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Your mix tape isn't fire, it's smouldering at best (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by Custoslibera@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Do people unironically refer to playlists as mixtapes?

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why not? They fill the same niche functionally.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just think it's odd that such a long-outdated term is still in use. Something about it being more specific than "tape" makes it more weird to me.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There are adult people alive right now who save things in software with a button that looks like a floppy disk without even knowing what it is. It will become part of normal language as just another word who's origin was forgotten. Just like we still "tape" and "film" things with digital cameras.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Some people are just old enough to remember using mix tapes.