Absolutely off-topic but I have a few friends from Argentina and they are the most positive and inspiring people I have met so far. Those guys are smiling and being happy for free. That's a country where I would move in if I had to change.
The article may as well have been one statement: “Weird. People buy tapes now for nostalgia in Argentina.” since it provided the most surface level take with no follow up. Agreed that it’s probably AI slop.
The article fails to mention the main reason cassettes were popular in my youth: mix tapes
The ability to record your own cassettes, with your own choice of music, and share them with friends was a huge part of what made cassettes a social media 8-)
This article mostly speaks about the media as being pre-recorded and sold by commercial entities.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 40.1 ms ] threadPerhaps I’m not in the indy circles that the author mentions, but that’s definitely not a mainstream phenomenon here.
The ability to record your own cassettes, with your own choice of music, and share them with friends was a huge part of what made cassettes a social media 8-)
This article mostly speaks about the media as being pre-recorded and sold by commercial entities.