Threat to physical media

serpentnight · 07-27-2022, 06:51 PM

We are living in a time of extreme weather events and increased levels of natural disasters. Its fair to say that a number of physical paraphernalia: comics, action figures, otherwise, has been destroyed in these happenings. Is anyone taking precautions with their collections and property in general in the hopes of minimizing this?

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 07-27-2022, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by serpentnight

We are living in a time of extreme weather events and increased levels of natural disasters. Its fair to say that a number of physical paraphernalia: comics, action figures, otherwise, has been destroyed in these happenings. Is anyone taking precautions with their collections and property in general in the hopes of minimizing this?

Its the End of Days (or soon will be) and none of this garbage will matter...

*Leo656* · 07-27-2022, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mrmaczaps

Its the End of Days (or soon will be)

I sincerely want to believe you.

I don't think I'll make it that long either way though.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 07-28-2022, 06:12 AM

Didn't Michelle Ivey have some of her TMNT stuff ruined when Michigan experienced a flood?

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 07-28-2022, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Didn't Michelle Ivey have some of her TMNT stuff ruined when Michigan experienced a flood?

A ton of it if I recall correctly...

*lonewarrior20* · 07-28-2022, 09:12 AM

almost lost all mine in a fire including cels but managed to restore and clean just about everything.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 07-28-2022, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mrmaczaps

A ton of it if I recall correctly...

Found it.

*IMJ* · 07-28-2022, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mrmaczaps

Its the End of Days (or soon will be)

Every zealot has said the same thing for thousands of years now. "We are in the end times". "I will be prepared for the end times". Thousands of years but not yet. I've always hinged this phenomena on the raging ego of those with high religiosity.

It's a calculus that goes like this:
-Life anger/Low self-esteem/low personal achievement = turn to religion
-Turn to Religion = something to grasp onto
-Something to grasp onto = misplaced sense of personal achievement
-Newly discovered Sense of personal achievement + religion = "armor of God" ego
-"Armor of God" ego = the end is near and my special position under the "armor of God" ego means I can sense the patterns of the end before other people. And I am ready for it.

There's a spectrum, even for servants of God. I imagine that the "High Religiosity/Raging Ego" servants actually fall on the spectrum somewhere closer to Hell and would be very shocked to find that out.

*frank_one* · 07-28-2022, 06:00 PM

Everything is bound to disappear at some point. How many copies of TMNT #1 will still be around in like 200 years? Few, maybe. Paper can be strong, if well preserved. CDs and DVDs? Not much. Plastic is subjected to a faster physical decay. All your music, movies and games will be unreadable before you die.

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 07-28-2022, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by frank_one

Everything is bound to disappear at some point. How many copies of TMNT #1 will still be around in like 200 years? Few, maybe. Paper can be strong, if well preserved. CDs and DVDs? Not much. Plastic is subjected to a faster physical decay. All your music, movies and games will be unreadable before you die.

Does the world HAVE 200 more years? According to the Squad we have less than 20... lol.

07-28-2022, 09:12 AM	#6
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07-27-2022, 06:51 PM	#1
serpentnight Random Punk Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Wyoming Posts: 48	Threat to physical media We are living in a time of extreme weather events and increased levels of natural disasters. Its fair to say that a number of physical paraphernalia: comics, action figures, otherwise, has been destroyed in these happenings. Is anyone taking precautions with their collections and property in general in the hopes of minimizing this?

07-28-2022, 06:12 AM	#4
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,155	Didn't Michelle Ivey have some of her TMNT stuff ruined when Michigan experienced a flood?

07-28-2022, 06:00 PM	#9
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 1,983	Everything is bound to disappear at some point. How many copies of TMNT #1 will still be around in like 200 years? Few, maybe. Paper can be strong, if well preserved. CDs and DVDs? Not much. Plastic is subjected to a faster physical decay. All your music, movies and games will be unreadable before you die.