Getting tired of the minimalism videos in my youtube feed. I like declutter videos but minimalism is not the only way to live. And these people always want me to get rid of my books. Lol yeah fuck that. (And “who watches dvds anymore just stream it” lady – we need to talk.)
Especially the “how to cope when the person you live with is not a minimalist.” There’s a wide gap between minimalism and hoarding. If you can’t stand anything more than minimalism then don’t waste someone’s time.
Yeah, I’d love to see someone streaming something on our sub 1mpbs connection. Also, I don’t want to have to rely on the things I want to watch always being available online. What about when the service decides to remove them because they’re not popular enough, and so on?
Also, yes, books!!!
The things I like to watch tend to fall under a genre I like to call Weird Niche-y Bullshit. Ridiculously old shows, or really cerebral stuff or kids shows from the 90s that nobody else remembers, Canadian horror series, 60s soap operas about vampires, etc. Most of this stuff is not streaming on legit sites so I either have to get it on dvd or pirate it. Some things aren’t even on dvd. (So Weird, I’m looking at you.)
It would have blown that girl’s mind if she knew I still have vhs tapes and 2 vcrs. But some movies I even have on both dvd and vhs because the dvd is better quality but also has scenes removed so the only way to watch the theatrical release is on vhs. Also…old school previews.
Same with books. One video said you can just borrow a book from the library if you want to reread it. Pretty sure my local library doesn’t have The Archaeology of Garbage or any of the other obscure text books I’ve collected lying around but thanks for playing.
And you are so right about not wanting to depend on an Internet connection to watch things. I don’t live out in a rural area but my connection here isn’t great and my computer is so slow. And about stuff getting removed. Golden Girls is only streaming on hulu so having physical copies just makes it easier to access.
I don’t even want to get into how difficult minimalism can be if you’re broke. Maybe I didn’t need 2 toasters or 2 hair dryers, but I’ll be glad I have them when one craps out at the worst possible moment. For some people “just go buy another one” isn’t an option.
Also with the streaming thing, some people want to get nice screencaps and make gifs/edits but some streaming services make it so that you can’t screencap or capture footage of the show/movie in-browser
god yes- as someone who loves books but has trouble reading – I am so tired of trying to explain to people that I;m being this horrible obscure book right now to join the legions of others stacked on my to do list because the odds of me finding it again are nil.
Exactly. I go to used bookstores and library sales so much, most of my books can’t just be ordered on amazon. And I have a lot of specialized texts for old classes, not to mention some antiques and first editions. I have a shelf devoted to books that were my dad’s.
I just ordered the 3 Forever Knight novelizations and I have an entire bag full of Star Trek books from the 70s. I can’t just hop down to the library if I want to read those.
It’d probably kill these people to know I have multiple copies of a lot of books. BUT some are antique collectibles and a lot of them have annotations from different scholars. Comparing notes on classic lit is fun…if you’re me.
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