How common knowledge disappears – customer questions & answers for a turntable

The Q and A on this Amazon page selling a turntable is classic. https://t.co/sL5jMdZx60 pic.twitter.com/1rbuQJjL16

— Lee LeFever (@leelefever) October 30, 2016

In the olden days, every family had a record player (also known as a “turntable”), and pretty much everyone knew how to use it. However, if you look at the Customer Questions & Answers section for a turntable currently on sale on Amazon, it’s clear that many people today don’t know how a turntable works, or what it does. Common knowledge sometimes isn’t as common as people think.