And if there’s no story behind finding the music then there is less enjoyment

I am a collector of music who is interested in the music he collects

No, I have adjusted with the “game”. And yes, digital copies can be hard to find, but it’s still not the same feeling of satisfaction. When you find a physical object that you’ve been searching for, you’ve found one out of however many there are. When you find a link to a song that was hard to locate, you’ve…

There is absolutely more satisfaction when acquisition requires effort. It’s the same as saving up to buy a whatever. Once you finally had enough to go to the store and buy the thing you had been saving for it was the best day ever. Do you think wealthy people get the same feeling from buying similar items? They…

Yeah, I get that, and today “just listening to it” is a viable option. Back then it wasn’t, if you wanted to hear it, you had to find it. And that made the music more precious.

Well of course. But there is great satisfaction derived from actually finding something you’ve been hunting for, and then listening to it. Remove the challenge, remove a lot of the magic

Sweet tea and jesus?

It would appear that you simply don’t get it. The hunt is the whole point. Nothing is precious if it’s easily found in abundance.

You are correct, the internet makes it easier, and that’s part of the problem, it’s all about the journey, not the destination. Today I can have virtually any album that comes to mind without getting up off the couch, and while that’s nice, it takes all the fun out of it. There’s no sense of achievement anymore, no…

I play nothing, but I’ve been collecting records for the past 25 years. It used to be a lot more fun.

I think you’re missing the point. Finding popular out of print records in record stores was never easy, and that was what made finding them so special. If you take away the challenge you take away most of the enjoyment.

“The only thing fighting terrorism does is encourage people to come up with better ways to do it in the future.”

Keep in mind that some albums simply aren’t available because of the internet. In the not-so-distant past you could find out of print music at your local used record store. Sadly there aren’t many left

So true. Back in junior high I heard a song on the radio that I just had to own. After doing some research (the old fashioned kind, talking to people that worked in record stores), I learned that the only release of the song was on the b-side of a 45 that had been out of print for the past six years. I spent nearly…

That’s the Casey way!

“I can’t image anybody searching the internet for fascinating mercury videos and picking this one to highlight.”

My car has a similar feature and it’s the best. Come to a stop, press the brake a little further, and the car will hold the brake until you tap the gas. It sounds pretty useless, but when you’re sitting at a long stop it’s the best. Stretch your legs a little and relax until you get the green.

That’s what I’m talking about! It’s hilarious how all these people suddenly hated Samsung for years, yet were conspicuously quiet up until now.

Your anecdotal evidence doesn’t mean much in the real world though. I’ve had 3 Samsung phones, and all have lasted just fine until my contract ended and I replaced them. Millions of other people have not shared your experience, so it might have been something you were doing wrong.

Not sure what you mean? There were tons of VCRs with S-video output in the late 1990's/early 2000's.