- (Kids) Kids React To Technology!
This episode, Walkmans!
- (FBE) We're mixing it up on you again.
- Okay.
- (FBE) You're not watching a video. - Oh no.
- I'm so scared, what's it gonna be this time?
- (FBE) You're reacting to this!
- Oh a phone! Oh, what is this thing?
- I have no idea what it is.
- (laughs) What is this?
- I don't get what it is.
- What do I, press play? - I don't know what it does!
- (Kids) Question time!
- (FBE) So do you know what that is used for?
- Walkie-talkie? (buzzer rings)
- For speaking into it? (buzzer rings)
- Music, a boom box! (buzzer rings)
- Wait, wait, wait. It's a cassette player, right?
(bell rings)
- (FBE) It actually is a device that plays music.
- Oh! - Oh!
- So maybe we'll play music today?
- Oh, here, radio, AM/FM, stop, play, okay.
- What are you talking about? You gotta be kidding me.
- (FBE) But how does it work? - I need to find on.
- Oh wait, I see, wait, what?
- Oh, where is the, where is the, where is the toy, nah!
- (laughs) I feel so judged right now.
- What the...
- (gasps) I did it!
- (FBE) I don't hear any music.
- I don't know what to do now.
- You open it, put the cassette inside,
close it, and then you press play.
- (FBE) You actually need something else to get it to work.
- Aw, come on, that's cheap! Really, guys?
- Cassettes? - (FBE) Yes!
- Yes!
- (FBE) You actually need a cassette. - A what?
- (FBE) Do you know what a cassette is?
- No! - No.
- No.
- (FBE) So we have a cassette. - I've never seen this.
- Oh!
- Ooh, are these like in the movies?
- (FBE) So now how does it work?
- How do you do this?
- I know I have to open it.
- Nope.
- How do you put it in?
- I am not going to give up! I'm a survivor! (laughs)
Reverse them. Okay, I give up.
- Do you open the front, yes! Yes!
I feel like I'm Indiana Jones or something.
- (FBE) So right here, on either side,
you grab on either side, and woop.
- What? - (FBE) And now you do it.
- Oh, that was simple. You guys coulda told me earlier!
- Which way does it go? (laughs)
- Now which way does it go?
Ugh, this is so hard!
- (FBE) Push it all the way in!
- Nothing happens.
- (FBE) What do you need?
- You need, I'm not sure what you need.
- (FBE) How do you hear the music?
- (laughs) I don't know.
- Do I need to turn up the volume?
- (FBE) On these devices, you need headphones
or you can't hear anything. - Oh!
- I think that's kinda strange.
- This is like horrible.
- That's the worst thing!
- Ah, this is a rip off, because you want to listen,
but you can't, because you don't have any headphones.
- Hand over the headphones. (laughs)
- (FBE) So we have some headphones for you.
- Oh, my grandpa has these!
- I used to have a pair of these! Oh my God!
I'm such a '90s kid, but I wasn't born in the '90s!
- It works.
- It's working! I feel so accomplished!
- What song is this? - Better be good.
Was this old time music?
- I don't know, don't really...
♪ (loud music) ♪ (Maxim yells)
- (FBE) What do you think of the process?
- This thing takes forever! - Too complicated.
- I feel so like lazy saying this, you have to actually do stuff.
- This. Slimming, isn't it?
- You need headphones just to listen to music?
Did you know how messed up that is?
- Actually, it wouldn't take so long, because on the iPad,
you have to go into the internet,
find Pandora, you have to click that thing,
you have to make it play, you know?
(bell rings)
- (FBE) If you had like 20 songs, and you wanted to go
to song number six, how would you do that?
- You'd have to hit the next thing, right, no?
- The back button and the start button?
- You rewind and go this feels about right.
Play it, it's not there, okay, keep going, keep going.
- (FBE) You'd have to hit the fast forward
and wait for it to go past all the other songs,
so you have to guess and stop it and listen,
and be like nope, still not the song. - Whoa.
- Oh my gosh, I would not wanna do that.
- I could not imagine living in your guys' days with this.
- (FBE) So today, you could fit thousands of songs on a phone,
but on a cassette, you could only fit
up to about 30 songs.
- I feel bad for the people that lived in the '90s.
I really do!
- (whispers) Oh my gosh.
- (FBE) What are you thinking about now?
- I'm thinking about how many tapes you would need!
- (FBE) So this is called a portable cassette player,
and when this came out in the 1980s,
it was the biggest thing. Does that surprise you?
- Yes. - No, because it's just like
having a computer or iPhone, it just amazes me
how technology has changed.
- I can just imagine you guys like 13 year olds,
just like "thug life represent!"
