>born into an age where hundreds of thousands of movies fit on a drive the size of a small brick
>people still hoard bookshelves worth of useless plastic
Literally give me one reason why everyone that hoards physical media isn't a total fucking moron.
hard drives are physical media moron
>>63709673
Everything is, if you think about it.
>>63709698
>if you think about it.
Ever notice how this never follows or precedes anything that requires any sort of thought, and is, in most cases, is something completely moronic?
>>63709648
>hundreds of thousands of movies fit on a drive the size of a small brick
what the fuck format you downloading them in? 2 minute webms?
>>63709648
well if the brick you are using gets corrupted or heats up or even falls
BYE BYE TO YOUR FUCKING MOVIES FOREVER!
At least the bookshelves filled with useless plastic are harder to lose than a fucking brick that could get damaged by the smallest thing
>>63709648
>Autism
Why would you even care what other people do? Are you 12?
>>63709648
Find new b8
>>63709967
99% of the time, what you think is a bricked hard drive retains all the data that was on it before the bricking.
But, hey, if you're knowledge of computers doesn't extend past itunes, I guess something like having your entire collection on a single device that is compatible with any display and plays your movies as well would seem daunting.
ITT: people plotting the end of the bookshelf industry
>>63710506
We want to deny Harrison Ford his life's passion so he returns to acting, where he belongs. Now we just need to outlaw flying/collecting of classic aircraft.
>>63709769
But it's true though.
you know with all that battery charging, sensibility to water and sun and all that stuff i really think the book is the medium of the future
>>63710411
You spell it your.
>>63709967
Who cares, just redownload. Films are 10 a penny.
>>63710411
Im talking about actual damage, like FALLING... of getting wet,
or burning...
>>63710976
the only damage you listed that would destroy all data on a hard drive is burning. and that would destroy any other physical media as well.
>>63710859
but thousands? you think Im going to sit and download thousands of movies? all over again?
>>63710976
>implying fire or water could never damage discs
Instead of using that NSA data collection center in Utah to store all your emails, they should put all the world's knowledge and films into a digital database accessible to all.
That is both a more efficient and beneficial use of this technology.
>>63710623
if you think about it
>>63710741
Thats a topic for the wrong board cockhead. Fact is music and film fits better digitally.
I agree books aren't exactly improved in digital displays though.
>>63709967
this. every other person in this thread
is just plain stupid, if they think technology
will outsmart printmedium
>>63709648
If you ever read a book you´d know that it´s much nicer to read a physical book at not from a fucking ipad
>>63711055
Hey maybe next time you'll backup your hdd before it fails onto another hdd.
My external is getting ready to keel over and I'm transferring shit from it now onto the new hdd I bought. $50 every 5+ years or so is a small price to pay for the massive storage space of a brick.
>>63709648
Because some people like collecting things.
What you are saying is, "Stop liking what I don't like," and the answer as always is, "Make me, faggot."
>>63711231
pretty much. Every time one of my drives starts to fail, I just buy a new one that's 2-3 times larger for less than the last one.
>>63711337
But why though?
>>63711101
Top kek
>>63711197
You idiot. What the big difference between the two other then your shitty nostalgia for dead wood you fucking faggot.
>>63710741
What reality do you live in where books aren't sensitive to water and sunlight?
>>63711197
I thought that till I got a decent kindle. reading from backlit displays is pretty horrible.
>>63711443
Why do people collect stamps? Why do people collect figurines? Why do people collect art?
You can have every image ever made stored on a few bricks, yet people still use up wall space for paintings and shit. Life's a mystery.
>>63711527
That's kinda what I'm asking here.
Why are you asking the same questions as I am and then saying TIS A MYSTERY!!
>>63711527
If you don't use the wall space for paintings then it's an empty wall. Paintings are there for feng-shui purposes. You don't want your living space to look dull do you? It's not like you were using that wall for anything else so you might as well hang a painting so it looks nice.
Because Iike my stuff displayed instead of hidden in a hard drive that will probably crash.
>>63711585
It's simple; people like different shit. That's all there is to it. There's no great explanation for it.
Some people like capeshit, some don't. Some like rom-coms, others do not. Some people like being pegged and whipped. Some people like Carrot Top. There's no deeper meaning to be analysed that will suddenly make you say, "Oh, now I get it!" People just like what they like, you fucking autist.
>>63711527
Right now people collect stamps because they think they'll be worth something someday.
