i didn’t have to do any of that, ur consumerist that’s ur problem
I wish I was as cool and edgy as you
As a millennial who bought up a bunch of old records for relatively cheap, thanks Gen X! Music is much more enjoyable when you have to make a conscious effort to listen to it instead of mindlessly having any song playing instantly whenever and wherever.
A microcosm of the truth.
that’s just one aspect that ties into the real problem: we had so much ‘fuck the man’ and anti-corporate horseshit shoveled into our mouths, and look how the world turned out–it’s a corporate, gentrified hellhole.
not every gen-xer became ‘the man.’
but a sizable portion of the straight-laced, 100k a year set feel it on some level. the despair of 2026 america isn’t limited to certain demographics; when there’s a perpetual storm you’re bound to get wet even if you have an umbrella.
I’m gen-x. This ain’t no problem for me. I don’t pay for a subscription to listen to music. I’ve known where to find music since the summer of 99. I’m not worried about any of that nonsense in life. I’m mad that I’m more than likely not going to get health coverage, social security, or friggin retire for that matter. I may not even make it to that golden age even. Especially with how my health has declined over the last 4 years. 45 was a trip yall. Ain’t no lie.
Also, I was bit young at the time for a record collection. I remember them of course. But I never owned any. So all I had known was Cassette Tapes til probably around 1996 or so when I finally got a CD player. Then, Napster happened and I never looked back. Fuck em. I got a 500Gb USB Drive with thousands of Albums on it still.
Sorry I don’t mean to be buzzkill or “Pooolltical”… sheesh. But yeah I see shit like this, and I’m like “Hah! This is the least of my damn worries!”. I steal music. Fuck em. Peace!.. also Fuck Gen-X… We suck.
Me, the millinial who bought all your “old” records, tapes, CDs, VHS tapes, and who has pirated digital files since digital piracy was born: kingbugsbunny.jpg
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Dig out that old mp3 player bro, it still plays music just fine.
Phones play MP3’s just fine. I have 70GB on mine that I play with VLC.
Also, you can add to your collection easier than ever with some handy Linux tools.
hell yeah brother. I’ve got a 50GB SD card just for music myself. Library is currently 1200 strong
Those poor folks, having the money to buy so many things. The younger generations who can’t afford just the subscription part really should work to be more understanding. It must be awful to have tons of money and keep using it to buy different versions of the same things over and over because you decided to keep doing that.
I miss Winamp.
It really whipped the llamas ass
Caaaaaarl, that kills people.
You can just keep using it if you want
https://forums.winamp.com/forum/winamp/winamp-discussion/316353-winamp-5-9-1-released?t=459660
Nobody “needs” to do that. You chose to.
Somebody here is too young to get it. Tapes and records coexisted. CDs replaced both.
Nope tapes and records didn’t co-exist, we had record players built into our cars. And you had to be careful with the cheap ones because the speed of the car was directly tied to the speed of the record player. Funny story but that’s also how the Charleston was invented
they certainly filled separate niches. i mean, imagine having to carry a vinyl-disk-man…
For the long time, tapes were seen as cheap but bad alternative, if you want to really listen to music you needed vinyl. Tapes themselves and players that didn’t sound like shit were quite expensive, and even those were breaking all the time, meanwhile everyone has a vinyl player that plays nice and reliable. By the time good consumer tape player came about, it was very quickly followed by a cd player that was the best of both worlds.
You didn’t have to…
Me with my thumbdrive collection 😎
Also growing up under the shadow of nuclear annihilation at any moment & being keenly aware of it from movies etc, which made it clear early on that everything is hopeless bullshit & every glimmer that things might get better turned out to be more bullshit & now that global warmings really starting to kick off it’s like WELP
