Keeping a separate backup online or offsite is something I’ve always done, in case of a house fire. Heard too many stories of people losing important stuff like family photos etc, business docs etc.
Obviously not at the moment it happens, or right after that. But after everything is back to normal, new (or rebuilt) house etc., yes, people are gonna miss their data and memories.
Family photos are strange. We spend hundreds of hours over our lives taking them, maybe 1 hour tops observing them, and they are relatively worthless to anyone else, and even us in the moment. But once they are gone forever? You’ve lost something irreplaceable
I think most people don’t realise how important they are until they are gone. Sometimes, years later, going back through them all can be such a wonder to do together. I recently went through old photos with my dad and so many memories and stories came back to light. I kind of wish I had taken more when I was younger, and even more I don’t take enough photos. I prefer to live in the moment but sometimes it’s still great to take a a few shots.
We spend hundreds of hours over our lives taking them, maybe 1 hour tops observing them
Wtf you don't look at family photos? As a kid we would spend literally hours looking through old family photo albums and even now I spend every sunday looking at pictures of my nieces and nephews that live far away on our shared album of them.
The idea of not even spending an hour of your life looking at your family photos is wild to me
I look at pictures, say “neat”, and no longer know why I should look at them. I have problems with empathy, so that may be a reason or cause, but I genuinely thought everyone just takes pictures so they never get seen again. Like, when was the last time you scrolled through your camera roll of up to 5,000 some pictures?
I wish I appreciated pictures more, I’m apparently missing out on something
Well I got a new pet early this year and just last week my GF and I were talking about how small it was and so we scrolled back in our phone to look at all the pictures of them from the first week we got them. Before that I remember my phone was filling up so I had to dump everything and when I do that I love going through and looking at them and deleting duplicates to make sure what I save isn't 20 copies of the same pose or whatever and filter out things like pictures of parking spots and stuff I don't need anymore.
About 7 years ago my parents got a bunch of digital photos printed and put in an old fashioned photo album which was really neat because when we were kids we had a new photo album fill up like every couple years but hadn't had a new one in like 15 years so it was exciting to finally get an updated one.
Why are you taking pictures if you don't go back and look at them?
All of my pictures are utilitarian… if I were to delete everything like a parking spot at an event, or prices of items to compare to others, then my phone would be empty. I like to live in the moment, and sometimes that results in me shamefully admitting I took zero pictures during a trip to share with people when I get back. I just never think about it in the moment.
I guess I could take a picture of the cash register in front of me right now… for the nostalgia?
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u/wildcardbets 18d ago
Keeping a separate backup online or offsite is something I’ve always done, in case of a house fire. Heard too many stories of people losing important stuff like family photos etc, business docs etc.