How could all those memes and manuals showing a pencil being used to wind a cassette tape be wrong? Is it true that older pencils and ones sold outside of North America work better? Let's find out!
Listen to Bobby Liu's Mix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcjJKNq9EM
Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
0:22 How this whole thing started
2:43 You're using the wrong pencil!
3:35 The reference standard
4:35 "Back in my day..."
6:49 Calling a bluff and a birdie
8:07 Does it work in Europe?
8:49 The land of the slightly bigger pencil?
10:28 The moral of the story
Correction: Bobby Rivers was on VH1, not MTV.
This video uses clips from:
"Compact Cassette Tape Winders - From Bic to Sony" by Techmoan and LGR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58EitSEFzo8
"I Gave My Kids A Pencil And A Cassette Tape" by The Epik Life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUe1RitsaeI
Listen to the complete "TDK's Ultimate Guide To Recording From CDs" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKczHvcUvsk
#cassette #pencil #memes
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