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Music, game, novel, show, what have you. What do you love that's particularly old?

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[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 month ago
[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We went here to say the same. Hey fellow hydrohomie!

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Going prehistoric on us. Nice.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is it though? Aren't the molecules constantly breaking apart and reforming?

Is this some kind of Ship of Theseus, but extra wet?

[-] sthetic@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago
[-] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Oh wonderful, I'm glad to hear it. Don't suppose you have any tips for navigating her incessant quilting talk while you're here?

[-] sthetic@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

To put joking aside, I have been trying to make a sort of quilt pattern to add to one of my sweatshirts, but I'm not good at sewing and don't have a sewing machine. So I would probably listen to her talk about quilts and how to make the edges look good.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I would also take quilting advice from OP's mum

[-] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 month ago
[-] Today@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Came here to say, "my husband."

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

A handmade ceramic mug I bought when I first got out of homelessness. Probably about fifteen years old now. It's white with a flared base and motif of a bison on it.

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[-] Geodad@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

My wife. 🥰

[-] kbal@fedia.io 16 points 1 month ago

It's the game of Go. Also known as baduk, weiqi, igo. It's a board game known for being pretty old.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hell yeah. Go is amazing. Crazy that something with such simple rules can be so deep.. Wish I had some locals to play with

[-] sockman@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

A manual transmission. It'll be a sad day when I have to go automatic/EV

[-] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I just bought my first manual transmission car! I'm loving it so far, definitely hold out as long as you can.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

The Sun

(the firey ball of doom, not the garbage newspaper)

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[-] Redacted@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago
[-] Damarus@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

Probably this ball of water and dirt we're living on.

[-] neoman4426@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

That big ball of nuclear fusion you can see sometimes is also pretty alright

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[-] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Grateful for it every day

[-] GuyFi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've got a trumpet (YTR-6320) from the 80s I bought used a bit back. It looks beat to hell but it just sings! It's as light as a feather aswell- I can play with one hand in my pocket.

Media-wise, I love some old 1930s swing and jazz tracks. It's super interesting to hear how similar some songs are to modern music.

[-] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That's freaking awesome! Trumpet is so cool, I have one that I wanna learn to play someday.

[-] GuyFi@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hell yeah! It's a tough instrument, but it's the most expressive one (in my opinion). Trumpets always sound like the person who's playing them, almost like an extension of your personality. I think there's something wonderful about that.

[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

My PS2. Thanks to Homebrew and some gadgets I bought I can to play a ton of games in their original hardware and it's been awesome.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I still got my PS2 with the HDD modded to load backups. Haha.

[-] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Fountain pens. They don't make custom alloys of gold specifically for their nibs any more because they're not ubiquitous. An old "wet noodle" italic Parker or Waterman is a writing experience to behold.

[-] OCATMBBL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Try out fudepens too. Fountain pens, but with a brush end. Sometimes they're refillable (my preference), sometimes they're not. They make them with actual bristle brush tips, but also foam tips like calligraphy markers.

I've come to really enjoy them.

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[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

My apartment. I don't like it very much but it was built in 1928. So "enjoy" is a stretch but I use it daily.

[-] halfeatenpotato@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Normally, I'd answer my husband. But today, I'll say Skyrim. I picked it up again after multiple years, and I have loved and played this game since its release in 2011.

Talk all the shit you want, this is one of my favorite nostalgic kicks.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I think 13 year olds are a bit too young to get married

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[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago
[-] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

My house was built in the late 1800s. That or a chair that my great great grandpa bought

[-] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I have many things that are very old and enjoy but I don't use them on a daily basis. Maybe my typewriter is what I use more often.

[-] orionsbelt@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago
[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

hard to be older than that

[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They should really call it backthengammon.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

The Royal Game of Ur.

[-] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For me it's definitely a game! I'll still boot up an emulator to play super metroid on SNES, and that game is 31 years old. I can't think of anything else I regularly do or enjoy that's quite that old, but I could definitely be forgetting something.

Edit: upon more thought chess is way older and I at least do a puzzle daily so maybe that counts. I don't play actual games that often though.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Edith Piaf never gets old

[-] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

My house was built in the late 1800s. That or a chair that my great great grandpa bought

[-] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

My Pebble watch

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

I still keep a few old things around but I'm not near them or using them on a daily basis.

The only exception is one necklace, which I always keep on even when showering. I started using it about a decade ago, but it belonged to my mother since her teenager years.

So yes, that's an item that's old and I enjoy on a daily basis

[-] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Sweet sleep. Speaking of which, back to bed I go. 😴💤

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

This old game called Squarez Deluxe.

I know it's old, I know it has low resolution, I know it doesn't meet the standard of modern gaming, but it's (in my view obviously) the best shape packing game ever made.

Like destroys Tetris... Which can't even hold a candle to this game. Not to say that Tetris is a bad game, it's a brilliant game!

I just think Squarez Deluxe takes it to the next level and gives so much room for player creativity.

The basic just is that you have a play field, and with a short timer for each, you are given blocks which can be various 9x9 shapes that you rotate and move freely on the grid and place at will.

All of the complexity comes from the special blocks which can have positive, negative, or in between effects.

Your positive tools are scarce, but if you use them creatively and with forward probabilistic thinking, you can have amazing, hour-long sessions that you cannot look away from.

Some of the special blocks are goo traps that explode so shapes that pass by get stuck. Some are acid that let you destroy blocks at will and you can form your pieces into very unique shapes that tuck in exactly where you need them.

There are bombs, mines, missiles, playfield expanders/contractors, etc.

The first two modes get you acquainted with the mechanics, but Extreme Mode is where the game is played.

The original developer is a cool dude and he changed it to freeware so you can grab DOSBox and hit myabandonware or archive and be playing like in minutes.

The stale air

[-] sparcipx@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

My Atari 2600. Xmas gift in the late 70s.

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