Leaf blowers and the folks that used them.
Things we cannot be bothered by anymore
Occurred to me today that I have dropped stuff that I cannot just be bothered by anymore, and wondering what some of you out there have let go of as well
Me (lean mostly into analog)
- Lifting a tonearm lever to cue a platter - no more - years off my life
- Carbon brushes, cart cleans with every spin or two - years off my life
- Ugly racks that look like ones I had in 10th grade, though cost 20x more - out
- Listening at low volume levels to gauge audiophile purity
- A/B'ing streaming platforms
Finale - $50 audiophile pressings "remastered from the original master tapes" that sound like sanitized cheese spread - magic gone, warped, drop-outed, bubbled, and gain-whacked (there are exceptions for sure)
How about you?
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In general: How politics has seemed to now permeate every facet of our lives and every single topic ever discussed, no matter how irrelevant; Audio specific: Hyperbolic overmarketing of opinion as fact. If you want me to pay attention, just tell me WHY you think something is cool (and please, a few factual data points to back up your points - or even a comparison to show superiority... OR just say "I don't really know why this is so cool - I just like it!")
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@carlso63 I think most people would agree about the intrusion of politics into so many aspects of life. I blame it on the voters. Stop voting for control-freak, narcissistic, far right and far left politicians who are unable to process and address the views of 90% of society. Vote for throughtful and maybe even compassionate centrists/moderates willing to listen to more points of view. That’s the only way. Otherwise we will all live in the h-lll we ourselves as voters create trying to always stick it to the other guy and get our own way, no matter what the effect it may have on others or society as a whole. Very selfish!!!!!! I guess it's simply a part (luckily not the whole) of human nature that we should all learn to get a handle on.
Cheers!
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No land with very polarized ideologies has stayed as a unified land/entity for too long (in the history of humanity).. Major powers constantly produce disinformation campaigns to weaken each other in that regard (divide & conquer). Relatively simple minded critters that form the majority of a population don't have much choice in the matter, except fall for it..requires more intuition and iq to look through it. Some cultures are more resilient, some are not.
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