▲ 194 ▼ Such loss.... (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@piefed.social 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] starik@lemmy.zip 25 points 11 months ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children) That does help a little. The thought of how much has been lost to time stresses me out in an existential way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Album@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (2 children) Sometimes I think with the way everything is being digitized but how you need to pay to store it... That likely we're losing more cultural content today than ever before. Just think about all the tv shows from the 90s you can't watch anymore. No dvd, no stream, just ... Forgotten. Some things we produce today don't even have a physical tangible form unless you're talking about some hard drive in the cloud. It also gives me a sense of existential dread. Or the sense of permanent loss. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) I think about this all the time. And also with the loss of live TV being the norm, people aren't being randomly exposed to older cultural touchstones unless they specifically seek it out, which makes the current culture feel more isolated. I'm channeling this need to preserve into data hoarding now. I created a personal media server recently and have been filling it with everything I can find. Today, I found 14 old scifi/monster movies from the 50s/60s on old scratched DVDs to add, which was exciting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Album@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago Yep I grew up on amazing reruns of tv from wayyyyy before my time. It's hard for me to find it to watch today. And surely my kids will not even have the opportunity. The thought kills me. I think the BBC or CBC archives are interesting. It's also interesting to hear about what they lost due to lack of preservation from previous times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children) That does help a little. The thought of how much has been lost to time stresses me out in an existential way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Album@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (2 children) Sometimes I think with the way everything is being digitized but how you need to pay to store it... That likely we're losing more cultural content today than ever before. Just think about all the tv shows from the 90s you can't watch anymore. No dvd, no stream, just ... Forgotten. Some things we produce today don't even have a physical tangible form unless you're talking about some hard drive in the cloud. It also gives me a sense of existential dread. Or the sense of permanent loss. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) I think about this all the time. And also with the loss of live TV being the norm, people aren't being randomly exposed to older cultural touchstones unless they specifically seek it out, which makes the current culture feel more isolated. I'm channeling this need to preserve into data hoarding now. I created a personal media server recently and have been filling it with everything I can find. Today, I found 14 old scifi/monster movies from the 50s/60s on old scratched DVDs to add, which was exciting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Album@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago Yep I grew up on amazing reruns of tv from wayyyyy before my time. It's hard for me to find it to watch today. And surely my kids will not even have the opportunity. The thought kills me. I think the BBC or CBC archives are interesting. It's also interesting to hear about what they lost due to lack of preservation from previous times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Album@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (2 children) Sometimes I think with the way everything is being digitized but how you need to pay to store it... That likely we're losing more cultural content today than ever before. Just think about all the tv shows from the 90s you can't watch anymore. No dvd, no stream, just ... Forgotten. Some things we produce today don't even have a physical tangible form unless you're talking about some hard drive in the cloud. It also gives me a sense of existential dread. Or the sense of permanent loss. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) I think about this all the time. And also with the loss of live TV being the norm, people aren't being randomly exposed to older cultural touchstones unless they specifically seek it out, which makes the current culture feel more isolated. I'm channeling this need to preserve into data hoarding now. I created a personal media server recently and have been filling it with everything I can find. Today, I found 14 old scifi/monster movies from the 50s/60s on old scratched DVDs to add, which was exciting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Album@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago Yep I grew up on amazing reruns of tv from wayyyyy before my time. It's hard for me to find it to watch today. And surely my kids will not even have the opportunity. The thought kills me. I think the BBC or CBC archives are interesting. It's also interesting to hear about what they lost due to lack of preservation from previous times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child) I think about this all the time. And also with the loss of live TV being the norm, people aren't being randomly exposed to older cultural touchstones unless they specifically seek it out, which makes the current culture feel more isolated. I'm channeling this need to preserve into data hoarding now. I created a personal media server recently and have been filling it with everything I can find. Today, I found 14 old scifi/monster movies from the 50s/60s on old scratched DVDs to add, which was exciting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Album@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago Yep I grew up on amazing reruns of tv from wayyyyy before my time. It's hard for me to find it to watch today. And surely my kids will not even have the opportunity. The thought kills me. I think the BBC or CBC archives are interesting. It's also interesting to hear about what they lost due to lack of preservation from previous times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Album@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago Yep I grew up on amazing reruns of tv from wayyyyy before my time. It's hard for me to find it to watch today. And surely my kids will not even have the opportunity. The thought kills me. I think the BBC or CBC archives are interesting. It's also interesting to hear about what they lost due to lack of preservation from previous times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago Well, never say never. Troy was a myth until a madlad actually found it. permalink fedilink source
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