People collect figurines and art because they have aesthetic value.
>>63711624
Having a shelf full of physical media is aesthetically pleasing to me
>>63711664
>ask why people like something
>CUZ DEY LIKES IT
... you seem to be suffering from mental retardation. You keep posting these mealymouthed nonanswers as if they're meaningful.
>>63711691
So you have shit taste.
>>63711624
>If you don't use your shelves for physical media then it's an empty shelf. Blurays and DVDs are there for feng-shui purposes. You don't want your living space to look dull do you? It's not like you were using those shelves for anything else so you might as well show off your collection so it looks nice.Feng-shui is bullshit you silly whore.
>>63711753
>have a shelf
>don't put anything on it
Then why have a shelf?
>>63711753
... don't install shelves if you don't have anything to put on them?
>>63711682
Anon, who will those stamps be worth something to? Other fucking stamp collectors. Do you think they're buying them just so they can later sell them to someone who will just later sell them to someone who will just later sell them in an infinite loop, you fucking 'tard?
>>63711711
Literal autism
Seek help on >>>reddit
>>63711711
>nonanswers
The answer is that there is no answer you fucking child. People like shit you don't like. There is nothing more to it.
>>63711444
Top trips
and dubs
>>63711799
To put DVDs on, silly.
>>63711711
He's right though, if people enjoy something they'll be drawn to it, and then collect it. Why collect books when chances are you'll only read them once? They take up a lot of space as is, so why not use a tablet? Why collect stamps? Their only value is being used on a package, anything else.
Just because someone likes a hobby, doesn't mean you cant force them not to. If you hate films so much, don't come to /tv/.
>>63711814
>Do you think they're buying them just so they can later sell them to someone who will just later sell them to someone who will just later sell them in an infinite loop
So I'm retarded because you described collector culture perfectly?
>>63711842
There is no answer because people like you keep making excuses for the behavior rather than actually examining it.
>>63711950
>making excuses for the behavior
Kill yourself
Collecting stuff can be cool. I can't read books digitally, so I have tons of books. I only have digital music/films though. I do like the collections that some of my friends have. One dude has a ton of records, and I think it's neat to look at the artwork on the album, to look at the liner notes, etc. There's just kind of a feel to it, especially with some of the more production-intensive vinyl packaging out there.
>>63711890
>wanting to know why people do something is forcing them to stop
what
>>63711925
You're retarded for thinking that's a perfect description of collector culture.
>>63711984
I like how angry you're getting because someone is asking you to explain why you enjoy something.
It really makes it seem like you, yourself realize the arbitrary nature of your enjoyment on some level.
>>63711950
>making excuses
What excuses have I made? And what about the behaviour warrants excusing?
>>63711990
It is though. Every collector culture operates like that.
>>63712021
Anon, we are currently arguing on /tv/. If you want to start talking about being completely arbitrary let's start there.
>>63712022
Why are you asking me? I'm not the one making excuses for the behavior.
>>63712053
You are wrong. But you seem to think you're totally right, despite being told multiple times that you're wrong. So I must ask, if you already know the answer why do you keep asking the question?
>>63712021
Oh shit, I have no reason to like thing. Well, I guess I don't like thing no more.
I've been stupid for so long, thanks for the enlightenment, friend :)
>>63712058
>arguing on /tv/
I've made no arguments (till now). I'm asking a question that people seem to refuse to want to answer or examine.
>>63712091
Because you brought it up, you thick shit.
>>63712108
You kinda have to prove someone wrong, rather than plug your ears, shut your eyes, and scream "YOU'RE WRONG!!!!"
I mean, I realize that works with your mother...
>>63712131
As I observe, you've been acting like a cunt. No problem with that, but don't act pretending you are just wanting answers for questions.
I enjoy collecting them, to touch them before I put in the movie
The sound and picture quality is also better
It's not aesthetic as vinyls but I still like to have shelf with movies
>>63712157
>make excuse
>why are you making excuses
>YOU TELL ME WHY I AM MAKING EXCUSES???
... I see this is going nowhere fast.
>>63712131
>I've made no arguments, aside from all the arguments I've made.
What comes after the blu-ray?
>>63709698
>If you can somehow increase the size of a nuclei to the size of a basketball, the accompanying electron would be orbiting hundreds of miles away.
Everything isn't, if you think about it.
>>63712188
That is literally all I have asked for in this thread. For someone to explain to me, why they, personally, like something. Instead I get people making excuses and getting angry when I point out they're making excuses.
