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What "New" technology was your family very late to adopt?
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:30 am
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:30 am
We didn't get a microwave in our house until my grandmother passed away in 1990. She had one that must have been from the 70's it was a massive piece of equipment but that thing worked forever.
Our family never got a blue-ray player, we stuck with DVD.
Our family never got a blue-ray player, we stuck with DVD.
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Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:33 am to sidewalkside
Never got one of those "smart" speaker things, but it seems that is no longer even around much these days 
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:34 am to sidewalkside
Eh, based on my name ...
A lot.
A lot.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:36 am to sidewalkside
I have 3 brothers and a sister. So, I would say birth control.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:37 am to UltimaParadox
quote:google hoes and alexas? yea they are still around.. i use min dozens of times every day. idk if i have touched a light switch in years
Never got one of those "smart" speaker things, but it seems that is no longer even around much these days
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:39 am to sidewalkside
Not necessarily new but a lot more accessible (can buy one in a Home Depot): a bidet
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:40 am to sidewalkside
We never had a dishwasher (no mom jokes) in the house I grew up in. I don't think my parents had a DVD player until around 2000-2001. I didn't own an internet capable computer until my second year in college in 1998.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:42 am to sidewalkside
Still don't have a computer in my house.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:52 am to sidewalkside
quote:
Our family never got a blue-ray player,
checks out
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:54 am to sidewalkside
We didn't have a microwave until 2000 and a computer/internet until 2002.
I no longer have a computer in my house unless I bring my laptop home from work.
I no longer have a computer in my house unless I bring my laptop home from work.
This post was edited on 10/3/25 at 8:55 am
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:55 am to sidewalkside
TV. We didn’t have one until I was 16
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:58 am to sidewalkside
My dad got an iPhone for the first time a few years ago, I’ve had one since the original in 2007
He is absolutely addicted to it. He watches TikTok’s all day and takes a break by watching YouTube videos on his laptop
He’s basically an iPad kid at this point
He is absolutely addicted to it. He watches TikTok’s all day and takes a break by watching YouTube videos on his laptop
He’s basically an iPad kid at this point
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:00 am to CAD703X
luckily, my dad (d. 2022) loved technology and gadgets of all kind so we had computers (Mac) early on. we had microwaves and (gasp) a fridge that dispensed water and ice in 1971.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:06 am to Deek
quote:
Still don't have a computer in my house.
Excluding your phone?
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:06 am to sidewalkside
We had dial up internet until I was a junior in high school. I graduated in 2007.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:10 am to sidewalkside
My old man was always an early adopter.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:12 am to Lush
I graduated high school in 1999 and that was the year they finally got a satellite dish. Up until then it was 3-4 channels on an antenna. To this day, my parents still don’t have internet other than my mom’s iPhone.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:25 am to sidewalkside
We just got running water installed last year. Absolute game changer
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:32 am to sidewalkside
we still don’t have a microwave LOL
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:33 am to sidewalkside
Don't think my family was ever late to adopt technology, think we were the first family in our neighborhood to have a PC and a HP LaserJet 4 printer in the early 1990's. Wore that printer out making banners in Corel....
This post was edited on 10/3/25 at 9:34 am
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