Wondering if this is common with ADHD. maybe not only physical media but just things in general. I for one am not a fan that everything is digital and nonexistent so make it a point to own media I care about on physical copies.
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I certainly don’t. I actually prefer digital. It’s a lot easier (and cheaper) to expand and organize my digital storage space than it is to expand and organize my physical storage space.
Now, that doesn’t mean I like the whole “license vs owning” shit. I just like that I can have a thing without having a thing. The thing I care about is the song, the movie, the book, the game, etc.
It also helps against the tendency to hoard. Can’t fill my living space with junk if all the junk I collect is digital. 😌
I have a huge physical media collection. I don’t feel like I actually own something unless I can touch it. The only time I buy digital is when something isn’t available any other way. I think in my case it’s an autism thing rather than an ADHD thing since I’m both.
I would say it’s mostly because of ADHD that I prefer digital. I don’t lose it, it doesn’t turn into clutter, I can take it with me without having to remember (e.g. on the steam deck or switch)…
There’s the downside of publishers sometimes removing access to the content, but that’s more of a downside of bad actors rather than digital explicitly - people who bought The Crew as a physical copy still lost access because ubisoft sucks, not because it was digital.
Ah see, the problem for me with digital is I do lose it. I cannot standardize a naming or file format, so I end up with so much clutter. Id much rather organize my records by artist a to z and be able to physically see it. Maybe im just old
I think that’s just you. I’m like the exact opposite of that
Seems like a lot of people do! I guess I jist prefer the realness and not having to worry about it being lost In pile of digital mess or be gone forever if a drive fails then have to worry about 3 backup systems etc…
So, I’m actually a big fan of digital. My disks don’t get scratched, my tapes aren’t lost under the bed, and I don’t spill anything on my books.
That being said, I do feel the urge to collect things, and even though I’m not buying physical media, I see merch related to it and think “I should have that. I don’t know what I’d do with it, but I should have it.”
Fortunately, I’m too broke to act on these urges, but I totally understand them.
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Im still listening to my reel to reel tapes and quite enjoy threading the tape and rewinding etc. Guess im weird!!
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If so I didn’t get the memo. I can’t even remember the last time I bought a physical game. I think FIFA 2014 got bundled in when I bought a PS4 like 12 years ago if that counts. Don’t believe I’ve bought a single one since. I love the convenience of my Steam and GOG libraries.
Absolute opposite for me - give me digital everything as it’s easier to store and organise and doesn’t make clutter.
I feel the opposite, I wish more things could be digital. It is convenient and easy to backup.
But honestly I don’t think this is ADHD, maybe the fact that it can be taken to a certain absolutist level is the ADHD part.
Well I don’t know if it’s tied to ADHD, I just want a copy that I can play on my laptop with my solar charger in the end of days. I have a bottle of johnny walker blue to crack when that day happens.
I do wonder if preppers are more likely to be adhd too. Im a mild prepper lol.
I never really thought about it, but it’s certainly possible. It definitely makes me feel better to have certain things in these uncertain times.
I’m a broke computer nerd, always been more about being able to enjoy something than have it in my hands.
That said, I am going to save up for the Murder, She Wrote Blu-Ray set that just came out because the series takes up over 150GB on my media drive and I’m worried about not being able to find it online in the future since it’s such an old person show.
Not sure if related, but I need to see everything I need for a task on the computer. alt+tab or virtual desktops don’t do it for me - I need 3 or more physical screens.
Just upped my productivity a lot by having a dedicated screen that always only shows the mindmap with the todos & plan.
