Tech That Should NEVER Come Back 😅

[@RealRSmokinJoe]

Fun fact: fax machines are still widely used in many industries, the majority of car dealers still use them to send signed contracts to banks and the DMV.

[@thorodinson3597]

That is mainly for security, because hacking/wire-fraud requires physical access to one side. It's the same reason (the silo based) US nuclear launch system still uses 3.5inch floppy disks, and an entirely separate phone system, today. You would need to break into an ICBM silo, undetected, just to get that site's half of the launch "code."

[@michaelcencarik5955]

As a pharmacy tech I can confirm. Doctors offices and hospitals still widely use them as well.

[@xerxesYt23]

its just that fast to send a document that is also printed. Still beats the friction of email where you need to find it in your inbox, maybe in spam, then downloading the file, then opening the file to print it, selecting the size of the paper, and waiting for the printer to finish printing, before you can sign it.

[@mattferrigno9750]

Yup, they can't be hacked

[@Brent18222]

We still use them in hotels for credit card authorizations.

[@t_sosh]

The funny thing about the PSN "hack" is that the admin password was actually "12345".

[@_Tree]

I'm 44........and the way the world has changed since I was born has been CRAZY!! I'm glad that I've embraced the changes that have been made and necessary 🤣🤣🤣

[@Midala87]

Honestly, I don't think anything changed that drastically. Everything was in incremental changes so there really wasn't any additional learning curves. Some older people had issues, but they probably would have had issues boiling water.

[@Genokiller1989]

Ahaha my first internet was AOL and Blockbuster was my Dealer they had CD connection lol I’d show up every 90 days to grab my free 90 day trial for the internets

[@K12127]

Right. We had aol for free for years lol

[@TheCommanderTaco]

Same but my discs usually came from Walmart when they had them on the sides of aisles to grab for free. We would get the free trial then my mom would usually call to end the subscription once the trial was over. They would then offer us a discount for so many months. If we could afford it my mom would take the offer then cancel once that discounted period was over. Wait so many days and repeat lol. Of course not everytime they would offer us the discount option and I think one time they did get mad at us for only using them with the "free limited time" offer lol ( that may have been At&T I don't remember). Was annoying though in the early days having to ask for permission to go online only to be told my mom was expecting a call from my Aunt who never called that day lol. Struggles kids of today will never know.

[@Cplayz08]

@@TheCommanderTaco We are truly blessed to just be able to turn on a macbook or whatever in starbucks and have an instant internet connection.

[@dotcomGone]

DSL still works over the phone lines

[@TheZoenGaming]

Fax machines aren't gone. They are still used in finance and medical businesses, as well as international business correspondence since there is almost no delay.

[@falloutpictures]

Worked in a TV studio for a few years and when I left in 2012, they were still using mini disc for some of the audio. As for the incandescent lights, we used 1k, 2k, and 5k lamps and when the 5k goes, you would know it. I do have a small collection of broken lamps with bubbles on the glass.

[@Thetechnolady007]

the tooth tunes had us by a chokehold

[@jpabon41]

They still exist too 🤣❤️ I want so bad

[@TheCommanderTaco]

​@@jpabon41 Arin tried one of them recently on their at grumps channel and was hugely disappointed it didn't use conductive technology lol.

[@theriotfm6030]

Austin’s attempt at beatboxing 😂😂😂

[@djfussell1987]

Fun fact, they actually still use pagers in hospitals. It's because they are more reliable at getting a signal and will always work no matter where you are, whereas mobile phones often lose their signal due to electrical equipment or the thick walls and ceilings around them.

[@DavidStruveDesigns]

Pagers never went away either - they're still used in a LOT of hospitals around the world. Cell phone signals are notoriously bad inside hospital buildings, and even wifi is unreliable and drops connections (and is SLOW AF on top). So in order to keep in contact - especially for emergency cases - they still use Pagers for their rock-solid signals and short, to-the-point messages with zero other distractions, unlike phones or tablets. Whilst LED light bulbs ARE great in that they don't output so much heat (although they still DO heat up quite a bit) and they do save on electricity - they're still as much of a fire hazard because of the control boards failing or cheap versions from China that don't have adequate heat dissipation features. Plus, unlike incandescent bulbs which were just some glass, some metal and some inert gas that was harmless - all things that can be easily recycled or disposed of without damaging the environment - LED bulbs are ALL plastic and can't be easily recycled, are damaging to the environment when dumped, are damaging to the environment when produced .... honestly the downsides to LED bulbs FAR outweigh the downsides to incandescent bulbs, but oddly nobody seems to understand or care.

