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I'm going to take a safe bet and guess that you are quite young. If you grew up in any past era where owning a physical 'thing' was the default, you naturally
by jgorn 3mo ago
I'm going to take a safe bet and guess that you are quite young.
If you grew up in any past era where owning a physical 'thing' was the default, you naturally feel the inherent lack of ownership in a digital version of that same thing.
If you grow up in a time of mega platforms that can give you almost all of a certain media type for a subscription fee, the idea of lining up at midnight to pay 3x that fee for one plastic disc from one artist/publisher must sound insane and suboptimal.
It was a good time though.
- simianwords 3mo agoWould you be able to explain why you liked owning things that isn't already explained by my points 1) 2) 3) 4)? I'm guessing its just a feral fascination of owning a physical thing rather than an abstract thing which was my last point. But I think it is that but with a combination of limited supply - owning something even physical, if it is abundant, defeats the purpose.
- AnimalMuppet 3mo ago>>> "owning tangible things is just nicer - there's no better way to put it > Would you be able to explain why you liked owning things that isn't already explained by my points 1) 2) 3) 4)? Your point 4 may have covered everything, but it didn't actually explain anything. So it's a bit unfair to be asking jgorn to explain, because you didn't actually explain either.
- simianwords 3mo agoI would guess its a bit unfair to call me young and then just repeat what I said instead of adding anything novel to the discussion
- nickthegreek 3mo agoAre you young? If so, why would it be unfair to state that fact?
- simianwords 3mo agoWhat’s unfair about asking what they are adding beyond what I already said? To the extent that it adds to discussion, they added something that is not relevant (my supposed age) and just repeated the points I made anyway.