As for reasons DVDs are so cool. LGR made this pretty rad video about all the cool things one might get for putting a DVD into a PC’s DVD-ROM drive. :D
It’s bizarre how much derision you get for collecting physical movies you care about though. I always simply respond with “Have you ever really wanted to watch a favorite movie and found it got dropped from streaming services you do have, and worse, it’s nowhere to be found at all?”
Not to mention how streaming operations can simply cut, censor, or edit anything they like depending on various cultural factors at play.
Usually it gets them to think.
The biggest scam is “buying” movies on platforms like Amazon. Although, kinda hypocritical of me, if you’ve seen my Steam library! 😂
No, it’s because where I live owning things is considered bad and weird. You are supposed have a minimalist lifestyle and spend all your money traveling and going ot restaurants.
It’s not just the dvds, people think I’m weird for having pets, furniture, and other physical objects. There is a weird fetishization here for who like refuse to own anything that doesn’t fit in a few suitcases. Probably because they constantly move. Like almost none of my nieghbors are the same, people live here for like 2-3 years and move mostly. So someone who has lived in the same place for 5+ years and is invested in the community and in their home, freaks them out.
As for reasons DVDs are so cool. LGR made this pretty rad video about all the cool things one might get for putting a DVD into a PC’s DVD-ROM drive. :D
https://youtu.be/L2MdOK92MHE?is=xyZsGw-iJI1e3qoP
It’s bizarre how much derision you get for collecting physical movies you care about though. I always simply respond with “Have you ever really wanted to watch a favorite movie and found it got dropped from streaming services you do have, and worse, it’s nowhere to be found at all?”
Not to mention how streaming operations can simply cut, censor, or edit anything they like depending on various cultural factors at play.
Usually it gets them to think.
The biggest scam is “buying” movies on platforms like Amazon. Although, kinda hypocritical of me, if you’ve seen my Steam library! 😂
No, it’s because where I live owning things is considered bad and weird. You are supposed have a minimalist lifestyle and spend all your money traveling and going ot restaurants.
It’s not just the dvds, people think I’m weird for having pets, furniture, and other physical objects. There is a weird fetishization here for who like refuse to own anything that doesn’t fit in a few suitcases. Probably because they constantly move. Like almost none of my nieghbors are the same, people live here for like 2-3 years and move mostly. So someone who has lived in the same place for 5+ years and is invested in the community and in their home, freaks them out.