[@macalcord]

I miss BBS gaming..Trade Wars, Circus Maximus. Those were good days. Also met a lot of shady friends on BBSes. 😅 We had bowling nights.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

You glossed over the fact the "Radium Girls", which is what the women who painted radium dials, would also play with Radium by painting their teeth and using it as makeup

[@nikGhost1]

As a young person, I want to use a pager, mini disc, desk drum phone and other old tech. It is so much more fun than modern phones that pretend to replace everything

[@devrandvar]

While I agree that Incandescent bulbs are silly for light nowadays, they are still very useful and hard to replace for some applications such as providing heat for livestock and to keep pipes from freezing. I have tried a number of heat mats and heat lamps but most of those are very poorly made and seem to be way more likely to randomly short out and catch on fire while costing much more. I have had several heat mats and lights actually catch on fire, once a heat lamp even started a decent fire in a shed that could have been really bad if it had not been raining at the time and that lamp was even on a GFCI outlet but still caught on fire. In my many years of using incandescent bulbs for the same sort of thing I have never had one actually catch anything on fire even when a fixture would come into contact with water and short out. And for a heat source they are really more energy efficient then many alternatives as they come in much lower wattages for applications that do not need much heat, while many of the alternatives either just waste way more power then is needed or have to be setup with a thermostat in some way. You would think that 300-500 watt heat mats and lamps would have built in thermostats, but many do not or they are so bad that they are not actually usable, so to get something that actually works properly you have to buy and setup a actually good external thermostats that adds extra cost, complexity, and another thing to potentially fail and short out. I kind of hate to see the loss of incandescent bulbs many as they are so useful as a small low wattage source of heat.

[@annonymat]

N64 had the best controller ever! navigating an entire 3D world with just one stick and being ergonomic at the same time? Best ever!

[@KnifeSotelo]

Lmao at 9:11 😆 we got those too and the urban legend was if youre being tailed and the driver tailing you keeps flashing their car lights at you, they are a gang member about to etc etc etc lmao

[@RageQuitSon]

about 5 times in this video i had the thought "What are you angry about?? those were great!!" ... "oh right, these are Never come back tech. wtf??"

[@stefansimonka]

Austin wearing the Vision Pro throughout the whole video could be the newest definition of c-r-i-n-g-e

[@tylerpopejoy1157]

I was thinking he lost a bet with matt 😅

[@pgsxx88]

I think you just updated the definition with this comment 🎉

[@iekon1]

Nuh uh

[@Mr_Mcfeely]

Super cringe you spell out your words like a high-school cheerleader.

[@IamTheTruth69]

Your comment was cringe 😅

[@xnamkcor]

MiniDisc was awesome. It never skipped, you could rewrite tons of times. Just pick some songs or albums in the morning and let it write while you're putting your pants on.

[@heavyq]

Matt mentioned Devil's Lake, North Dakota. Devil's Lake is why I have Thalassophobia. I got pulled into said lake as a kid by a boat while fishing with my dad and brother. the boat was super close to shore, grabbed my line, and pulled me in. Devil's Lake is dark as fuck and gets deep pretty close to shore in some parts. We were by said part of shore. Boar pulled me in, I didn't know how to swim yet, so I started to sink. It was nearly pitch black in the water and I was 7. The boat owner and my dad both jumped in and came after me, and both got me out at basically the same time. It felt like forever but was over in about 20 seconds. Ever since then, deep, dark water triggers me and gives me panic attacks to the point where I will sometimes throw up. Went to a therapist, was diagnosed with Thalassophobia after a few months and even now, a few decades later, I still can't do deep water, even on boats or in video games, TV shows, movies, etc. Thanks Devil's Lake!!

[@johnrogers2826]

I really miss that dial up sound. One of the top ten hits of them growing up days.

[@PorefectPatches]

Wow I completely forgot about ChaCha. Core memory unlocked from that reference.

[@killerblunt420]

I loved the N64 controller...

[@Rohirin]

I'm still rocking my Minidisc players. Got a Professional Studio Deck hooked into the house stereo, and a few portables lying around for going out of the house.

[@MSUHitman]

10:28 “fun” fact Hasbro, who now owns the Tiger Electronics name, etc. has brought back these accursed things to retail.

[@annelynaugh1259]

I love you guys skateboarding!!! Great job This Is editors and the whole team!!

[@docxen]

i remember getting a book at walmart (like a giant magazine) it was a phone book but full of websites it was so cool but crazy that something like that existed

[@Ranger7Studios]

I still have my mini disc players and the quality is amazing. They just never took off because they were so expensive and they broke so easily.

[@TannerGordon-l6w]

my stepdad had a mini disc player in his car until 6 yrs ago the best bluegrass mixtapes you ever heard

[@Galvamel]

My favorite old tech was KGB. This was before Google, you would text any question to KGBKGB and within the hour someone would text you back with the answer. (That's how I learned why the older sister wasn't in Poltergeist 2).

