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briandmyers  ·  3335 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Happy Am I That You Don't Buy CDs

This discussion reminds me of a radio commercial I hear sometimes, for a local record store :

<fire alarm in background>

First dude: "C'mon Anton, we need to get out of here - can't you hear the fire alarm?"

Anton: "Nah, I'm not listening to this tinny shit, man - I'm waiting for the vinyl".

Dude: "Vinyl? What vinyl? What?"

Anton: "I've pre-ordered the Distress Records 'Assorted Alarms and Sirens, Volume 2', on 180-gram red vinyl. THAT, my friend, is the way to listen to an alarm".

Announcer: "If it's vinyl or nothing for you, head on down to ..."