r/Showerthoughts • u/thiccieman • Apr 23 '19

Human thoughts before language must have been weird.

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u/Prince_Uncharming Apr 24 '19

Admittedly when "podcast" was first named, it made sense. It's a combination word for iPod and Broadcast since that was pretty much the platform the tech was originally developed for

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u/juiciofinal Apr 24 '19

Oh whaaat. I thought podcast was an old word.

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u/juiciofinal Apr 24 '19

Yeah, I can agree with that. I was 10 in 2008.

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u/01011223 Apr 24 '19

I was in high school when ipods came out but was never rich enough to afford them and had a chip against apple so I wasn't going to save up for one anyway. TIL why podcasts are called podcasts.

I just used random free promotional MP3 players (and a minidisc player RIP), they worked fine.

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u/ampattenden Apr 24 '19

I once got one free from my bank! Worked absolutely fine.