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Why aren't hipsters allowed to like compact discs?

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TheFuriousWombat:

--- Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 15 Sep 2007, 07:53 ---I like vinyl for a really odd reason: it surprises me, more often than not. 90% of the time when I buy music it's on vinyl from my local record shop. They don't have the largest vinyl section in the world, and what they do have is often seemingly random--for instance, they have 4 copies of Come On Pilgrim but nothing else by the Pixies; they have get in vinyl but when I buy it I never see it stocked again; they rarely have 'new' vinyl releases on release date; and so on.

However, this means that I frequently go there and take a chance on an album I know little to nothing about other than it was a band I had read about somewhere and how they were maybe any good. Occasionally I'm disappointed--Terrestrial Tones, ugh--but more often I am pleasantly surprised by albums I vaguely recognize. I acquired stuff by Do Make Say Think and The Mountain Goats through this gambling system, and I think it's a fine way of discovering music.

--- End quote ---

I'm the same way. The local record store near my house is actually one of the largest independent record stores in the country (in terms of collection size) so it's a place I can and do spend dozens of hours in. I've sifted through a lot of crap and a lot of stuff I would never want on vinyl but have found some amazing things in the process. The long out of print 'Besides' EP by Do Make Say Think, for example, was in a large stack of 'D' records for only $2. The out of print S/T album by Broken Social Scene was there, new, for $10. The exceptionally limited 'Home Ruckus' vinyl only album by Tarentel was there for $15, also new. I personally love records. I like the size, I love the sleeves/artwork (my copy of In the Aeoroplane Over the Sea on vinyl is simply gorgeous), I truly do think it sounds better in most situations and, often, vinyls actually cost less than CDs these days. I generally have MP3s of most songs and if I want the physical album, I'll buy it on vinyl. I haven't bought a CD in years. I also do as Tommy mentioned, listening to my ipod on the go/in the car and listening to vinyl (if I have what I want to hear on vinyl) at home. Both the vinyl and digital formats obviously have their merits but vinyl will always be the format I'll favor.

SleeperCylon:
I'll go through the logical steps, from the viewpoint of a hipster.

1.  I don't have a lot of money.                                                     -Premise
2.  CDs cost a lot of money.                                                           -Premise
3.  I can't afford a lot of CDs.                                                        -Deduction from 1 and 2
4.  Downloading because you don't want to pay would be just theft.     -Premise
5.  I rock, and have principles.                                                       -Premise
6.  If I was just committing theft, I wouldn't have principles.                -Premise
7.  I am not committing theft.                                                        -If A --> -B, B ---> -A.  B, thus not A (Cognitive dissonance step)
8.  I am downloading music.                                                          -Premise
9.  If I was rebelling against record companies, I would dowload music.  -Induction
10.  I download music because I'm rebelling.                                      -Induction 8 and 9
11.  People who do not download music are not rebelling.                   -If A --> B, then -B --> -A.  (Deduction from 9)
12.  You are not downloading music.                                                -Premise
13.  You are not rebelling.                                                               -Deduction from 11 and 12
14.  People who have principles rebel.                                               -Induction from 9
15.  People who rock have principles.                                                -Induction from 5
16.  You suck.                                                                               -Deduction from 13, 14, 15

supersheep:
That's not formal logic. FAIL.

3Z3VH:

--- Quote from: tommydski on 15 Sep 2007, 13:13 ---
--- Quote from: SleeperCylon on 15 Sep 2007, 12:45 ---I'll go through the logical steps, from the viewpoint of a hipster.
--- End quote ---

Now I'm curious. What's the relevance of this to the subject at hand?

--- End quote ---

Because it's cool !  And hipsters are cool !  Right ?

Spinless:
Well, technically, it IS slightly relevant because the discussion included mp3s as a media format. His post also mentioned reasons not to buy CDs.
Who cares if it's ontopic as long as there's an excuse to post something mildly amusing?
I give the post 3 gold stars out of a possibe 5.

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