I found vinyl a bit annoying in college--but that was probably because as the only person at my end of the hallway who didn't smoke marijuana I kept getting asked by people to handle operate their turntables when they wanted to listen to music while high.
Cassettes can be operated by even the most baked person with little risk of damage to the cassette or the tape deck.
As a former rave dj, you are talking out of your ass. A record player, even a manual one, is plenty easy to use even while quite intoxicated. Marijuana specifically should not impair your record playing ability at all.
Cassettes can be operated by even the most baked person with little risk of damage to the cassette or the tape deck.