farmers
gerf
I'm 3 and quite aware of the chemical process.
ChucklePuss
Yeah, well I'm 18 months old. Not only do I know the chemical properties of the polaroid, but I also speak in unusually complete sentences.
gerf
Shut up baby
ChucklePuss
https://media.giphy.com/media/HJTBvT7cTQqFq/giphy.gif
gerf
You're a posterchild for abortian.
fhatpotatou
This is terrifying.
SarahJaneLestrade
I'm 24 and for the first 12 years of my life (at least!) we used a camera with film in it. So how do you not know where to look at 28
SarahJaneLestrade
I also used to own this bad boy:
formington
I made a comment to a millennial that Pandora gets to pay less by including a bunch of B-sides and then had to explain what a B-side was...
kidtutty
I only know what this is because my Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff tape cassette had an A-side and a B-side..
Riyakou
I will say, though, the term 'B-side' has taken on a slightly different meaning now. It now refers to any song not released as a single.
mrmartini
According to The Center for Generational Kinetics, Millennials were born between 1977 to 1995, so I think most of them know records >>>
mrmartini
You might mean Gen Z, born 1996 to present ... or just "damn kids", if you ask me.
clayford
What's weird is the inconsistencies in the dates used... From wikipedia: 1/3
clayford
The majority of researchers and demographers start the generation in the early 1980s, with many ending the generation in the mid-1990s. 2/3
clayford
Australia's McCrindle Research regards 1980–1994 as Generation Y birth years. A 2013 PricewaterhouseCoopers report and Edelman Berland 4/5
aGrumpyPotato
I had heard the term and thought it was a pun on "beside". never knew they put bonus tracks on the underside of a record...
mineovermatter
"Bonus tracks" hahahaha
formington
Even "the underside of a record" reveals an upbringing with access only to CDs on which only one side has media
Idsertian
I mean, strictly speaking, there's no reason you couldn't have media on both sides of a disc. We just have this fascination with labelling.
governmentgavemeagun
I believe it's to provide a more robust surface for handling and marking. Flippable cds were trialled but rejected due to high damage rate.
ImguriansFillMySaltReservoir
What does the Bayside have to do with Pandora?
PanochaPounder6000phoenixmode
GENTLEMANxJACK713
Sooo what is a Bside? Asking for a friend
Riyakou
In the past, it was literally the song on the B-side of a 7" vinyl record. Now, it refers to any song not released as a single.
Stazzah101
On Vinyl records, you would have the A-side, and the B-side, with different music on each. Generally, the B-side was more experimental.
n0n53n53
Usually this was with a single on a 45 where they single was on the A-side then a one-off songe on the b-side. Usually b-sides are not on +
n0n53n53
+ the full 12" album.
n0n53n53
Oh also a "45" is a single (usually 7") played at 45 RPM. A 12" album is played at 33&1/3 RPM
Zephon
How old are you
Zephon
I know a 24 year old saying "damn millennials" because he thinking you have to be 17 or less to be one
sparkymurdock
Yea i use to say millennials then i found out us gen ys and gen zs are now bunched as millennials. I missed the voting this matter
Zephon
Yea you can be born in 1980-1985 and still be a millennial
Inappropesmagotes
Doesn't it seem like an overly broad grouping? Doesn't it also change depending on who you ask?
Falos
Eventually it will be. The "definition" is anything but, it's just fuzzy rantbait. A clean line in the sand is too appealing, inevitable.
NoWisdomWithoutRegret
I'm 33, and I bought my last cassette tape 20 years ago. If they still existed 20 years ago. The commenter could be 20-something.
Zephon
I was trying to find out if he was a person that is a millennial but thinks he is not. Example is you are considered a millennial as well
NoWisdomWithoutRegret
Oh. I thought it was the question asked sometimes of people to imply you think they're very old. I'm sorry.
Zephon
no problem at all man
Zephon
Barley though lol, an original
MajorGameage
Wait what? I'm 29 and had a Polaroid camera when I was about 7 or 8... they can't be that outdated can they???
