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More tedious nostalgia for the glorious "time before phones",this time with vinyl as a pretentious garnish. Can we please stop thinking this idea is new or inte

• germinalphrase 10y ago
  Perhaps a more interesting question then is why does this tedious nostalgia persist? If our new tools are not providing for our needs then we should change them to do so.
  • corvos 10y ago
    not necessarily. Most of the people commenting here seem to agree the relentless march of technology is good and desirable. It's probably just old people that don't. I work part time at a drug store and people over 50 constantly make comments about "that new chip card" or "this computer age". I always pin it on lack of adaptability and then make a joke about it on r/lewronggeneration or something
  • svachalek 10y ago
    There are a few cases where we really are giving things up in the digital world. I've yet to see a digital control that holds a candle to the good old analog volume knob in terms of speed and precision of setting, for example. E-books are better than paper ones in many ways, but paper still has the advantage for sharing and certain aspects of navigation. On the other hand, one big "need" is simply for the familiar, and another is to be different from the crowd. Old timers will hold onto their vinyl because it brings back memories that cannot be replaced, while young hipsters will buy them because no one else their age is. Simply being modern prevents new audio technology from fulfilling either need.