Not analogue audio cassettes though. They would get tangled in the tape deck, and be ruined. They would sightly unspool themselves, get caught on something or

Not analogue audio cassettes though. They would get tangled in the tape deck, and be ruined. They would sightly unspool themselves, get caught on something or twisted, and be ruined. They would stretch with overuse, distorting the audio horribly and/or comically, and be ruined. In my youth it seemed like every major roadside was littered with discarded audio tape. Clumps of tangled brown film dolefully flapping about in the breeze. This is not a format to be overly nostalgic for.