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I do lament some old things while at the same time being happy things have changed.
I do miss not being expected to have my phone with me all the time - but I'm also happy that I can contact my teenage daughter wherever she is.
I do miss the era of physical media, especially video stores - but I also like being able to download any media I like (arr!) and have a lot of it streaming too, and fitting all of it into a tiny amount of space.
I do miss my old tiny 1980s manual Toyota Corrola - but I also like only spending a fraction of my paycheck on gas because I drive a Prius now. And I certainly don't miss leaded gasoline.
I do miss the internet of the 1990s when it was more like the Wild West - but I also like things like adblockers and anti-tracking extensions and not having to clean your cookies regularly.
I'm sure I could think of others, but these are off the top of my head.
I didn't have a cell phone for long after they became mainstream. I still remember a friend hitting me up on Facebook with a message saying he had been calling me all day and kept getting VM, asking why I don't answer my phone. I thoroughly enjoyed saying "I wasn't home and don't take my landline with me when I go out". I do have a cellphone now, and I dislike how people freak out if you don't respond within 10 minutes. Like, chill the fuck out dude, I'm doing things.
I still buy vinyl records, and love listening to them. Thankfully they're hipster now, so you can get high quality, deep cut records for just about any album. I buy CDs at the thrift store for $0.25-$1.00. I've managed to buy every CD I lost throughout my life, plus everything else I always wanted, but couldn't afford. I even found the Pink Floyd Pulse album in perfect condition for $2.
Yeah, but super expensive. My daughter loves vinyl, but we never buy anything new because you're going to spend at least $30 for anything decent.
Discogs my friend. It's like a magical bazaar for music.
You can get your music in any format that you like if someone's selling. And you can even watch an album to be notified if one goes on the market.
There is only one downside: if you want an album but you don't care about all the minute differences between releases in different regions, you're going to have to follow all the different versions. It gets... annoying for albums with lots of releases and remasters.
That's a lot less fun than going to a used record store or an antique mall though. That's what we do.
For sure. They're not a thing over here unfortunately. Maybe if I'm lucky I find something in a popup car boot sale.
Whatever the case, I'm glad that you find your way of going about vinyl hunting fulfilling :)
It's fun, although she's been less interested lately. Maybe in the spring.