The Digital Dinosaur: A Love Letter to CDs

Marcus Binary

You know what's crazy? I still own a CD player. Yeah, laugh it up! I'm basically a museum piece at this point. It's like owning a pet dinosaur, except instead of feeding it leaves, I feed it those shiny plastic discs that everyone else threw out in 2010.

Marcus Binary

Have you guys heard about Japan? They're still obsessed with CDs! While we're all here streaming music, they're buying physical CDs like they're Pokemon cards. Each CD comes with special collectibles - probably tiny pieces of the artist's soul or something. It's the only place where you can still get carpal tunnel from changing music tracks manually.

Marcus Binary

Anyone here still own a CD collection? [Wait for response] Oh wow, we've got some brave souls! Let me guess - you also have a flip phone and still use MapQuest, right? Just kidding, you're my people! We're like the last survivors of a dying civilization, gathering in secret to discuss our ancient rituals of cleaning disc scratches with toothpaste.

Marcus Binary

You know what's funny about streaming? Everyone's like 'It's so convenient!' Yeah, until your internet goes down and suddenly you can't listen to anything. Meanwhile, I'm sitting there with my CD collection like a doomsday prepper who prepared for a musical apocalypse. Who's laughing now, Spotify?

Marcus Binary

Look, I get it. Times change. But there's something special about holding music in your hands. It's like the difference between getting a text message and receiving a handwritten letter. Sure, the text is faster, but the letter? That's got soul, baby. And maybe that's what we're all streaming away from - a little bit of soul. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go home and alphabetize my CD collection... again.