>>106549674
I do think it's kind of neat to keep alive and working but I find the obsession tiresome. Zoomers really fetishize it because it's emblematic of a time they barely touched and it feels alien to the sleek minimalism of 2010s tech. For me, I lived that time and modern tech is just better in basically every use case and that's most of what I see. If zoomers were forced to deal with 80s/90s tech as it was, they'd immediately realize it sucks by comparison and hope to return to current gen. It really just feels like how hipsters were obsessed with Polaroids after digital cameras were popular, or how film cameras even using EXPIRED film remain in vogue. It feels like a desperate attempt to reach for something outside the mainstream but the tech itself is just a medium and often a busted one, they could find the same unique expression with current gear but they don't know how to do it so they stick to 'the real equipment'. It all just seems like a circus to me.

Mashallah