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by lucasoshiro 425 days ago
I was born in 1996 but I really love the past. 90% percent of the music that I listen to is from before 1990; I have a typewriter and I really find it fun to use it; I have some vinyl records; I have two SNES (one I that we have at home since the 90s and another that I found for sale); half of the movies that I watch were released before the 90s; I have a cuckoo clock working in my living room; I have a street atlas in my car and thanks I'm poor because of course if had money I would have spent it buying an old car.

But know what? Probably I'm happier living in 2020s. Technology allows me to watch more 80s movies that I would do if I lived in the 80s; it allows me to know more 80 bands than most of people who I know that actually lived in the 80s; I'm not restricted to watch only 80s movies or listen to 80s music, I have available everything from the 90s, 70s, 60s, 50s and so on; using a mechanical typewriter is fun but it might be a nightmare needing to use it. And so on.

In fact, I love the past because the present allows me.