[@brien1254]

I remember that

[@TrexxArmz]

Wasn't expecting a Devil's Lake, ND call-out. 😂😂😂

[@SaveAmerica-TRUMP2024]

Ya know these two always take shots at PSN on ps3. I remember those days. It worked just fine for me. I dont care how well it works now. I already paid to much for the games/ console I'm not paying for a stupid network as well.

[@LegendaryFenrir]

Agreed. I switched to PC full time 8-10 years ago and never went back to PS. PS3 era for PSN was about as good as it got. The hacking still happened after they started charging for what was once free.

[@rob2257]

I still carry a pager every day for work. Machine goes down, one of us gets a page worth a brief description and a location the factory. Works great. 🤷‍♂️

[@GeirEivindMork]

lol, I got not just one, but two minidisc players in my rack. and about four portable ones. Was a great format and quite popular here in Europe. My dad produced radio programs from a minidisc alone, just recording, cutting and compiling the radio programs including ads when he couldn't be there live. Later it was easier to do it on computers, but it was quite a few years were minidisc was the best way to do it.

[@andrewjones9498]

Kinsey should keep texting 187 to Matt... she is the real star

[@Kingelfdemondevourer]

some kid "mom i want a gameboy for my birthday please." some mom "we have gameboy at home! *pulls out tiger electronic game*" xD

[@internetnobody6754]

faxing still exists it hasnt gone away at all. I have to fax shit all the time at my job

[@Halcyon4799]

Only thing I truly miss about the PS3 PSN era is actually Playstation Home. Yeah it was kinda weird and not ever fully fleshed iut but was a good way IMHO to add to your psn friend list

[@LegendaryFenrir]

Agreed 100% I spent so much time on home. It was VrChat before VrChat. I'm confident they would get so much more marketing success if they brought it back. It was loved so much, there's a community who's been restoring it and have a functioning online build of it.

[@Ranger7Studios]

I had a NYC messaging service back in my professional acting days. You would call and actually get a person. I remember when the changed to an automated system. I thought that was weird at the time.

[@train3616]

If we're building a shrine to shrek lets make it the original shrek.... RIP Chris Farley...

[@dianeayinde264]

I love how they shat on the vision pro but I KNOW Austin is reading a script/notes on those vision pros lol

[@billyhatcher643]

dialup is still a thing especially out in the country theres still companies that do dialup also pagers still exist doctors use them for fast response

[@leelanzini]

This is the first time I’ve heard about the PS3 online thing. I’d rather spend $0 for ten years on PS3 than $600 for ten years on PS4 & PS5

[@AcidJuggalo]

Every time Austin says apple or Tim Cook take a shot.

[@Chrish1981]

We got so crazy with pagers, we would send messages and then have to decode them with the three letters from each number lol, ridiculous

[@OutsideDuhBox]

I guess we are getting a "i wore the vision headset 24/7 for blah blah" main video soon 😂

[@liamcollinson5695]

I remember the joke about the Nintendo 64 controller been designed for people with 3 hands because that is the only way it makes sense

[@frosh_gamin]

Don't care how weird the n64 controller was so weird I loved it

[@tylerc161]

I wasnt supposed to be online either at home lol. In 9th grade I got Sony T610 phone, and was able to plug it into the computer and use it as a modem to hook up to Kmart Bluelight internet. What a time to be alive haha

[@hed1fsu]

How long until you got whooped for that tethering bill? Haha

[@SquishySenpai]

N64 controller was one of the best of its time. I will die on this hill!

[@Afro-Spider309]

My grandfather still had dial up when I went to visit him my freshman year of high… in 2012

[@Compman007]

The only good use for incandescent is Lava Lamps and Easy Bake Ovens.

[@GetShwiftyInHere]

I feel really bad for the people who got my insecure 16 year old self's messages. Asking about average pp size and a bunch of other questions just trying to get affirmation. The girl I was dating at the time told me she thought 10 inches was average and I instantly felt ashamed.

[@ET_Videos]

MiniDisc was fire and could record too!

[@CellPhish]

I love Mini Disc. They still use them in Asia

[@Joe-oj2mi]

6:30 I just realized I lived my childhood surrounded by radium 💀 I remember my room was space themed and my bed sheets were glow in the dark then I had the glowing stars on my ceiling and a space wallpaper that also glowed in the dark

[@hed1fsu]

Hahahahaha naw you didn't. It was gone by the 60's.. if that. They knew about radium girls long before stick on plastic glow stars hahaha. It was only in sealed watches and such the last decades.

[@mikerenningersr7664]

I had a 300 baud modem, with a commodore 64. I did aol, and the sierra network. I also helped run several local Bulletin Board Servers (BBS)

[@MudSluggerBP]

Fax machines are still used to this day 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@PKSandman]

The Tiger Electronics LCD games DID come back! There's a handful available at Gamestop at present.