SmartAssWithAKeyboard
I'm ... much older ... than that. And, also had a Polarioid when I was 7 or 8 ...
inmywhiteroom
I'm 22 and I also had a Polaroid camera around that age... so I don't think they're that outdated
HotSkittyonWailordAction
They were pretty phased out in the US when I was in kindergarten and I'm 25, so it's more uncommon for you to have had experiences than not
inmywhiteroom
The US is a pretty big place, your experience may not speak for the whole country, plus kindergarten is 4/5 that's too young for a camera
Riyakou
They're not. People are just stupid.
killersoda275
I'm 22, I don't think I ever saw one around the house when I was little, but always knew how they worked.
imachikenlol
18, I know how to use, want one so badly.
parkway
Even still, it's not like it's some mystical box. Look in one end, press button, picture comes out.
SingleNiceFedoraWearingClassyGuycautiondonotfriendzone
I'm 23 and I had one.
wombatwobble
M kid is 4 and Santa brought her one last year
BungusAmungus
Relatable comment about my age and how I know what Polaroid camera is.
bongles
Nah, I'm 24 and I know them
LordNoodles
They're huge in Asia
SuperiorPosterior
I'm 22, I used Polaroid cameras when I was 10, and a black and white camera when I was 15 to make an "authentic" pic for history class.
ThatOneGuyPablo
I'm 19 and remember playing with one when i was fairly little. My parents are old though so that may be why
Peterowski
Same here and I'm 25. Fuji still makes (cheaper) versions of those cameras, my gf got one just last month.
bigdog1983
well... to my great shame, I am 34 and never used a Polaroid camera :((
KittenItaly
I'm 23 and I used to have a Polaroid. I'm either a very old soul or everyone I know lived under a rock for half their lives.
ItsFilthyFrankMotherFucker
I'm 19 and even i had one growing up. I mean it was my older sisters but nonetheless they don't seem old
bigger66
polaroids were outdated in the 90s, so yes. they were still cool until smart phones, I guess, although less useful with digital cameras
PhuckYourFeelings
Dude I'm 19 and know about Polaroid cameras those people are just fucktards.
NicholasOtten
I'm 21 and I had my Dad's from the 70's when I was younger. I knew people then who used brand new ones ...
deathschnauzer
Yeah same, I'm 26 and remember having one when I was little. Had to save to buy new packs of the rectangular film sheet things
KraftCheezWhiz
My sister's like 15 and she got a polaroid camera for her birthday, it's pretty cool actually, they aren't outdated at all
michaelmp
48 year old here. Yes they are that outdated. Also correct that the other guests were fucking morons
Tylvian
Listen, I've never used one, I've never seen one, only heard of them. Their like those walkman things to me. I'm 21.
DasKruger
Im 25, never had one of those cameras, but i sure as hell know how one works.. its not rocketscience
pierresito
on the flipside I'm 27 and though I've held polaroid pictures I've never taken photos with them. Disposable cameras were the future yo
Justapartofyourimagination
29 here. I would love to have one again.
SerialKitten666
They sell them now at urban outfitters and they're popular with hipstery youth so maybe just stupid...
Otterbotanical
I'm 22, grew up in both the US and Europe. I've never seen a Polaroid camera in person.
JadeMcLeod
I'm 19, and even I know how to use a Polaroid camera. Heck, some of my friends even still have them.
somebiguy
at 19 im a little clueless about them but even i know what a veiw finder is and that they print white.
BlueElephant92
never had a polaroid camera, but when I was a kid we had cameras with negatives that had to be developed, so id probably get the viewfinder
Earlkay
They are outdated, even for our age. They had a resurgence when we were about 14 but brief and it was hipstery.
kgbofficer
But they say the issue was using a viewfinder but digital cameras had an optical viewfinder through the 2000s
Earlkay
Ok that is super dumb.
allegedlynerdy
Hell I'm in my final year of Highschool and I remember using Polaroid Instants
TravNel
they just started making them again, but its not surprising some people never had one.
PigeonFace
I'm 18, and I refuse to believe they went out of fashion long enough for a hipster revival
Amberizme
Well I am 47 and my father had a folding Polaroid camera covered in chrome and leather. It was the shit!
ThatAssholeOverThere
The ones from the 50's that still took film? I have one in my room waiting to be converted to fit modern film
Amberizme
From the 70's. My brother still has it. It really was an amazing thing at the time. Now I look at it and laugh.
thedagobahswampmonster
I'm 27. Grew up with a Polaroid and my wife just got a new one from her parents.
