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I love personal/portable DVD players and finally got one for Christmas. And I cannot recommend getting one enough.
Unfortunately, the battery is broken, so it doesn't hold a charge, but it works amazingly plugged in and this one has a car plug. Beautiful. Don't let these die.
Recently I've seen a resurgence in cassette players, and I really hope someone decided to revamp personal DVD players.
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a close friend of mine made me a mix tape so i had to lock in on playing CDs on the go, genuinely so much fun to own and play!! highly recommend
5d ago
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Portables:
Used 80s-90s players are probably the best bet for reliability, quality, and repairability. Regardless of brand, if a working one pops up on FB Marketplace or in a shop ~$20, it's worth picking it up and giving it a quick cleaning to see if it works for you. If you want to spend a bit more, Sony Walkmans are definitely the standard. Techmoan's Sony Walkman Buyer's Guide is a good reference, and he goes over which ones can be easily fixed and which ones are doomed to break. There are some newer products like WeAreRewind that even support Bluetooth, but I don't have experience with them (if anyone does, I'm very curious!)
Stereo Decks:
Tape decks can be pretty affordable if you come across them at yard sales or Marketplace. Here's a primer guide on those. Most would say to stay away from the dual-cassette decks (the ones used for dubbing from one tape to another) because they were all made pretty cheaply. Nakamichis vary widely from affordable to expensive, but they're all really great.
Mar 1, 2024
It works! for some reason, cassettes are having a resurgence. havenβt yet bought a new cassette, but s/o to goodwill for some good ones.
Feb 20, 2025
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I've never touched makeup before but I have this eye pencil thing and decided to doodle on myself. I like it.
Mar 14, 2025
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I've deleted Instagram. I'm stretching my ears. I'm making video diaries again. I write for myself only. I'm secluded, quiet, I'm grieving, I'm burying myself and I am being buried and I am attending the funeral. I'm alone in all of this.
It wasn't a new year resolution that led me here. It wasn't therapy or a fortune cookie or anything romantic. But I realize your story only matters if you plan on telling it to someone. Maybe as a response to something, "what the fuck is wrong with you?", maybe an intimate secret, maybe a drunken ramble. I'm done telling stories.
I've been alone for forever. Occasionally someone will drift too close, and I think maybe this time, maybe, maybe... And I'm left scarred, or left quietly, but always left.
Of course I have things to reflect on and things to take accountability for. But I'll be damned if I present my isolation as pure, as if I am a martyr. No, this is not for everyone's safety or my own digestibility. I am bringing the chisel down in sharp downward motions against myself again and again and and I will carve something new from this stone tomb. I'll never be David. I'll never be Michelangelo. But I can be something more than stone.
I am moving on. I don't know to where or to what end. It doesn't matter. Very little does, now. Maybe it always had such little meaning and I was just too close, to desperate, to see that. I wanted so badly to mean something. Even if it was just to be grieved. No one will miss me, now, as it's always been. But I also don't miss me.
Moving on.
Mar 26, 2025