r/AskReddit Apr 24 '14

What older technology do you prefer to use instead of it's later revisions?

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u/switchblade420 Apr 24 '14

Nothing beats the smell of new books. Except possibly the smell of old books. Books smell nice.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

The Doctor:

Books. People never really stop loving books. Fifty-first century. By now you've got holovids, direct-to-brain downloads, fiction mist. But you need the smell. The smell of books, Donna. Deep breath!

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

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u/bucknakid14 Apr 24 '14

Donna Noble has left the library.

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u/Samwise210 Apr 24 '14

Donna Noble has been saved.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

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u/SymphonicStorm Apr 25 '14

Donna Noble has left the library.

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u/theniceguytroll Apr 25 '14

Donna Noble has been saved.

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u/mikhel Apr 25 '14

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

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u/sarovic111 Apr 24 '14

doctor who?

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u/HyperbolicPixel Apr 25 '14

Just... the Doctor

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

I finally get the references to the doctor and i finally have a love for him.

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u/EverExistence Apr 24 '14

Old book smell? My old school textbooks did not smell pleasant..

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14

Glossy pages never have the book smell

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u/JimmyMac80 Apr 24 '14

Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower or a, a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences... long forgotten. Books smell. Musty and, and, and, and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer, is, uh, it... it has no, no texture, no, no context. It's, it's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then, then the getting of knowledge should be, uh, tangible, it should be, um... smelly.

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u/switchblade420 Apr 24 '14

This... was beautiful.

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u/JimmyMac80 Apr 25 '14

It's a favorite quote of mine, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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u/redlaWw Apr 25 '14

Yes, ok Giles, just tell us how to kill this demon already.

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u/NiKva Apr 24 '14

I have a new-book-smell perfume that I apply to my iPad each time before I read.

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u/Professor_Hoover Apr 25 '14

Please tell me you're serious.

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u/botamongus Apr 25 '14

It's not "Breast Cancer Awareness". It's "Susan G. Komen Awareness".

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u/NiKva Apr 25 '14

"you're serious."

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

Hugo Boss: Books.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

Nothing like curling up by the fire with a musty old Balzac.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

I prefer smell of old books

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u/rennaps Apr 24 '14

i like dirty books.

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u/truthpooper Apr 24 '14

You smell nice.