Outdated Things that You Still Do

Explore the quirks of modern life! From hand-written letters to physical books, we'll uncover outdated habits we still hold dear. Sit back and enjoy the fascinating blend of nostalgia and convenience!

[lusalma]

Other advantage of physical media... It is yours and it is not in an alterable form. E-books, Streamed movies, digital purchased movies all can be lost or altered.

[dotter]

5:27 Four: Physical Books - Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple Books have gotten into the habit of just up and deleting books from your Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc. They don't say why they do this exactly or talk about doing it. But they're still not allowed to come into your home and "repossess" a physical book that they don't want you to have anymore. Furthermore, if you don't want to possess a physical book anymore, you're allowed to resell it. You can't do that with a digital book. Nor does it help that digital book formats are tied to the device sold by the digital publisher.

[Ultimatebubs]

If you buy a digital movie, you don't OWN the digital movie. You just get to borrow it for as long as the DRM solution that decides whether or not you're allowed to watch it works.

[jimmypickles]

Also, alarm clocks don't collect your sleep data and then send you targeted ads for sleep aids and messages letting you know that you have abnormal or unhealthy sleep patterns.

[kelandryyemrot]

Physical books are amazing. The feel, the smell, the absolute absence of technology which means fewer distractions... You don't have to charge a physical book. It works without batteries or electricity. There's no screen to break or smudge. You get to use cool bookmarks or show off your corner bending skills. It's easy to flip to a different part of the book (sometimes I like to read the last page first cuz I'm weird, or if it's not a fiction book, I'm probably flipping back and forth A LOT). You can drop it, throw it, sit on it and it will be fine. Even a bit of water won't make it unreadable. Plus, once you have it, it's yours. No account to log into or company hosting it or any of that nonsense. It's easy to put sticky tabs on favorite or important pages, highlight words, leave notes, whatever. And I'm sure devices can do that, but it's way easier to uncap a physical highlighter than find where the highlight function is on the device and mess with all that tech. I might be young, but I find it easier to do things like that the old way. Not to mention libraries of ebooks are HUGE. They overwhelm me. Just give me a local bookstore. And yeah, if it's a book by my favorite author, I probably won't stand in any lines for it, but I will order a physical copy. And if it's a reference book or textbook, it has to be a physical version for me. I am NOT messing with all that on an e reader. I'd rather touch a hot stove. I went so far as to print out every academic study I used for a source in college even if it meant printing 200+ pages that I had to pay for. It was worth it. Sometimes physical is just better. I mostly use my phone/kindle for fanfiction. Sometimes I get an ebook when my hand pain prevents me from holding a book open. That's about it.

Oh... and sometimes you can take a book places where you can't take/use electronic devices, so that's another plus!

[ignitionfrn]

0:45 - Chapter 1 - Writting & sending letters the old fashionned way
2:05 - Chapter 2 - Single use plastics
3:55 - Chapter 3 - Paying for text messages
5:30 - Chapter 4 - Purchasing physical books
7:35 - Chapter 5 - Smoking
9:50 - Chapter 6 - Using an alarm clock
PS: 11:03 - Especially squarespace

[rebeccaritchie]

Oh, and the smell of a new (or even better, an old) book and the bookstore is just something that you can’t replicate.

[robmerrell]

I've got books that are over 100 years old. I kind of doubt there will be anyone going through grandma's attic in 2124 and going "Oh my God, that's great grandpa's Kindle".

[adrianwebster]

In many ways you dont own digital media, you effectively license it. the seller has no obligation to support your access indefinitely. A physical book can be read 50+ years after purchase. I have no guarantee the software to access my kindle book will even exist in 5 years let alone a decade. My lifetime license to musixmatch is useless if the company goes out of business. my cd/cassette/vinyl record are still playable. I dont even have the right to repair digital devices in many places. Physical media is still the only true ownership method.

[vmccall]

There is nothing like snuggling up with a physical book and a cup of coffee; plus, the smell of old books is wonderful.

[Eneeki]

Always get a physical copy of whatever you buy. You never know when the company is going to decide it no longer wants to grant you access to the product you paid for. As my son learned a few months ago, the video game industry has already started to do this with old games they do not want to support on the cloud anymore. Without the physical media, they are just sealing from you in the end.

[IANF]

digital media can cease to exist suddenly and without warning sometimes as things get discontinued or go out of business. you can download things you own sure but sometimes it's hard to do so or requires some kind of altering of the files to use outside of the service. I'm not that big on physical media or anything but i get why a lot of people prefer it when they can get it for this reason.

[OldieBugger]

Some 15 years ago I bought some canvas bags for my groceries. Well, each one of them cost at the time about 10-15 times as much as the more commonly used single-use plastic bags, but as I'm still using the _same_ canvas bags every time I go shopping I think they are really the cheaper option.

[fssstyuniaf]

I had a shower thought a few days ago about how stores don't do 'midnight releases' anymore. The modern world is just unbelievably convenient.

[stephenwilkens]

The handwritten letter isn't just cathartic, it's more personal- the recipient is looking at your actual handwriting- and it shows a level of care and effort that you're willing to give that person compared to the rest of the people you text or email

[karenshadle]

I received a physical letter grom my uncle years ago before I'd set up my Email.
Its still a treasure to me. I can touch it, look at his handwriting and enjoy what he said to me. Yes, it's old fashioned, but i love it so much

[joelb]

I wiil never quit buying physical books.

[YoungGandalf]

If Simon ever released a book, I'd wait in line to buy a hard copy and then stay up reading until 2 AM, then wake up to my alarm clock and smoking a cigarette.

I would have written this in a letter, but YouTube doesn't support that format.

[Foolish]

You cand lend (always seems to turn into give, cause I never get them back) physical books, but you can't with ebooks. When you die, your collection dies with you. My Mother didn't like the Kindle I gave her for Christmas one year, until she realized that paper books are far heavier.

[hydrashade]

i think the best advantage of a real alarm clock is that you can make it louder than your phone, which is perfect for when your phone is too damn quiet to wake you up