How could all those memes and manuals showing a pencil being used to wind a cassette tape be wrong? Is it true that older pencils and ones sold outside of North America work better? Let's find out! Listen to Bobby Liu's Mix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcjJKNq9EM&list=PL4F_t-f1eQZ0D2TNsSequuX9du7JmkJWB Time flow: 0:00 Introduction 0:22 How this whole thing started 2:43 You're using the wrong pencil! 3:35 The reference standard 4:35 "Back in my day..." 6:49 Calling a bluff and a birdie 8:07 Does it work in Europe? 8:49 The land of the slightly bigger pencil? 10:28 The moral of the story Correction: Bobby Rivers was on VH1, not MTV. This video uses clips from: "Compact Cassette Tape Winders - From Bic to Sony" by Techmoan and LGR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58EitSEFzo8 "I Gave My Kids A Pencil And A Cassette Tape" by The Epik Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUe1RitsaeI Listen to the complete "TDK's Ultimate Guide To Recording From CDs" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKczHvcUvsk #cassette #pencil #memes