>>63712176
>You have to prove me wrong
No, you have to prove yourself right. Rather than plug your ears, shut your eyes, and scream, "I'M RIGHT!!!!!"
>>63712205
Like your life.
>>63712278
>ctrl+f
>I'm right
>1 result found
... uh... huh....
>>63712226
In 50 years, on a things of the size of a nail, you'll be able to have all films and books and music. I suppose it will be for people with a lotta money. But in 130 years or so, as widespread and common as a calculator.
Copytight laws will be rape to death and non-existence in the next decades.
>>63712268
>excuses
>>63712307
like all life
._.
>accidentally knock over my computer
The possibility that everything on it is ABSOLUTELY GONE goes up every year
>accidentally knock over my shelf
>Pick them all up and put them back in shelf
>Maybe 1 or 2 is broke, and that's so far outside of the realm of possibility as to be outside of consideration.
>>63712345
"because I just do" is the textbook definition of an excuse.
>this thread
![logo-large[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/ozBAcG2.png "logo-large[1].png")
>>63712309
>Meaning does not matter, only the exact phrasing used
>>63712352
Considering your level of computer literacy is about on the apple level, you should have itunes, therefore you can replace your computer as many times as you want, and lose nothing.
>tfw none of the autists in this thread seems to have heard of backups
>>63712413
So I see you don't want to expand upon any of your claims, and instead, want someone else to do all of the work for you. While claiming that puts them in the wrong.
cool.
>>63712393
Allow me to explain this to you slowly.
An excuse is a reason given to justify a fault or offence. That's the actual definition.
What I want to know from you is, why does the fact that some people like something that doesn't make sense to you cause you offence to begin with? Or what about it do you find fault in?
There is no possible way you can misunderstand this time. Please explain.
![TheNet01-660x374[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/zLdOgk4.jpg "TheNet01-660x374[1].jpg")
>>63712425
>Putting things in "the cloud"
You'd lost me. If my computer falling over is my only concern, your concern is something along the lines of "The people behind the curtains say the movie I want to watch both doesn't exist and NEVER EXISTED, and I can't get anyone to agree with me, any time they google the movie, it appears to've never existed."
Yeah, I want to live in a distopian future where all information is teletronically on the other side of a paywall AND it isn't "set in stone" therein.
I look forward to The Net being real life. Don't you?
>>63712459
You being an autistic cunt is what puts you in the wrong.
>>63712551
I never thought I'd encounter a level of computer literacy lower than "apple" on 4chan.
>>63712587
Says the nigger whose IQ is lower than potato.
>>63712551
>I look forward to The Net being real life. Don't you?
>2015
>not wanting Johnny Mnemonic
Found the pleb here.
>>63712549
I'm thinking more in the sense as you're using the "because I just do" excuse to absolve yourself of any need/responsibility/duty to actually explain or examine your actions.
I'm not making any judgement here. OP was, but OP is either gone or shifted gears.
>>63712666
But what responsibility, my dense friend? Why liking something would entail a fucking duty?
This is madness.
>>63712176
He's right though, people collect things for reasons other than to sell them on later.
Usually they just have a particuar affinity to whatever type of thing they're collecting.
How can you be this dense and unworldly?
>>63712666
>absolve yourself of any need/responsibility/duty to actually explain or examine your actions
And my question to you, autismo, is what need/responsibility/duty I have to actually explain my actions to you.
>>63712695
The responsibility you're avoiding is the one to explain or examine your behavior. There is no fault in the behavior, but the lengths you're going to avoid any sort of examination of said behavior could be argued to be a fault or personal failing.
>>63709769
That is true too, if you think about it
>>63711585
most people have collections they already saved and the rest are too pleb to know how to download movies for free.
>>63712724
people collecting things isn't collector culture. Collector culture is a completely circular wank where people collect things specifically because other people think they're valuable, then sell to those people, who them sell to other people, until the item has no value.
>>63712757
>mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help
>>63712757
>The responsibility you're avoiding is the one to explain or examine your behavior.
Sometimes I don't want to waste HD space and it's easier to just have the movie around.
>>63712805
>>63712797
>make claim
>get asked to explain
>I AIN'T GOTTA
>why are you making excuses
>CUZ!! UR AUTISTIC!!!
Very telling.
>>63712855
>Why do people like thing
>Because they do
>That's not good enough
>Why is it not good enough?
