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  1. Title: Life Before the Internet Took Over (aka Why the ’90s Were Kinda Awesome)

我知道有些人一听到“90年代”,脑子里就自动弹出一些古董画面,比如什么boy bands(男团)、卡带、还有那种屏幕厚得能砸死人儿的电视。但先别急着笑。90年代其实是个很奇妙的过渡期:它既有现代生活的影子,但整体节奏又慢得多,甚至可以说是“佛系年代”。如果你恰好经历过,你一定知道我说的是什么。

所以今天我就想分享几个小回忆,也顺便想说说——那些“限制”其实也不完全是坏事,有时候,可能还挺美好的。

这一期你会听到:

1. 01:33 COMPUTERS 🖥️

(电脑很稀有,而且丑得感人)

+ 04:20 INTERNET 🛜 )

2. 06:25 TV  📺

(看电视是个仪式,而不是背景音)

+ 08:50 rental stores where you can rent DVDs 📀….

3. 10:20 PHONES 📞 ☎️

They weren’t smart. They were “dumb”. Yes. They were heavy and they stuck to the walls…”

(不“智能”电话……没办法无时无刻联系上!反而让相处时光变得真诚 珍贵)

+ 13:34 The Yellow Pages 黄页:

(it also packed with business listings, coupons, and helpful maps, back then the Yellow Pages were essential to daily life.)

+ Landlines & Internet access

4. 18:23 Conclusion? How to Deal with Boredom

(无聊,是人生的一部分…)

I will quote someone whom i had a really nice conversation with today, he said,...

从这个聊天quote就说起书的quote ->

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23:38 Short Stories (最后即兴聊起短篇小说)

You tell each other everything because you know you will never see them again

-提到:

1)24:42 Haruki Murakami’s “Men Without Women,” a collection of seven short stories.

2)25:18 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Bernice’s Bobs Her Hair”

(《伯妮斯剪头发》by F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德. (书中的伯妮斯引用了《小妇人》(1868年)的话,说明Louisa May Alcott (路易莎·梅·奥尔科特)的角色是榜样。 可以一起读~ 我知道你一定听过“小妇人”:)

3)25:25 Henry James’ “Daisy Miller” and liked his ghost stories the best

Reading for me is entertainment “

4)26:24 Natsume Soseki’s "Kokoro"

(夏目漱石的 《心》(1914)。

As always 感谢收听~