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I can across this picture as I was researching for an earlier post and I found it to be hilarious because it is sadly true.
I remember in sixth grade when I got my first phone. It was a touchscreen but one of those 1 cm thick androids. I could finally text and call but I had no access to the internet or any apps or games until I got a new phone in eighth or ninth grade (Samsung S3). I also remember seeing friends of the same age owning multiple ipods and an actual iphone in sixth grade, and when we were in middle school, fourth graders already had the new iphone 4s.
My family is still "old-fashioned" compared to others in America because we use Windows 7 (or did before the computer automatically updated to Windows whatever its called), use older versions of Samsung and flipphones, and also print out pictures and put them in photo albums. Gasp. What are those?
Photo albums are like scrapbooks, only you usually only fill it with pictures and no decoration or arts and crafts. Just so you know.
I might sound like a know-it-all or an arrogant person, but from the results of the newer generations (some kids can't read an analog clock...), I seriously would not be surprised if some of you never used a photo album before. So many parents and people in general take so many pictures with their phones and most people never bother printing it out and filing it away in an album.In fact, I remember reading this post on facebook a few years back that mocked the coming generation. It talked about how future mothers will pull out their iphone 1 and 2 when the son-in-law comes over to show him baby pictures. It won't be like back in the day with actual photos.
I just.... I don't even know what I have to say. It's just a huge shock and kind of baffling moment to internalize this change. I still have stacks of albums in my living room from the 1900s (don't worry, it's a joke..) of my parents, and I continue to print out pictures I take on my phone to put into albums.
I think we should continue to print out and file away important photos. Phones can take a lot of photos, but they are sometimes very undependable and erase all your memory. Rather than risking losing all your baby photos, wouldn't it be better to print out the most important ones for the future?
When I think about it, my family hasn't put photos into the albums we have in like ten years. I agree that the lack of physical baby photos seems like a loss. It seems more fragile to being destroyed and lost forever. However, using programs like Picasa, from what I understand, puts them in a "cloud" so that they can be downloaded elsewhere. Also, it makes storage not so bulky, and finding pictures easier. For me I think its easier to scroll through the years on my giant television than to look at the smallish pictures in a book. I also think that looking at the picture on the tv somehow makes it less personal than an old picture. Looking at baby pictures on a tv is still fun, but it doesn't have the old feeling that the pictures printed then do.
ReplyDelete...to being destroyed and lost forever, when they are digital.....
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