[@allie12212]

Lmao I love the DL, ND shoutout. I live 166 miles from there lol

[@Rev8691]

PlayStation Network worked totally fine on the PS3.

[@YOG3NSHA]

PS3 era PSN was absolutely fine for being free other than the lack of party chat. Now they charge you for playing multiplayer and hacks still happen on smaller scale, yeah no thanks.

[@cardsfanbj]

I actually own a fax machine. It's a combo fax/scanner/copier/laser printer, even though I've never used it as a fax machine and don't even have a land line to my place anymore. I got it for free, and the laser printer is so much better than using an inkjet printer.

[@damienhagedorn8990]

Incandescent still have a place The light spectrum's different so more appropriate for certain artwork and how you supposed to do that thing where you incubate at egg till it hatches with an LED

[@unkown34x33]

agreed Matt! I never want the AVP to came back.

[@LegendaryFenrir]

Id still prefer old PSN over modern day. It was much more enjoyable experience without getting nickled and dimed. Plus the hacking situation hasnt really changed that much after they started charging for the service....

[@jake_sabrwolf9795]

Pagers are still being used particularly in hospitals.

[@dhamirik]

Ayyo, Kinsley knows Ultraman!!

[@darkherosolidox]

As a little kid I loved the n64 controller lol

[@hallbjornthefirebreather8376]

So I actually have a few radium clocks at the house lol

[@1232lesach]

Wait, people used AOL disks/floppys/etc as actual item they were meant to? Hell I just ended up using them as toys(throwing the disks/etc) as we just got them so much that had to do something with them :). They made nice Frisbees after all XD. Gave us kids something to do when weren't technically supposed to be online in the house on those nice days to play outside.

[@AnonymousZombi]

My wife is a social worker and still uses a pager for work.

[@southernpanda33]

They still use them in hospitals, as well.

[@damienhagedorn8990]

The three-handed thing about the 64 controller The real annoyance that I really had was with the game shadows of the empire but only whenever trying to enter the debug mode and basically I ended up using my nose as the third hand kind of cuz my left hand also was holding the z because it required both shoulder buttons c buttons directional buttons and movements of the analog stick

[@usmclugo85]

Fax machines are still used

[@olaff4223]

I sus a "I wore the thing for a week" video coming.

[@HeyPatch]

I’ve got like 7 minidisc player/recorders 💽 and at least 3 N64 controllers 😅

[@jackseney571]

AOL is still out here working!

[@_munaeee]

It's sad how they still teach these as ICT gadgets in Africa 😢

[@darkflo198]

Germany was Like Fax was never gone

[@MarcLem46]

That headset got Bluetooth power😅

[@la3692]

8:25 used to be able to text a pager at least a good one😅

[@_Tree]

I loved the N64 controller! Playing games like Star fox, Mario64, and Pokémon Stadium was fun 💯💯🤣

[@jaycrew2953]

Putting Devil’s Lake, North Dakota on the map!! 📌

[@FirstAmendmentComedy]

Lol keywords! Never actually used one to search, but it seemed like they were in every commercial at one point.

[@robo1000]

Please make Austin wear all the random clothes you can buy on temu when you search for cyberpunk clothes and also the Vision Pro and the Razer Zephyr all at the same time… I swear this isn’t a fetish.

[@flandrble]

Jokes on This Is, Australia is still mostly connected via dial up :D

[@Kikii_da_Foxgirl]

Real snazzy jacket Kinsey!

[@markfogarty3241]

I actually owed a tooth tunes

[@SephAnubisIII]

Funny enough; AOL Desktop is still around. Paid subscription, but looks just like the old program. Had to get it for some time for my mother cause she was so bent on ONLY using AOL cause it's all she knew.

[@matthewgooch7198]

That Laguna Seca shirt is awesome

[@MichaelStroup]

People like to shit on the PS3 era PSN, and rightfully so. But people seem to forget that the Xbox 360 era live was just as bad, just had wayyyyy better PR.

[@itsdeonlol]

Hospitals still use pagers.

[@nicholasdomingue8449]

AOL still exists and has the same interface for old people.

[@shanelynn7830]

TIGER GAMES WERE AWESOME!!! N64 Controller was awesome, not our fault you got little girls hands

[@TaccRaccoon]

N64 controller was made for vortigaunts from half life

[@JBaby_9783]

I had the Tiger Beauty and the Beast game! I loved it so much! I want it brought back!

[@lornjohnson3039]

I enjoyed the mini disc era

[@arkheops]

I still use aol for my email and I get weird faces every time I give my email out lol

[@anumeon]

Cyber Austin looks like he belongs in a Kraftwerk video.. Or Daft Punk (Please come back)