Re:Thoughts on Thinking
by throwaway2037 on Saturday May 17, 2025 @07:21AM
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> In the 90s you only had certain songs if you knew someone who had it on cassette and you borrowed it and put it on your mixtape.
I meant the niche long tail stuff, since the commenter mentioned "tons of painters I would not have been otherwise". The equivalent in music would not be on MTV.
> Then the fact that you only saw the picture once you were back at home, generated excitement that you could share and relive candid moments
Or you do like me and go see Interstellar 5 times in IMAX because the story was so good
In the 90s you only had certain songs if you knew someone who had it on cassette and you borrowed it and put it on your mixtape. Throughout the interaction, you also got initiated deeper into the culture of that thing in person.
I also notice that families rarely sit together nowadays to look through vacation photos. The pictures are taken, but people either don't have time to sort them and curate them. When film had a price, you only took fewer ones but it was more intentional. Then the fact that you only saw the picture once you were back at home, generated excitement that you could share and relive candid moments. Now people upload stuff on Instagram but it's intended to a generic audience, much unlike browsing through an album on the couch.