#5: Rewinding a VHS Tape with a Pencil
“I can grab a pencil, stick it in the spool hole, and hand-crank rewind a rented movie perfectly without stretching the tape — a skill that saved Blockbuster late fees more than once.”
“Nowadays, we rage-click the 15-second skip button on streaming. Rewinding? That’s some dark-ages sorcery to kids who think ‘Be Kind, Rewind’ is just a movie title.”