I miss all the news that fit to print -- not all the news, and pseudo-news, and churnalism, and press releases published verbatim, and gossip, and updates to gossip, and galleries, and listicles that drive just one more page view.
I miss editors who say no.
I miss reading Playboy -- or anything -- for the articles.
I miss cutting things out to save them for later.
I miss ads that sell hard from a full spread and feel good about it; ads that don't stalk you, and nag you, and creep you out.
I miss hearing from my friends once a year and spending all night catching up and telling them how much their kids have grown since I'd last seen them because the last I'd seen them was a year ago.
I miss organically yellowed pictures.
I miss the way old film cameras used to smell.
I miss having just one TV remote on my couch.
I miss turning the dial on my radio, and hearing crackling, and static, and then catching a faint song that sounds like it's played thousands of miles away because it is.
I miss songs on the radio being selected by someone but a playlist algorithm.
I miss knobs, and buttons, and dials, and switches.
I miss running to my mailbox and finding a handwritten letter.
I can relate:)
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to close this blog and start a samizdat zine instead.
ReplyDeleteI think this is the first time I've commented on this blog (long-time reader), but I needed to chime in to say that as much as I love technology, I love this post even more. Well said.
ReplyDeleteI always feel the same. And I miss when it was "hard" to find music, difficult to have it, to discover new artists, to buy "rare" discs.
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ReplyDeleteI would add drive-ins to the list.
ReplyDeleteGigi -- I agree. Abundance of perfect and readily available stuff robs us of the satisfaction of discovery. I feel about the radio the same way.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of the radio..I miss Old Time Radio shows every night.When the whole family would huddle around the only radio and listen to spooky stories or the hockey game or Boston Blackie or Jack Benny.Yes I miss my media,but I also miss honesty in journalism,when what was written was the news and not some made up story.
ReplyDeleteYou must be really old
ReplyDeleteWho doesn't miss all these things? I miss NOT having a computer sometimes, or a phone that you don't have to carry with you all the time just to stay connected. I miss calling the phone number at the local movie theatre to see what was playing. So, well said. Technology has its place, but maybe it's possible to be too connected.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a copy for an another Dodge Super Bowl commercial. Well said.
ReplyDeleteSomethings are gonna be lost as another new things replace.
ReplyDeleteI feel for you, dude! :)
ReplyDeleteVery funny and i can understand your thoughts...
ReplyDeleteYou can always buy something retro to solve this problem
ReplyDeleteAnd why you must miss? Don't you use those media again??
ReplyDeleteI miss to miss things :)
ReplyDelete... I miss the way old film cameras used to smell. +1 (huge plus)
ReplyDelete:))
Wow, you must be old! I miss being able to take the time to smell the roses (and the old film cameras too :-)
ReplyDeleteI miss the days when you wait handwritten letter from your pen pals.
ReplyDeleteToday, everything seem runs too fast.