Yup. Doesn’t feel widely popular yet but I think it will increase especially thanks to Sony discontinuing physical releases. My family luckily is getting there too.

Started this year with CDs, games, vinyl, books and DVDs. Buying second-hand is great too; sure, streaming looks “cheaper” at first glance but I can do with my property what I want and don’t lose it if I can’t afford a subscription, the service goes down or they lose licenses. It’s preservation, too, and if need be can be lent out to others.

Plus, I’m just discovering the joys of making my own mixtapes and burning CDs. Spotify playlists are… good, of course, but it feels like an actual thing now.

So, 4 Fallout games?! I am very much NOT normal about this.

Sounds absolutely ridiculous. Even if you look at it through a narrow lense of “man weapon woman… baby??” being buried with weapons doesn’t have to mean one was a warrior.

And it’s a double whammy because sexist notions are obvious but you see SO many people cry about “feminist revisionism of history” because it doesn’t reaffirm big muscly manly masculine dudes (even though of course they still existed).

Straight out of a YA romance novel.

Boardgames I would love to have but nobody I know has any interest in them and has last played one in childhood.

But the DVD/CD thing is really neat. Thrifting in stores or online in general has become a lot of fun and I’ve gotten family into it as well, especially with CDs and vinyls. Also saves a lot of money and it helps with prioritizing what you are really interested in. I still have the occasional streaming service but looking at which movies/series/music we own physically, I may be more selective if only physical products are available. Not having to worry about content suddenly disappearing due to licensing rights is MUCH better anyway.

Traitors. And their voting base keeps cheering this shit on.

I’m not very knowledgable about technology but ever since all of this + the push of ID verification online around the globe I’ve started to grow a small analog collection of games/books/DVDs. It’s the easiest way to prepare oneself for worst case scenarios even if one doesn’t know every detail.

They are also trying to take away these free resources by pushing laws to make ID identification mandatory to make money off of us.

Yeah, no shit. America has a mentally unstable demented and self-defecating pedophile rapist as their leader who keeps threatening to take over other countries and is copying 1930s Germany as a guide. Not to mention all the tariffs and other shitty decision him and his idiot supporters make that keep negatively affecting their and our citizen.

Agree, although I don’t think the Argentinians deserve that. Perhaps he could relocate to Mars like his ghoulish tech buddies keep talking about?

Holy shit. Just saw this last night and I am SO glad I bought mine in January, fearing the spike in RAM prices.

Yup. We were born just in time to see the world around us crumble from idiocy and vileness. It’s happening everywhere and looking at the newsat this point is just… exhausting. You are told to dustract yourself and find community - which is great! - but THIS is still the reality we are moving towards.

1930s Germany wasn’t permanent either… unless you opposed the Nazis or were anything other than able-bodied, able-minded, white, not jewish or any other minority systematically tortured or killed. And people don’t learn from history because most survivors are those who haven’t been persecuted.

Europe is pretty fucked too. MAGA inspired political parties (many, if not all, sponsored by tge same people who support MAGA) with the same idiots or evil people you guys have in America in several countries… the future’s unfortunately looking VERY bleak. :/

At this point I don’t even know if this is about a legitimate post or made up for a meme because it could be both. I hate this timeline.

Haven’t seen this much thirst from women since Baldur’s Gate 3 dropped Astarion on us.

Do you mean a ‘nice guy’ (internet phenomenon) or an actually nice guy? Because people like nice guys more than bad guys. People like nice people more than bad people. The thing with bad guys might be that they are shitty enough to play at being superficially charming and understanding so vulnerable and/or naive people might end up flocking to them. That’s also how cults work. Cult leaders are ‘popular’ but not because they are actually good or nice people.

I am SO tired of these religious fundie/extremist nutjobs.

I’m always drawn to neat artstyles and this might be just up my alley. Also, apt comparison! 😭 👌