>We must thoroughly explain and examine our actions lest we be nothing more than mere beasts
>Nah bro that's dumb
>I'll show you! I'm gonna write out a greentext representation of this thread in which I am the level-headed protagonist and you act very silly, therefore proving my victory!
Nah bro you're still dumb.
I use one of these
fuck cases
fuck specialty cases
fuck inserts
fuck case sleeves and jackets
i still have the binder on a bookshelf doe
>>63712961
I seem to be pretty good at trolling. I don't enjoy it though.
Why does someone asking you to explain or even examine why you enjoy something make you upset?
Lesson for this episode, kids? Don't like things! It's too dangerous with all the autists out there.
>>63709648
Would you say the same of books, OP?
>>63713089
>examining why I enjoy something is potentially damaging to my enjoyment of something
... there aren't any words to describe how sad this is.
>>63713056
Why do you assume I'm upset? You're projecting so hard right now you could play a film, which is quite amusingif you think about it.
>>63713168
Length of response, mostly. Desire to prove yourself superior.
Basic internet stuff.
>>63713207
You're still projecting, Anon. Everyone get your huge physical media collections together, I'll aim Anon at a wall, we'll shove some DVDs up his ass, and we can watch a movie together.
>>63711097
I saw.
>>63713278
How am I projecting that your replies have been consistently longer than anything you're responding to?
>>63713097
Yes
Oh wow, anons.
Get a room.
>>63713373
You're projecting a meaning onto it. I understand that English isn't your first language but please try to keep up.
>>63709648
You posted the same thing, with the same image on /mu/ a while ago
>>63713424
This is our room. Unless you want to get hit by the raging bukkake cannon I'm about to let off I suggest to fuck off.
>>63713459
>he browses /mu/
>>63713507
Music is the superior artform
>>63713507
>le anime reaction image
>>63713537
Agreed, but /mu/ is a terrible fucking shit board for p4k dickriding and Death Grips fans.
>>63713546
kek
>>63713449
... that isn't what "projecting" means. Projecting is interpreting one's own behavior in the behavior of another.
Seriously though, the amount of time and effort you've spent to avoid answering a simple question is kinda sad.
>>63713601
Are you implying sheevposting and BAYNE?! are better?
>>63711445
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing, the man of the hour.
Kill yourself faggot.
>>63713459
The question is legit as fuck on /mu/. The problem is barely anyone actually plays music from physical media and anyone who collects physical media of music does so for reasons other than the music.
>>63713690
No. I'm the OP. I'm only here for funposting.
>>63713613
On my count, there's at least 5 people bothered by your retardation. Not that should be expected of you to notice it, considering your condition and all.
>>63713701
> for reasons other than the music.
And they'll get angry and start spouting excuses if you ask them to detail/explain said reasons.
>>63713701
This is true btw.
>>63713701
The point is it's b8, and it's unfortunately always successful.
Some people like collecting shit, it shouldn't matter to anyone if it doesn't affect them in anyway.
>>63713751
Yes? and?
>>63713613
>Projecting is interpreting one's own behavior in the behavior of another.
And because you write out longer replies when you're upset you're assuming that anyone else who writes a long reply must be upset.
You are projecting.
If I wanted to put any effort into avoiding answering your question I'd have left this thread entirely some fifty odd posts ago.
>>63713774
Can't I just be curious as to why without being autistic, retarded, or liking things up my butt?
>>63713833
Now you're just being silly.
>>63713786
Well, that was a pretty complex thought. It couldn't be reduced further and retain meaning. The criteria is when people write out longer replies than necessary, filled with descriptions of jamming things in people.
>>63712792
Hmmm, nah senpai it is.
The mindset of many people collecting things for whatever reason thus becomes collector culture
>>63713833
There is no logic behind it.
Some people like collecting. It fills a sense of fulfillment, I guess?
If your curiosity causes you to go into fits (like it did in the thread on /mu/ iirc) then maybe those accusations of you being autistic are more than just name-calling.
>>63710011
>not downloading movies when you have the urge to watch them
>not deleting them right after
Stay pleb faggot collectors
>>63713883
And that has no basis beyond your own projection. Welcome to 4chan, where shoving things up asses is rather commonplace.
>>63713935
I get there is no unifying logic. But its telling how every answer to the question of "why" just avoids the question by referencing other things people don't understand.
>>63713894
Culture requires two or more people interacting. So a person's personal act of and reasons for collecting are not culture.
>>63713976
This