Dyslexicbirch
They made a come back the last couple years too idk how people dont know how to use them
spacemarine18000
I'm 17 and I know exactly what they are and how to use them why are people so dumb
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
I'm 18 and had a polaroid as a kid, idk why
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
I thought polaroid cameras were in fashion again
DoctorTurkTurkleton
"im not out of touch, am I? No, it's the kids who are wrong"
fhatpotatou
Well, kids now mostly don't recognize VHS tapes, and even DVDs sometimes.
onikame
What kills me is most the young people who know how to use them, know it ironically.
vonkeswick
I have a really cool SX-70 camera. www.impossible-project.com makes film for Polaroid cameras
hobbitbandit
No people are that sheltered, and don't look for anything further than their own nose.
BerryTreat
They came out in 1972...
manthabat
The original one, but they released new versions over the years. The one we had in my house growing up came out in the 90s
klavenism
No! I think everyone at this wedding was just stupid. Seriously. The bride and groom got a laugh but at first they were like WTF.
KeyLimeAnxiety
Yeah I'm 22 and we had one growing up. I could totally see my friends/peers being totally oblivious (read: stupid though
DoxIxHAVExTo
It's bizarre that they're your age too. I would get the "wow I feel old" but this like being confused over a non-flat screen TV in your 30s.
cole5law
Those people are fucking retarded
TheLaziestRaccoon
Yep, idiots. I've never used Polaroids, but I've seen shows, movies and even play video games where one is used
littleBreaker
Yeah I think you need to start hanging out with smarter people.
ematic
I mean, they can be a BIT tricky when they're the LAND style ones.. but the new style insta ones? Those are pretty easy to operate.
daftmouse
I mean fuck at work we sell a ton of the fuji film instax cameras and they are the same thing. I'm so confused at the stupidity
Pawnderlust
My 6 & 3 year olds know how to look through a viewfinder
deonizm
JayEnfield
Oh man, I used to have a Mavica. Digital camera that you swapped out FLOPPIES. And this was 2001 tech. It had a lithium battery.
thelonepig
Well if the bride and groom are able to find a bunch, plus film, they can't be that outdated.
klavenism
I think they were also sad about their dumb friends.
sexyGandalf12
I wonder if they know what vhs are
HeyLookAGinger
This was a good ride ty for this.
DrFartstheTRex
Polaroids are still in use for just this very reason. At a wedding getting an instant photo makes for some fun mementos.
myleftlung
I miss buying 4 10-packs at Costco for $35. And I'm 33! Your friends paid an arm and a leg for those exposures. They're over $2/shot.
ilikesmallboobiessincenooneelsedoes
Technically, there are new version Polaroids out called Instax. They don't exactly work the same. The question is which "polaroid" was used?
jtotheofo
Look, I'm 24 and everyone I grew up with knows what a poloroid camera is and how viewfinders work. Their friends are just dumb
ZachGalifinafuck
I'm only 20 and all my friends know what a polaroid camera is, and at least 3 own one. my favorite toy as a kid was the viewfinder too....
ClearCrayon
I'm 20 and I've never seen one in real life
SideEffectsOfJuice
I'm 25 and literally nobody I grew up with has ever seen a live polaroid camera xD
SideEffectsOfJuice
I see, gotta jerk the same dick as everyone else then? Every downvote I assume to come from people who've been spying on me for 25 years.
SideEffectsOfJuice
Or - wait for it - they're fucking idiots who don't know shit.
manthabat
I'm 24 and we had one in my house growing up. So you're probably being a little hyperbolic there.
SideEffectsOfJuice
That you, God? If not, stop assuming things you know nothing about.
GreatWhiteNorthEh
They are. Tech moves fast and not everyone was given a camera when they were a kid. I'm 32 and have never held one, nor been taught its use.
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
But I'm pretty sure you saw a movie whete someone just looked trough the lens and pressed a buton on top of the thing.
GreatWhiteNorthEh
Sure. But lamenting that 20 somethings don't know how a polaroid works is akin to complaining they don't know how to use an 8-track player
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
I never used or saw a gramofon in my life and yet if domeone ask me to use one I have an idea how it's supposed to work.
LordAdamz
It doesn't take a genius to use a Polaroid, even if you never saw one. Now thinking it was broken when the pic came out I can understand.
kgbofficer
Especially since Polaroids were not the only cameras with a viewfinder, all of my first digital cameras (mid-2000s) had optical viewfinders