What strikes me about this metaphoric description is that I'd much rather be in the real-life scenario. Listening to a streaming service gives you plenty of opt

What strikes me about this metaphoric description is that I'd much rather be in the real-life scenario. Listening to a streaming service gives you plenty of options, but it's nothing like a live show. News are coming from afar, but there is no mystery of far-off lands anymore, only anxiety as to what is happening all over the place and a sense of nothing being there than you can particularly control. A banquet is going to be much better in the same room than over Discord. I'll skip the pornography aspect as some consider it a trap and others a boon, but overall the only part that is genuinely better is the easy access to books and knowledge. I loved your comment, however. Definitely storing the analogy for later use.