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Smoking a cigarette/cigar/pipe vs. slapping on a nicotine patch. People enjoy smoking because of many other elements besides the nicotine fix.

• travisjungroth 4y ago
  With records versus streaming it’s interesting because the experience during the “main event” is nearly identical. Certainly closer than a book versus an e-reader or a cigar versus nicotine. It’s the entry and exit that’s different.
  • KyeRussell 4y ago
    The auditory input is the same…pretty much. Most other aspects of the experience are different.
    • bombcar 4y ago
      The fact it's a record and you can't pause/rewind keeps you less distracted. It really is a different experience even if you "simulated it" and had the machine play the right digital file once you loaded a particular record. It also completely gets rid of skips and shuffle-play. And a song can't "grow on you" if you always skip it.
      • tekla 4y ago
        There is literally nothing stopping you from pausing/rewinding/fast fowarding/shuffling a record.
        • bombcar 4y ago
          You have to get up and move the stylus; I’ve never seen a record player that could shuffle on its own.
• tuatoru 4y ago
  Especially a pipe...scraping out the bowl, cleaning the pipe's stem with a pipe cleaner, tamping in the new tobacco. Some small rituals can be calming and centering.
  • harvey9 4y ago
    Similarly manual shaving vs electric.