- OMG, do you have a cassette, and a portable music player?
Oh, OMG, I have one too!
- In the 1980s, there was like, whoa something that can play music,
and I can carry it around, in my, if I have a large pocket!
- (FBE) When these were brand new, they cost $200.
- No. - Why?
- This seems like a bit of an outrage!
- For this thing? - I would actually pay for it.
It's nice! - (FBE) Just for that?
- That was not a lot? - (FBE) Not alot, just to...
- An iPad costs $700. (bell rings)
- (FBE) When they came out, it was pretty much the first time
music was something... - Was invented?
- (FBE) No. No, not invented. (laughs)
It was like the first time music was easily portable,
so people would go running even with this.
- With these things on?
- You can't run with this, your arm would be like this by the end.
- (pants) Woo, this is really heavy!
- I would be like, ugh, oh my God!
- What if it falls out?
Oh no, my $200 twice!
- (FBE) So now that you've learned all about this old technology,
what do you prefer?
The technology of today for music, or this?
- Technology today, easy question.
- I prefer technology of today.
- This is a lot better, 'cause you won't break your phone.
- I'd take this in a heartbeat, no. (FBE laughs)
I'd want my phone.
- My iPhone! This is so hard and complicated!
- My technology! (FBE laughs)
♪ (playful music) ♪
- (FBE) Well how does it work? - Um...
- Just had it! Come on!
Why aren't you playing?
- Um...
Mm-mm.
Um, I don't know, I never used one of these things before!
- (FBE) Any idea what it's called? - No!
- Is it a tape recorder? - MP3 player!
Portable radio? - A radio station. (laughs)
- Recording messages and stuff?
Like I'm about to do with you guys right now,
once I find the button.
- (FBE) Here's a cassette. - Oh no.
- (FBE) Now, how does it work? - Wait, lift, no, wait, no.
- I don't, I'm confused. This isn't like last time.
- I did it! I'm so smart!
- You know, let's try that again.
- Come on, are you working? Something, no nothing, aw.
- I did it! - (FBE) But I don't hear anything!
- It's workin'.
- (FBE) How many songs can find on like an iPhone.
- Oh God, a lot. - 300!
- A couple thousand? - Two thousand!
- You can put like any amount, unless your storage is full.
- (FBE) And how many songs do you think could fit
on a cassette tape? - One.
- One. - Two.
- Two at a time, side A and side B.
- 12, I'm guessing.
- (FBE) You can actually fit around 30 or so songs.
- Ah! - I'm glad they made iPhones.
- You have a bag, fill it full of these little cassettes.
You just kinda pop 'em out, change 'em in,
just kinda, playlist style.
- (FBE) How do you listen to music now,
when you're just out in the world? - My iPhone.
- Turn my phone on, and then play music.
- (FBE) Could you imagine running with that thing?
- No. - Unless you grab tape
or duct tape and wrap it around your arm!
- I would have to like leave it in the middle of the street,
and then I would've just wasted $200!
- These won't exactly stay on your head, if you,
'cause they don't stretch around your ears,
they just kinda float there.
- No, because now people just have like the little Shuffles,
the iPod Shuffles, just clip them on.
And this big thing like bulking around.
We don't live in that time any more.
I can make as much fun of it as I want to.
- Thank you guys so much for watching that throwback video.
You may be wondering why are we even doing
a throwback video in the first place?
And Kyle's gonna tell you a little bit about it.
- Well to give you guys a little bit more added contex.
Obviously, we're in the middle of some very tenuous times right now
with COVID-19, so to keep the whole company safe,
we're actually all working from home right now.
We work at a company that has a lot of people here,
we also employ a lot of Reactors ages six all the way up to 96,
so because of that, we really had to be smart,
and we had to make sure that everybody was as safe as possible.
So in order to keep up the amount of videos
that we're able to release every week, some of them had to be
repurposed episodes like the one you just saw.
- The major is still going to be new content,
but to keep up with demand,
and to make sure we survive as a company,
we're gonna have to just repackage some of the old content.
So we do 100% appreciate you guys rewatching this episode
that you might have already seen,
and I'm sure there's going to be
a ton of questions or comments or anything.
We are all on our social media still,
answering any questions that you might have.
Also, if there's any confusion in the comments,
make sure to go help someone out.
Help them out with the information that you're actually watching it.
- You guys made it to the end of the video.
- Yeah! (laughs) - You're at this point,
so you obviously care about this, so please, help us out,
explain to people in the comments what's going on.
We really appreciate you guys watching this.
We hope you enjoyed the second time you're watching this episode.
(Tom laughs)
From Tom, myself, everybody here at FBE,
we love you, stay safe. - Mm-hmm.
- See you soon. - Bye!