I was one of the lucky once that made the choice for cassettes over 8 track right off. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things. Everything turns into ancient technology sooner or later.
Wow, this was back in the day when you could kill yourself by eating fast food without murdering your wallet., fried hot apple pies were made with real apples and the contents stuck to the roof of your mouth and burned the shit out of it, people who worked there did it because it was their first job and knew it wasn't a lifelong career choice....and their ice cream machines weren't broken......