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Heck, I Remember Life Before Television

I consider the loss of radio drama a major loss to the arts.

Adjusting to the Tech Revolution was very tough for me. Even today, just using my cell phone is hard; I've considered raising homing pigeons and getting all my friends to do the same.
I will raise pigeons too if it helps me connect, might even help me find "home"
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i've been accused of lacking a sense of humor before.

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HopelessGuyM
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assemblingaknob26-30, F
Oh yes I have listened to a radio drama. I was blown away! It takes so much effort into painting a full scene in your mind with just sounds! It was amazing.
AnthroKenji36-40, M
Podcasts. It鈥檚 radio evolved. You鈥檇 didn鈥檛 lose anything, you just haven鈥檛 changed with it.
greenmountaingal70-79, F
@AnthroKenji Thank you. I am sure you are right.
FreestyleArt31-35, M
Wish I was old so I would know better much than this piece of shlt Generation
NorthernRoses22-25, F
As other people said, you could try listening to podcasts! 馃槉

I mostly listen to educational or discussion-centered podcasts, but there are some really good audio dramas out there too. Personally a big fan of this horror-mystery called The Magnus Archives, but there's a lot more out there.
MartinTheFirst26-30, M
@NorthernRoses ur such a nerd i cant believe it
NorthernRoses22-25, F
@MartinTheFirst If you believed anything else of me you've been a fool

But hey at least I don't do 3D-modeling, game coding & the likes 馃 now THAT'S nerdy, am I right or am I right 馃槒
MartinTheFirst26-30, M
radio drama,Ive been thinking about this as of late. Something special about it.
I've started to ignore tech. It bores me. Constantly changing, getting what they call " better".
greenmountaingal70-79, F
@TwiddlerofThumbs Radio drama required the use of one's own imagination. If a scary monster was approaching, you'd picture it as your own version of the scariest monster; scary shows were scarier ("Lights out for Mystery Theatre"). You could sit in the dark and put your imagination to work more freely than television allows. Likewise, because your own imagination was involved, you could put yourself into the drama more easily than when you can see everything on a screen. I always liked to imagine riding right next to the Lone Ranger and Tanto, or going along on all those adventures in I Love A Mystery. But I wasn't pretty enough to imagine I was one of, say, Charlie's Angels. Television puts you outside the action. Radio draws you in.
@greenmountaingal you are absolutely spot on. I like listening to old radio shows for theses reasons. And, more so, reading books, listening to books. I don't like having being placed before me, what it is that I am supposed to imagine during the telling of a story.
SW-User
The pigeon idea seems fun.
greenmountaingal70-79, F
@SW-User With the bad phone connection I have, it might be a real improvement.
Cabernetfranc80-89, M
@greenmountaingal Our 1st phone was hand crank. Our number was 56 and the grocery was #1.
SW-User
I recommend Rude Jude podcasts on shade/45 if you want drama
Cabernetfranc80-89, M
I am with you. I saw my first television when I was at University. 馃槙
:o wait before TV?
greenmountaingal70-79, F
@TryingtoLava I'm old. WWII was still in progress when I was born.

 
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