• @[email protected]
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    527 months ago

    Yeah, there’s an interest in Y2K era tech amongst some gen-Z people. I think it’s cool, idk why you’re hating.

    • @copd
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      277 months ago

      I’ve never understood it, but there’s a lot of gatekeeping when it comes to older products. Some people think they have more rights to enjoy a product they knew existed for longer and it’s really strange behaviour.

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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        7 months ago

        I see a lot of younger people wondering why so many people my age liked this or that and it helps to have it in context. Like “what’s so great about half life? Every shooter ever is like that!” Ah, but you see, my young friend, that’s now. Everything is like Half Life because Half Life changed the landscape. Not really gatekeeping, but you do lose a lot of what made a thing special if you’re only looking at it without the historical context.

      • AggressivelyPassive
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        07 months ago

        It’s not gatekeeping, but a frustration about a new generation coming to an obvious conclusion, that they already had.

        • @copd
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          117 months ago

          Why do people get frustrated about that? Someone is experiencing something for the first time, it’s the circle of life.

          I’m in my mid 30s and my wife bought a record player during the revival of records last decade. Do you think older generations than me found that frustrating? Personally I think it’s fascinating to watch technology go full circle generation by generation

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            Interesting discussion to have witnessed as an outsider.

            Is an article written for a a writers expression or a readers enjoyment. (Both?)

            I dont think they where frustrated with the writers enjoyment but rather disappointed that the article was a first discovery opinion rather then a veterans rediscovery from a modern point of view which would have been more useful to reflect their own opinion and thus be more personally entertaining. The negativity goed inwards perceiving it as a waste of their time.

            • @copd
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              27 months ago

              Great analysis, you’re got it spot on there. It’s frustration from learning nothing new from something they thought would be interesting. That probably all boils down to bad the title of the article not being descriptive enough.

    • Ech
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      117 months ago

      I don’t think it’s hating. More just questioning their own decision to read the article.

    • deweydecibel
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      107 months ago

      IDK why you interpreted their comment as hating.

    • @sudo_shinespark
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      Naw, no hate. iPods are fuckin rad. Younger generations should definitely get to enjoy older tech. But the author’s observations weren’t really anything I needed to invest my time in reading. I know old iTunes had a visualizer. I don’t know why I read the whole thing anyways