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thenewgreen · 4530 days ago · link · · parent · post: Guess What's the Fastest-Adopted Gadget of the Last 50 Years
Leave it to the empire to find a way to evil retrofit them.
Seriously though, the boom-box was essentially the first "personal" music listening apparatus that was easily transportable. It was one of the first entertainment driven personal mobile technology. That's some huge stuff. People had the same (if not more) intimate connection with their boom-box as they now have with their phones. They put stickers on them and carried tapes with them that "defined" who they were as individuals. It seems like a silly thing now, but it wasn't.... it was revolutionary.