# Is there a modern equivalent to "I made you a mix tape"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850 "2010-05-26T18:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/1 "2010-05-26T18:28:20Z")
What would it be? What do teens / young adults today do that might be the equivalent of what used to be making a mix tape… the gesture of “here’s a bunch of songs I thought you might enjoy and show that I pay attention to your interests and also kinda like you but didn’t want to give you a huge expensive present”. I don’t think “Here’s a flash drive full of mp3s” or “I created this ipod playlist for you” has the same sentiment to it? I guess you could create a YouTube channel for someone and drop some videos in it? A bit weird asking what kids today do being 31, but anyway there it is. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/2 "2010-05-26T18:29:47Z")
Burn some songs to a CD? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/3 "2010-05-26T18:33:45Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > Burn some songs to a CD? Nobody uses CDs any more. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/4 "2010-05-26T18:35:57Z")
“I’m sending you a bunch of Youtube links of songs I find very good but which you’re probably not too keen on but will feign interest in anyway, and I will seize on your politeness and send you even more links.” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/5 "2010-05-26T18:38:47Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > Burn some songs to a CD? This. The songs are then instantly downloaded to an MP3 player, but it’s the thought that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/6 "2010-05-26T18:39:05Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > I don’t think “Here’s a flash drive full of mp3s” or “I created this ipod playlist for you” has the same sentiment to it? To a generation raised on iPods and flash drives and MP3s, I suspect it would have close to exactly the same sentiment as mix tapes did for yours. The quantity of songs given is higher, but the feelings behind them are, I suspect, pretty much the same. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/7 "2010-05-26T18:43:11Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Nobody uses CDs any more. Cite? Last I looked, cars are still being produced with CD players built in. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/8 "2010-05-26T18:49:47Z")
i thought it was more instant than that - any song the other party liked would be bluetoothed immediately over to the other person’s phone. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/9 "2010-05-26T18:54:49Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > This. The songs are then instantly downloaded to an MP3 player, but it’s the thought that counts. Ah, but then it becomes just a bunch of tracks, right, shuffled in with whatever else the person has? Do kids today even have the concept of composing an order of related songs? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/10 "2010-05-26T18:56:14Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > Ah, but then it becomes just a bunch of tracks, right, shuffled in with whatever else the person has? > > Do kids today even have the concept of composing an order of related songs? No - because they put them into a playlist. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/11 "2010-05-26T19:03:39Z")
If you really like her, buy an ipod off eBay, load it with your songs and the appropriate playlist. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/12 "2010-05-26T19:06:50Z")
Thank god the era of the mix tape is over. The ultimate act of naked desperation. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/13 "2010-05-26T19:08:00Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Nobody uses CDs any more. :just found out I’m a nobody: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/14 "2010-05-26T19:17:11Z")
“I squirted you a tweet with my Zune.” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/15 "2010-05-26T19:18:49Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Thank god the era of the mix tape is over. The ultimate act of naked desperation. "When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV. " ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/16 "2010-05-26T19:23:39Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > :just found out I’m a nobody: > > ☹ We’ve been trying to give you hints for _years_. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/17 "2010-05-26T19:28:22Z")
I think kids today just send naked pictures of themselves on their cell phones. GOD, I WAS BORN A GENERATION TOO SOON! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/18 "2010-05-26T19:35:48Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Nobody uses CDs any more. ☹ We do. Hell, we still spin vinyl. And proud of it. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/19 "2010-05-26T19:42:36Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > Cite? Really, grandpa? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850/20 "2010-05-26T19:43:35Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > "When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV. " \ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-modern-equivalent-to-i-made-you-a-mix-tape/540850.md?page=2)