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This is a submission from the inimitable Gabriel “Tails” DeVine. We met a few weeks ago at the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association World Championships. Take it away, Tails: While packing my stuff for a move, it was very easy to round up some of the many obsolete objects I own. Most people call shenanigans when I tell them vinyl records are the best way to listen to music; A lot of people don’t bother with comic books anymore because a collection can take up so much space, and you can get prints of them online in many cases; CB radios are very convenient, and you can talk on those while driving without getting a ticket (In California, at least); Pinball (You can’t forget the back drop)… Well, one of my passions has been dead to the public for a long time now; And of course, I felt like an old man when a little girl wanted to watch a movie on a “Square DVD.” You mean VHS tapes, little girl… How I got my movies… Obsolete items are better than new objects in every way. They’re warm, have character, function and design. My Great Grandfather’s console TV there was a piece of furniture, as well as the entertainment center… And would you believe that the 1080p flat screen TV my brother bought last year broke… But this little 1970 RCA still works?

This is a submission from the inimitable Gabriel “Tails” DeVine. We met a few weeks ago at the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association World Championships. Take it away, Tails:

While packing my stuff for a move, it was very easy to round up some of the many obsolete objects I own. Most people call shenanigans when I tell them vinyl records are the best way to listen to music; A lot of people don’t bother with comic books anymore because a collection can take up so much space, and you can get prints of them online in many cases; CB radios are very convenient, and you can talk on those while driving without getting a ticket (In California, at least); Pinball (You can’t forget the back drop)… Well, one of my passions has been dead to the public for a long time now; And of course, I felt like an old man when a little girl wanted to watch a movie on a “Square DVD.” You mean VHS tapes, little girl… How I got my movies…

Obsolete items are better than new objects in every way. They’re warm, have character, function and design. My Great Grandfather’s console TV there was a piece of furniture, as well as the entertainment center… And would you believe that the 1080p flat screen TV my brother bought last year broke… But this little 1970 RCA still works?

Notes

  1. Gabriel Tails DeVine submitted this to obsoletethebook