Pro tip: a chat with my nephew about his new tent made me feel old

He got this fancy 3-person tent from REI with a built-in LED light strip and a phone charging port. I told him my old Coleman from 2005 just needs a flashlight, and he looked at me like I suggested using a rock to start a fire. It hit different because he wasn't being rude, he just genuinely didn't see the point of gear without tech. Has anyone else had a kid make their trusty old equipment seem like a museum piece?

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rayking7mo ago

Nah, simpler gear is way more reliable.

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brooke_taylor7mo ago

Simpler gear" is a crazy thing to say about this setup.

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matthewwilson7mo ago

Right? What even counts as simple anymore? I saw a rig last week with three separate power conditioners and a custom patch bay... calling that simple feels like a joke. My old band ran everything into a single mixer and it never let us down once. More stuff just means more things that can go wrong in the middle of a set.

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colescott5mo ago

My buddy's synth rig crashed during a festival set because of a bad MIDI cable in his fancy chain. The sound guy just handed him a mic and told him to sing over the drums. Sometimes less gear just means less panic when things go south.

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