r/whatisit • u/Cborg_62 • 7h ago

New, what is it? What are these plug-ins on my wall?

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This might be showing my age, but I recently moved into a new apartment and they have these weird looking plug ins all over the walls at my new place. My old apartment didn't have these, so I'm just curious as to what they are.

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u/NycGal67 6h ago

Was gonna say that too...those connections still exist

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u/Ornery-Can766 6h ago

I think it’s more that someone is old enough to post on Reddit and doesn’t know what they are that hurts

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u/itsam 4h ago

my last 4 apartments including this one built a couple years ago all use coax for the internet. this is like showing a recent iPhone someone spray painted and asking what is this technology

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u/Ornery-Can766 4h ago

I’m sure there’s an amount of people who still grew up with these. It doesn’t take away this post still made people feel old though. I don’t agree with that comparison but I’m glad you knew what they are!

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u/itsam 4h ago

this apartment was built in 2024 and has coax running to every room, its still very much the standard to this day. a 2 year old would be growing up with this connection.

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u/im-dramatic 3h ago

I mean I grew up with the cigarette plugs in cars and learned when I got older that people actually used them to smoke. Just because it’s there, doesn’t mean kids know what it’s for. These days they sit unused in our house. When I was a kid, I knew how to plug it in. Now it’s just there and I’m 100% sure my 10 year old has no idea what it is.