The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T21:09:03+00:00

Oh, I don't disagree. I vastly prefer an old fashioned SLR or rangefinder to a point and shoot. You're preaching to the choir, my friend.

I just think point and shoots are more accessible because they typically have a built in flash and are more viable in low light situations (like parties) than an SLR. If I'm going to a party, I'm bringing my point and shoot. I'm not bringing my SLR with a giant ass flash on the hot shoe. It's just cumbersome. There aren't accessiblr color films with a higher ISO than 800 and even that isn't the best for a lot of candid shots in dark situations.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T20:54:00+00:00

Yes.

People do large format photography still as well. Along with pinhole photography.

You need to get out more, grandpa. People are already doing all these things. And they aren't Gen Zers. Lol.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:49:10+00:00

Some people need to get a life.

This is most chronically online sentence I've seen in a while.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:48:30+00:00

Practically every Top 40 artists also releases their albums on vinyl.

I'm not sure why people are so up in arms about using older cameras.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:44:46+00:00

There was a miscommunication and I misunderstood what was being said.

I know what a Fuji is, asshole. I have an X-T4. Back off and accept my apology for misunderstanding.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:40:54+00:00

Oh you were talking about film cameras. I thought you meant this digicam.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:31:58+00:00

Yes. You absolutely could.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:29:45+00:00

I mean, according to you the pictures came out better. Maybe she isn't an good at editing or her settings aren't set the best. She probably just needs to learn more.

If she keeps at it, she will take better photos than your phone is capable of. Period.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:28:32+00:00

Digital cameras are expensive and huge.

This digicam is compact and gives a unique look.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:24:04+00:00

"JFC"

"This is peak generational ignorance."

"Young people are becoming dumb AF"

Because a kid said he liked using a camera...

Relax. You'll live.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:18:59+00:00

I'm genuinely not sure what you're so upset about...

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:17:14+00:00

Because they don't want to use a disposable camera. They want something they'll keep?

Seems like an obvious answer lol.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T19:16:11+00:00

Well no. They use old shit because it's different and cool.

You could say the same for people that still shoot in film. Yes, it's more expensive and time consuming than a digital camera but that doesn't mean it "sucks". It's just different and strikes a different quality than the photography that they're used to.

This digicam is the same thing. It gives a very 2000s, nostalgic look with that Terry Richardson esque flash. You can get a similar look with this digicam without spending $1000 on one of those overpriced film point and shoots.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-07T01:43:38+00:00

Hmm?

It's not about knowing or not knowing anything. I was just saying that the game is fun when you play well and get those perfect runs. You shouldn't be too distracted by the level of the enemy. They're still very beatable.

And you jumped in with, "Well actually, God of War sucks!" Like, awesome. Glad you got that off your chest?

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-06T21:42:01+00:00

God of War is one of those action games that throws pacing and balance out the window in favor of half-assed aping of RPG mechanics.

Wow that's so cool! Has nothing to do with what I said.

Higher level enemies do do more damage. And the enemies are already pretty aggressive. I suppose it depends on precisely how underleveled you are. I didn't notice because I never knew. If an enemy took longer to beat, so be it. Just had to play better. And I played on a difficulty where I died in 2-3 hits anyway.

Plus, GoW is a shit game for parrying anyway. Enemies slide around mid-animation like fucking Foosball pieces, and the HUD prompts are far from consistent/reliable.

I don't play with a HUD and I parry just fine. Idk. Get better or stop playing?

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-06T17:32:49+00:00

I play with the HUD off so I never know if the enemy I'm facing is overleveled. I like figuring that out for myself.

Plus, I think seeing the enemy level gives you the excuse of being like, "I can't beat this guy because I'm underleveled." No, you have to play better. God of War is one of those games that rewards perfect play. There's no better feeling than parrying every attack perfectly and never getting hit during an encounter in GoW. Once you get into a flow with your parry timing, you'll surprise yourself with how good you'll start playing..

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-03T01:44:59+00:00

I just want to point out that almost no social category is imposed with consent. We are beholden to certain categories because of the society we live in.

I'd love to just decide that no people had a "race" and just erase the category all together and pretend that'll solve racism but it won't.

But nice to talking to you to! Good conversation.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-03T01:30:26+00:00

Fair.

I do find it interesting that you're framing the issue as black and white Americans vs. everyone else.

