“Sorry, I got to return this video”

“Mike? I love that guy, I got him on speed dial”

“Do you have any quarters for a phone?”

“Bill Cosby really is America’s dad”

“Can I borrow that VHS?”

“Sorry, I can’t come. My favourite show is on”

“Do you know where a phone is?”

  • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
    341·
    18 days ago

    nobody referred to videos as “VHS” unless they were explicitly trying to distinguish the medium from betamax. They just called them “videos” and “tapes” or “videotape.”

    for example: Hey can I borrow that tape?

    That movie just came out on video.

    Be kind, rewind your videotape.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      17 days ago

      I was born in the late 80’s by the time Betamax had died out so VHS was the de facto only video tape format in wide use, Hi-8 existed but was only used in the airlines despite being smaller and better. So movie previews would talk about “Coming soon to own on video” or people would say “I’ve got it on tape.” It would feel weirdly early 80’s to specify…until late in the DVD era and into blu-ray when VHS was a truly dead format and people started calling it that again.

      Similarly, I never heard anyone pronounce “SNES” as a one letter word until at least the Gamecube era; it was the Super Nintendo at the time.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        17 days ago

        I was growing up when the SNES came out. I was a rare person that had an NES and I knew of no one with both an NES and SNES so most people I knew called the SNES “Nintendo”.

        After the game cube was absolutely when “S’ness” became popular.

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
      3·
      18 days ago

      Conversely, I still sometimes refer to DVDs, Blu Rays and even streaming media as “videos”.

      Which is both anachronistic, but also technically correct.

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    18 days ago

    “Osama Bin who?” And in a similar vein, “Jihad? That’s a Dune reference, right?”

    “I’ll cash in on my Beanie Baby investment when it’s time to pay for my kid’s college tuition.”

    “The internet is just a fad.”

    “I’m so excited for the next The Matrix sequel.”

    “Two bedrooms and a walk-out basement. $300 a month rent.”

  • AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    18 days ago

    Have you heard of the Information superhighway?

    “Will that be smoking or non smoking?” Asked as a restaurant

    “I think you flooded it” in relation to a car not starting. (well unless you work on very old cars)

    “I got it off Napster”

    “want to listen to my mix tape?”

    “I can burn you a CD of that”

  • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
    202·
    18 days ago

    I’ve enjoyed my time talking with you and getting to understand how you see the world and, although I don’t agree with you, I’m glad to have had this exchange of opinions and will now reflect upon what I’ve learned.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    17 days ago

    “Hark, Alfred, the smith’s apprentice, was taken by the plague - find your goodfellows and see if any of their sons of the working age would wish gainful employment to a kind master.”