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Re: Re: Re: Re: It's ridiculous how in the dark U2 keeps its fans...
Who said anything about wanting to return to the days of the old media? I certainly didn't. All I said was that I was nostalgic about that shit. I'm also nostalgic about high school every once in a while but I'd absolutely never want to return to it.
It's about a sentimentality for excitement.
Nostalgia doesn't imply it was a better method of gathering information but it was inarguably more exciting.
I don't and obviously never said that I yearn to become free of newer, faster knowledge.
I am content with the new mediums, I just remember being a kid who looked forward to new music Tuesdays like it was Christmas.
I can't fathom the days before color television but I hardly think it's ignorant for some old folk who are nostalgic about it. It's not like they are selling their new TV sets and getting rid of cable television altogether. Perspective much?
When I think about the ZooTv era for instance, I don't get nostalgic for analog phones, cassette tapes, 800 numbers to order concert tickets, radio premieres, chalk boards full of release dates, etc., etc. because I thought it was a better method, I get nostalgic about a more exciting time. Like most people as they get a bit older, nostalgic about growing up.
I wouldn't trade newer, faster knowledge for the excitement.
I'd rather have both.
Axver said:
Well, cancel your Internet subscription, sell your computer, and you can enjoy the "good old days" all you want. Or, hell, just don't come to U2 fan sites.
I don't know why people would be nostalgic for a time of ignorance. I remember finding out about new U2 albums by ads in the media - I didn't have the Internet until mid-2002 or know U2 fan sites existed until mid-2003. Frankly, that sucked. I cannot fathom why the ignorance of "old days" are preferable to the knowledge we have now.
Who said anything about wanting to return to the days of the old media? I certainly didn't. All I said was that I was nostalgic about that shit. I'm also nostalgic about high school every once in a while but I'd absolutely never want to return to it.
It's about a sentimentality for excitement.
Nostalgia doesn't imply it was a better method of gathering information but it was inarguably more exciting.
I don't and obviously never said that I yearn to become free of newer, faster knowledge.
I am content with the new mediums, I just remember being a kid who looked forward to new music Tuesdays like it was Christmas.
I can't fathom the days before color television but I hardly think it's ignorant for some old folk who are nostalgic about it. It's not like they are selling their new TV sets and getting rid of cable television altogether. Perspective much?
When I think about the ZooTv era for instance, I don't get nostalgic for analog phones, cassette tapes, 800 numbers to order concert tickets, radio premieres, chalk boards full of release dates, etc., etc. because I thought it was a better method, I get nostalgic about a more exciting time. Like most people as they get a bit older, nostalgic about growing up.
I wouldn't trade newer, faster knowledge for the excitement.
I'd rather have both.
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