[ryanpaquet]

Would anyone here like to buy my collection of digital music? Any takers? Seriously, you can’t resell it. Those suckers have been scammed. (don’t get me wrong, if it’s the only way to get a score I might dish out cash).

So I don’t think the physical media collecting is weird at all. Most of us grew up in a time where these formats are introduced, and we saw the birth and launch of streaming and digital music. Japan technologically is around 10 years ahead of a lot of countries, China even. But Japan recognizes the value of the CD, and the importance of physical media.

I was born in the year E.T. came out and have had my share of health issues, but one of the biggest game changes for me was switching to a plant based diet over 7 years ago. I also really stopped drinking alcohol for the most part just a few drinks a year.

Another good discussion from that podcast I mentioned previously was with a group of luddites. Basically those not embracing streaming – going back to MP# players, physical media – using DUMB phones – not smart phones – and having more positive effects on their daily life and enjoying things more rather than being sucked into a world of doom scrolling.

We’re the smart ones.

For me the disappearance of a lot of CD or record stores over the years has really been a bit of a downer. So it’s part of the reason I try to buy up stuff that’s cheap and I have a lot of unopened or un-listened to stuff in my collection. In a way I am sort of creating a record store of my own within my own collection, and can even have the experience of discovering new things in my own way.

I also don’t tend to buy new tech – I still use an Macbook Air Laptop from 2012. I recently bought my spouse a 2013 one. I still use a 160GB silver thin Ipod – I found in someone’s garbage around 8 years ago. I live for garage/yard sales. I also have a bunch of video games in a backlog, and plenty of paper books.

Hell I use that crap out my library. Nowadays librarys stock blurays, graphic novels and even video games.