BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Giving up my iPod for a Walkman

Cute BBC fluff piece about swapping a kid's iPod with a Walkman. Personally, I don't miss my old Sony Sports, which weighed a ton and went through batteries pretty quickly. On my last trip, my nostalgia was of the "I can't believe I used to use a Walkman" variety... more

Reviewed by WhoGivesAShirt Jun 29, 08:10am ( 73 reviews ) • bbc.co.uk

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Rated by eccentrix on Jul 23, 8:24pm

13-year-olds who write like that can't be considered average in any sense.
Rated by speedblader03 on Jul 23, 12:13am

This kid seems to be an idiot.
Reviewed by aeris311 on Jul 22, 10:56pm

*facepalm* dumb lil fatass Also, none of you ppl who think you had a walkman within the last 10 years ever looked at a fucking walkman
Rated by Aliforma on Jul 22, 9:23pm

This is clever provided it's satire - "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape." If the writer is actually 13 and isn't being facetious, he might need to ride a shorter bus to school.
Reviewed by mbthegreat on Jul 22, 5:55pm

patronising load of crap
Rated by fiftyMIPsparc on Jul 22, 2:39pm

I actually laughed out loud: "I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser" I can kind of understand that, considering he might not have known about metal tapes... but the "other mistakes" he talks about are inexcusable. Come on! How could you not know how to operate a tape player?

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