People from Generation Z (born 1996 or later) find smart-phones, CDs, and high-speed internet familiar. Those from an earlier generation grew up with vinyl records or tapes, and some didn't have cell phones and internet when they were children. Many of these things may be considered old to a Generation Z individual. However, what will this technology be regarded as in future generations?
Kids: This mouse is so weird! It's heavy, and it moves funny.
Aunt Gracie: That's because it's a mechanical mouse, not one of those highfalutin' laser mice you youngins have got today.
Kids: Wow, it's a mechanical mouse? I didn't know anyone still used those any more. They're so old. Hey, Aunt Gracie, I bet you could sell this to a museum and get hundreds of thousands of dollars!
Aunt Gracie: Hey, that mouse isn't very old. This is old. (pulls out a cell phone with a tiny black-and-white screen)
Grandma Janet: Hey, that cell phone isn't too old. In fact, I remember when they were the approximate shape and size of an anvil!
Kid 1: What's an anvil?
Kid 2: It's a thing that animals in those really, really ancient cartoons get crushed with.
Kid 1: Ohhh...
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