I read an article about a summer camp where one of the activities was showing the kids a bunch of old pieces of technology, and having them play around with them. The astonished author reported that most of the kids could not figure out how to dial a number on a rotary phone; they'd place their finger in the hole for "0" and drag the dial to the number they wanted to "activate," then release the dial.
This video here is similarly funny: Writer and blogger John Scalzi shows his 13-year-old daughter a vinyl LP, something she has never seen (or apparently heard of) before:
You can't help but wonder if one day she'll show her kids an iPhone and get a similar response.
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This is not even a funny spoof.
I believe the videos where kids recognize Mickey and Ronald, but have no idea who Jesus or a President is.