The "Capitalism is when iPhone" argument isn't looking too hot today.

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white pardner, so long as it catches mice it's fine by me!

How else are they going to make 20 billion dollars on it?

Pan and scan is such an interesting artifact of the standard def era. Most of the movies I watched in the 90s were VHS recordings from when they played on TV, and so I ended up becoming very familiar with the 4:3 version of movies like Jurassic Park and Empire Srikes Back. When I saw Empire Strikes Back in theaters during the re-release in 97, it was a revelation - as a kid, I hadn't even internalized that I was missing a big chunk of the picture.

Petition to rename the great lakes mega-region to "chitpitts"

I'm partial to HouOrleans

I think non-Americans sometimes underestimate the amount of state repression here. Pity anyone who is targeted by the "justice system", because it is the goddamned terminator. It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop… EVER, until your life is ruined.

There's usually a public easement next to the road that is not technically part of the property. It probably is that big because of the curve in the road.

This is the second time that they bombed her home, the first was in 2006.

I'm the same way, and I actively use a lot of old tech day-to-day. I use a lot of mid-century hand tools and kitchen appliances, and I think basically all of my lawn equipment is 40+ years old. I actually started with more modern tools, and then eventually started gravitating towards old stuff just because it felt better to use, and had that ineffable "character" that old stuff has.

I also fairly regularly watch TV shows on an old CRT TV, especially if they're from the standard def era (it just straight-up looks better on a CRT).

A lot of old tech was genuinely bad and deserved replacing, but I appreciate what has really survived the test of time. It's funny that the OP mentioned VHS tapes, because that's one particular tech I re-visited and decided "actually, I'm glad we moved on from this".

Pig.

Poop.

On.

Balls.