Nah they are. But I don’t know anyone who listens to albums that isnt a musician.

Yep and thats fine. I also just like to own my music and not have it solely controlled by billionaires.

Nothing wrong with some zone out stuff during work. Soma FM or bandcamp ambient artists are great for that. I can’t listen to really engaging music while working usually.

I’m always finding new music. I just dont do it using “recommended playlists”.

Hats off to you using your own brain!! Wish i could say the same for others…

Yeah, its really become “put on “rock mix” playlist (that Spotify made for you, probably using stolen ai music) and listen to that for hours with 0 thought” which is fine for some stuff I guess. I don’t believe thats healthy for humans or music.

I pretty much only listen to albums. I enjoy the cohesiveness. Jumping around in shuffle is fine for like parties I guess. Not for me.

Understandable. I prefer the more human ways of discovering a lot of the time…buying random albums to see what they are, talking to friends about what they’ve liked recently , reading liner notes to see who produced or mixed and album and seeking out more things theyve produced (streaming ruined this, because you get zero liner notes now and no one gets any credits), going to shows to hear new music etc. Thats all part of what makes it so fun vs the al gore rhythm telling me what to like.

Oh me as well. I just dont like the aspect of unlimited. Unlimited anything is not really a good thing and it cheapens art, IMO.

Plus, how many people now listen to albums multiple times (yes, I’m an unc, I realize no one has listened to albums since the 90s)? I’m willing to bet 98% of them are a 1 and done. They never get the experience of hearing it again and listening for things the artist may have subtly placed there, or really understanding the lyrics the 3rd time around etc.

EXACTLY. GIVE A CHOICE!!

I myself am a car person but still. Give us a choice. I would be ALL FOR banning cars in our downtown area and just having to bike walk or bus to get there from farther away. Cars ruin cities.

We need them in rural. But thats far fewer people.

Ah yeah. Mine was like 30 kids and then I did the last 2 years of hs as homeschooling myself and working ha

Yeah it sucks being the smartest person you know. It sounds so assholeish to say it, but its so true. The average person does not have a want to learn or gain knowledge, and so they are just dumb and like it that way. We are lucky we enjoy gaining knowledge. And thats why we also hate llm slop so much.

Its stressful having the dummies drag us down with them though.

Agreed.

To be fair, the Internet itself offloaded a lot of brain power. People today can’t live without it especially if they grew up with it.

Its good to have times where you unplug completely.

Yeah exactly , but we are trying. The majority dont even try.

I meant other subscriptions.

Why have any subscriptions ? You own nothing then.

I’d rather ask Patchy 🫣

Yeah I get the specific use cases for it. Thats fine. They’re not the issue. Its the clueless people using it when they dont need to at all

Yeah even cutting back would be good.

I haven’t been able to convince a single person of this. They’ll just keep their prime and Netflix sub’s while getting fed even more ads and paying for them. They think “this is the world” and dont even know how to change.

Coworkers were talking about their $200 or more cable+subscription bills the other day. I felt pretty good that day. People waste a lot of money.

Amazing isnt it. The corporations have won. Us old fogies are deemed crazy and will be gone soon and the younguns will have no idea what they took from us.

Its up to parents to teach their children to rage and be angered at what they’ve lost. And to get it back.

Unfortunately fb marketplace has a stranglehold on the used market, but damn have I got deals there.

Yeah, ive read grapes of wrath! Excellent book.

Your example of a mop is silly though. Like, you can totally get a used mop at a garage sale. Or just dont use amazon for it at least if you must have a new one.

Also, have you not heard of eBay?? Yes, its full of shitty China amazon resellers too, but there’s real items there as well as tons of other sites people sell on.

My main point is, we are addicted and brainwashed to new shit we absolutely don’t need. If people thought about reducing and reusing for 1 second we could topple corporations. But no. Must have new. More oil to make more plastic shit to go to landfills. Throw out the TV when it breaks because nothing is repairable now etc get a new phone yearly etc.

Nah, collapse is happening in 10 years or less. I figured 70 years would be where its all either rebuilt again or a total wasteland.