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Seriously: I much preferred when moderated discussion boards like this one were the norm, fortunately at least some of them (like the one we are writing on) survived the impact of the so called "social media".I would like to stress out that I'm definitely not among those that do intentional damage to objects and that, to some degree, I always consider that things that I have in my hands may perhaps interest future generations or people with radically different tastes. Just looking at a record arouses a feeling of sympathy in me, which is why I never dump them: I give away or carry back to a record shop for free even the most forgettable ones.
But there's a limit to everything, and the limit is that records were made for being listened, and gramophones were made to play records. There are already enough museums in which these objects have been "digitised" and stored or are kept still and silent forever in a shrine, for "future generations" to stare at a dead, useless object. We are not funded by public fiscality nor our homes are limitless buildings provided by the State; on the contrary every record or gramohone we purchase has an impact on other sides of our welfare, and the space in our homes is taken away from other activities and is often a source of arguments with our wifes or cohabitants, so in my humble opinion it is completely unacceptable that a stranger should apostrophise us with regard to how we like to keep alive objects belonging to us.