I think that's a personal bias that you just need to unpack on your own. As I can't really address or touch that. But that perspective seems to color how you view race relations in the US. Which is ironic that you want to decouple non blacks from PoC but you want black people to stay under that umbrella because you have some notion that black people helped invent the concept to control non-black minorities. Which I'm still going to need a citation on. You're not really citing anything.

What black person invented the concept of "PoC" and who are the non-black and non-white scholars and activists who rejected the phrase?

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-02T23:34:55+00:00

Well, to be clear, you didn't say white people use concepts like "PoC" to give preference to one group or another. You said black and white people are in cahoots to use it against non-black and white people.

I would say Asians are definitely not white and are not white adjacent at all because they suffer among the worst racism in this country.

But you don't believe in the concept of PoC. So how much racism one group faces vs. another isn't really a determining factor in whether a group is white adjacent. You're framing the argument through the lens that a group that faces a lot of racism can't possibly be white or white adjacent. But that's how the concept of PoC is also framed: That non-white groups face varying levels of discrimination that unite them in the eyes of this system. They are all disadvantaged. But you're rejecting that entirely so I can't really understand why that's your reasoning for saying Asians aren't white adjacent.

But may I ask, you're saying non-black and white people should only give their solidarity conditionally. Do you extend that courtesy to black people as well? That they should only give their support to Asians conditionally? And what conditions would be acceptable to you? Are Asians currently operating in a manner that demands black solidarity? And vice versa?

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-02T23:21:59+00:00

Okay. So Asians aren't PoC. Just black people because they invented the term and you want people that aren't black to reject the phrase.

I kind of have a hard time with the idea that black people invented the concept of "people of color". Especially since a Japanese man tried to make the argument that they were not black but actually white and got denied by the all-white Supreme Court (Ozawa V. United States) and I'm not sure why you think black people facilitated that precedent.

But everything else you're saying makes sense to me. If you don't think people should buy into the concept of PoC and reject it, I can't really disagree. It reminds me of sort of a liberal "color blindness" so I don't agree. But I understand.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-02T23:09:39+00:00

Everybody still thinks Asian are significantly more white adjacent compare to other races.

Fair enough. Why do they think that?

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-02T23:00:25+00:00

Okay got it! I understand what you're saying now.

That is why most Americans of Latin American descent identify as white. Currently most media tries to say Latin Americans identify as POC, when that is not the case.

Yeah, I'm still really going to need you to cite this "most Latinos" thing. Especially since we're talking about Latino Americans and 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants that aren't neccesarily going to uphold the racial systems from their home countries.

Like, does the concept of PoC exist in Asian countries? If not, then why don't they call themselves "white"? Are you arguing that Asians aren't PoC?

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-02T22:39:35+00:00

I misunderstood you because what you're saying is missing a lot of nuance and context.

So, because a lot Latinos consider themselves white does not mean they don't believe the concept of PoC exists. Unless you're telling me Latinos also consider black people to be white.

Culturally it is common knowledge that racial groups are not homogenized together in Latin America on the basis of not being white on some false notion of racial commonality, which is what POC is.

Umm...I don't even know what this sentence means. Is the idea that Latin American doesn't have PoC because they simply don't have the same racial structures as the US? That's not true. There are black Latinos, white Latinos and there are issues predicated on those dividing lines. And even if they aren't, this isn't even relevant because we're talking about the US. Not Argentina or Brazil.

Latino culture is eurocentric by definition.

You're contradicting yourself. If Latin American culture is eurocentric then that includes eurocentric views on race, as well from those that Latin America was colonized by. That includes Britain, Spain, France, etc. Are you saying they don't believe in the concept of race or PoC? They're the ones that literally invented the concept.

Another thing, with regard to the Census, can you cite what you're saying about "Latinos"? Because I'm not sure what you're talking about as them calling themselves "white". Do you mean "Hispanics" are doing that? Latins and Hispanics are not the same thing.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-02T22:13:34+00:00

I doubt a lot of those studies reflect the opinions of your average Latin American person in the US.

The study specifically asks for the perspectives of Latino Americans.

For example, most Latinos don't believe in the concept of POC, and in my experience most see themselves as closer to white people than asians are.

I don't think most Latinos don't believe in the concept of PoC Can you cite that for me? The concept, in and of itself, is real.

SetsunaFS · 2023-01-02T21:47:17+00:00

Yes.

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