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I’m a confirmed AI hater & skeptic of much modern tech, but uggghh: film cameras, no thanks! Having suffered with those growing up, I think digital cameras are one of the greatest inventions in history. (And vinyl records, too, ha ha - they sucked!)

Quick followup to my fountain pen "old school" suggestion. Pilot makes lots of fountain pen options including multi-packs under $3 each. Also jetpens.com has lots of cool stuff. For most 1 bottle of ink lasts more than a year. Also fountain pen meetups are everywhere! My DM's are open for questions.

I dunno but our 6yo loves being read to from his illustrated collector’s edition of The Hobbit 💛

Hope they’re turned on to @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social because #PhysicalMedia!

Any data on if it's a growing trend, or just a subset of this demographic is into it? I hope it's the former.

Unless you pay 💲cash💲, your 💩is tracked. All the cashiers think I have no phone, eMail, or street address. Having worked on a few *zines* in my day - a 'reproduction' is antithetical to our purpose. And buying *new* insensitive to humanity. So if that is the 'trend', they will mature no better🤡

I'm a high school teacher, and I am already seeing my teenage students souring on AI, which is amazing. They aren't stupid and they see right through its shit.

Thank you!

Sheesh, I truly madly deeply hope you’re right. But I doubt it.

Yay!

Recently sat next to a teen on the el reading Ready Player One. Teased by his friends for reading he just said yeah it’s my new thing & kept reading.

Filmed #OTD in 1964!

It's not just the youth. I came of age in an analog world & entered the digital one in the early 90s as a young teen. I've experienced both & want more analog back. I'm resentful of being herded down the digital paths laid for us. I'm angry that functioning in society requires Internet access.

Fountain pens are easy and fun to use and date back 140 years. The slimetal nib for writing dates back several centuries. They can be bought for a few bucks and make writing very tactile.

Starting to be glad I still have a VCR, 2 Walkmans, Portable CD player, regular CD player, cassette tapes, and DVDs. Yes, I was born before any of them existed.

Flip phones, CDs, DVDs, used books, comics that you can roll up and put in your pocket. Live bands *AND* DJs who make you dance. It's pretty brilliant.

When I was a kid, I picked up a copy of War and Peace at a library sale for a dime, and the librarian said, "I was wondering who was going to buy that." Weirdly, I still haven't read it...

I read both War and Peace (good read, actually, if awfully Russian) and Infinite Jest (I could see it as more aggravating than enjoyable for some readers, but I liked the linguistic pyrotechnics & ridiculous/genius footnotes enough to read it a second time). I don't recommend 2x for either tho 😅

I admit I'm curious if it's like it's the Necronomicon from Evil Dead

Honestly, it's pretty good. I ended up skimming the battles which cuts the length down. Turns out I can only read LOTR or Star Wars battles. Tolstoy is rad.