sweepstakes Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 6:57 PM, ambermonke said: As it so happens I found a new artist on Bandcamp last night. Problem solved. Who's that? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Glad about: the internet is completely awesome, the list of things it has democratized is endless. It's given a voice to a lot of people you'd have never ever heard from even 25 years ago, so I feel like it must have accelerated a lot of societal change. And I wish I'd had Wikipedia, YouTube, peer-to-peer networking,..., everything on demand in my childhood, this was the stuff of dreams back then. I'll take the internet over flying cars and self-lacing Nikes any day. Imagine sitting around waiting for a song to come on the radio so you could tape it to listen to (or at least the 2 minutes of it they'd have played, lol) at your convenience. So much of the world seemed almost mythical back then. Like you would hear or read about stuff and never get to experience it, because you were completely dependent on what was on radio and tv or in (reasonably) local stores and libraries. Or worse, never hear or read about it in the first place, because it never made it into your small world, and you weren't the outgoing and adventurous type who made an interesting new friend every other day. Last year I started playing guitar again after a 15 year break and it made me properly realize how much of a struggle learning was back then compared to now. For every lame-ass influencer or glorified gear demo channel there is another providing genuine help and insight. It's a far cry from sitting in my bedroom trying to decipher photocopied Hal Leonard books. Miss: Journalism has really gone downhill. Bias has always existed, but news used to be delivered in a much more matter-of-fact, impartial way here. News anchors didn't make the appropriate faces to show you how to feel back then, lol. Watch an old news bulletin from the 90s and compared to today's news it feels like a well-researched, verified in-depth documentary narrated by a speech synth. These days it's a 24 hour cycle of emotions, opinions and sound bites that does more bad than good. It is spectacularly shit and seems unsustainable, really. milkface, jaderpansen, dingformung and 3 others 6 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 10:45 PM, sweepstakes said: Who's that? Akeyamasou sweepstakes 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ambermonk's signature Hide all signatures On 10/21/2015 at 9:51 AM, peace 7 said: To keep it real and analog, I'm gonna start posting to WATMM by writing my posts in fountain pen on hemp paper, putting them in bottles, and throwing them into the ocean. On 11/5/2013 at 7:51 PM, Sean Ae said: you have to watch those silent people, always trying to trick you with their silence Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 4:18 AM, ambermonke said: Akeyamasou Gesundheit! prdctvsm, Silent Member and sweepstakes 2 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YEK's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents !:/music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 4:37 AM, yekker said: Gesundheit! くしゃみ助かるありがとう Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ambermonk's signature Hide all signatures On 10/21/2015 at 9:51 AM, peace 7 said: To keep it real and analog, I'm gonna start posting to WATMM by writing my posts in fountain pen on hemp paper, putting them in bottles, and throwing them into the ocean. On 11/5/2013 at 7:51 PM, Sean Ae said: you have to watch those silent people, always trying to trick you with their silence Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 こんにちは ambermonk 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide dingformung's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmbrancity Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) Impending nuclear annihilation. Soviet dictators and the Stasi (no offence @dingformung). Kim Philby (sp?) and establishment traitors. Being blown up by the IRA. Mumps. Cardiff City being in Division 4, losing to towns you had no idea existed. Flares. NHS dentists. Maggie Thatcher’s cabinet of fools. The first wave of vhs rentals, chipping in with your mates to see Time Bandits on Betamax. Tomorrow’s World. Edited January 31, 2021 by cwmbrancity Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 12:39 PM, cwmbrancity said: Soviet dictators and the Stasi (no offence @dingformung). You miss Soviet dictators and the Stasi? I do take offence at that. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide dingformung's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 Thu Zaw and jaderpansen 2 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide zkom's signature Hide all signatures electro mini-album Megacity Rainfall "cacas in igne, heus" - Emperor Nero, AD 64 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2851305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu Zaw Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) I'm resurrecting old threads cos I'm new and I missed out. I MISS - Living in Asia, before knowing the West as I do now - Life before smartphones - When naïve people weren't interested in politics - the excitement I had finding new music as a teenager - independent record stores Edited May 9, 2021 by Thu Zaw bronchuseven and ambermonk 2 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Thu Zaw's signature Hide all signatures My Bandcamp Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2872477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 1:23 PM, Thu Zaw said: I'm resurrecting old threads cos I'm new and I missed out. I MISS - Living in Asia, before knowing the West as I do now - Life before smartphones - When naïve people weren't interested in politics - the excitement I had finding new music as a teenager - independent record stores Expand This is actually quite relatable Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ambermonk's signature Hide all signatures On 10/21/2015 at 9:51 AM, peace 7 said: To keep it real and analog, I'm gonna start posting to WATMM by writing my posts in fountain pen on hemp paper, putting them in bottles, and throwing them into the ocean. On 11/5/2013 at 7:51 PM, Sean Ae said: you have to watch those silent people, always trying to trick you with their silence Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100606-whats-something-you-miss-are-glad-about-nowadays/page/5/#findComment-2872533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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