@Levans6081 Thrift shops are the best! I can get tons of things for just a few bucks!

@SpookEats Yessss!!

@Levans6081 Making people pay a surreptitiously high fee (over time) for something they end up not owning at all, and having the systems we depend on decide *what we even know exists*, let alone what we have access to... That's the classist part of the transaction.

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@Levans6081 Wha? Did someone actually say that to you?

@AlexVorkov Not to me, but I saw it in an online argument. Basically the misconception is physical media costs more, but that’s not true. Especially if you shop second hand, like most us collectors do the majority of the time.

@Levans6081 Who said it was? Did someone say something on a post?

@Levans6081 I have bought a large portion of my collection used or on sale. Also an argument could made that buying a long term lease on digital media that you don’t technically own is more classist because you could argue that they can afford to have something that could disappear.

@Levans6081 I buy physical media because you can and never should rely on streaming to have what you want. And what if your wifi is out? A couple years ago mine did for a few days but because I have all my favorites on disc I didn't panic🙃😀

@Levans6081 Why do people have to label everything lol. And how is it a bad thing to collect physical media?? People love to chime in on everything 🤷

@Levans6081 I’ll pay quite a bit for physical copy or audio narration because an audio artists and an author collaborated. I won’t pay more than $5 for a digital copy and even that’s pushing it.

@Levans6081 Take it from a sick guy, their argument is bunk. I've changed discs with an IV in my hand many times. The joy of collecting/watching movies has given me the energy to get up on many mornings over the last 19 years. Physical Media Forever!

@Levans6081 Oh easily. Some are cheap, some are expensive. I have the Universal Monsters box-sets, it cost me about $70 to import to the UK. On the other hand, I have a Tom and Jerry set. 160ish shorts from the golden age for a tenner. It's a crapshoot, but it's worth it for the most part.

@Levans6081 If people call you an -ist of any kind, it's because they don't have any other arguments to make.

@Levans6081 Is it the post where someone made the cost of buying a series box set to that of buying a house? Because that was some pretzel logic

@Levans6081 Exactly!!! I still try to find VHS tapes now and again (still have a working VCR) and my brother-in-law recently got us a record player so I am collecting records again. #NostaligiaIsGood

@Levans6081 Wait, what? I am trying to wrap my head around that, how did anyone even begin to consider it ableist?

@Levans6081 I like it better because it means I actually own it and I can come back to it anytime I want.

@Levans6081 I agree, I prefer physical media because you never know when the streaming services are going to randomly remove something you were watching. 🙄

@Levans6081 To me that is being a realist to make sure you are always able to enjoy your shows and enjoy the hunt for the bargain.