❤︎ going analog & the tiktokifcation of y2k tech ❤︎

❤︎ i just want to preface that i also enjoy tiktok & i am inspired by a lot of things i see on tiktok, but i wanted to talk about something that i think is a little silly ❤︎

i've been seeing more often lately people wanting to be "analog" or have more analog hobbies, which i think is great and its something i am progressively working towards, i don't want to doomscroll either! but i see that one of the ways that ppl r saying to be analog is to buy tiktok shop ipods, cd players, and digital cameras, i think this is really silly, considering these products are mass produced slop, break easily, function only for a short time because the company doesn't expect you to actually use it more than a few times... they're also more expensive than buying a secondhand true Y2K gem, and if you are skeptical because it's secondhand, i just want to say that i have had a lot of success with buying tech secondhand, reasonably priced, and as long as you read descriptions and make sure its working, you should have little to no problems!

my cameras, ipods, cd player, dvd player, iphones, are ALL secondhand, working, and if it matters to you, true to the decade! 

❤︎ i plan on making a post soon about all of the old tech that i still use ❤︎

TLDR; ❤︎ buy your tech secondhand and stop buying poor quality tiktok shop slop ❤︎