tons of people in multi-use trails are just completely obvious to everyone trying to pass them. and then of course, when you do pass them, they panic and scream and throw a tantrum about how you almost hit them.

I’m not criticizing anything. The fact you feel criticized by my comment… maybe you are doing it performatively… if only for yourself?

I mean, most vinyl snobs I know… that’s the point. It’s a way to signify how ‘hardcore’ they are about music because they spend the money/time/space on it. That their listening inexpressive is ‘more authentic and real’ than me listening to spotify in my car. It’s a form of conspicuous consumption.

it makes nostalgia for something that never existed.

there is plenty of it for say medieval history. our fantasy conception of medieval times… is mostly completely false/fake.

or take the concept of the ‘noble savage’ as if cavemen are morally pure being or something. complete nonsense.

And yet people believe these things are legit and real.

she make her money from concerts and licensing fees. not music sales

most artists income these days comes from concerts. music sales aren’t money makers anymore the way they used to be.

the point is feeling like it’s superior when it objective isn’t as some sort of form of teenage rebellion or something.

not any different in the 90s when everything was CDs and that the few ‘cool’ kids were still using records as a FU to ‘the man’. and wearing 70s clothing styles.

It’s all about making yourself feel special.

They are just like every other generation before them. They think anything that’s 20-30 years old is ancient history and they want to ‘connect’ to a past they didn’t live through and it also makes them feel different than their parents who are all into streaming services and gave up physical media who lived through the progression of formats from analog, to digital, to non-physical.

There is a large subset of hipster types who are notalgic for VHS, cassette, film and early digital cameras.

It’s because of ‘vibes’. It makes them feel different, special, more important than the ‘normies’ listening to stuff on Spotify, watching stuff on Netflix, or using iphones for photography. They think it’s more ‘authentic’, ‘analog’, etc.

Yes, they are insufferable people to be around. I grew up with Cassettes and VHS. It sucked balls. I vastly prefer my 4K streaming and high bit rate audio. But I understand that for younger people or hipster types, the ‘retro’ aspect is super appealing and it makes them feel special. I have several friends like this over the years and they love to go on long rants about how superior they are for this stuff and how ignorant the Spotified masses are.