I have a bunch of blank dvd and cd, What should i put on them/do with them?

I somehow have a bunch of blank cd and dvds that i got from thrift stores and parents. There good for some linux os's but besides that im not sure what else to put on them or do with them. I would like to create a sort of binder for rainy days with various media but im stumped.

Im asking what type of media i should put on theses dvds/cds. I would do music but im not the biggest music fan sadly.

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Burn porn or GoG games onto them and leave them in random bushes in various public parks and gardens
- Hahahahaa
  You... I have no words
- I could see Beavis and Butthead doing this neeheh heh
- I like your style, but I guess both would get you into legal trouble.
  
  Only if you get caught
I used to pirate movies my older neighbour wanted to see and burn them on blank DVDs because she felt way more comfortable having discs than streaming. That could be an option if you have a tech-averse person in your life you care about.
She had a bunch of empty cases too, and would make customer covers for each movie with a sharpie and a piece of paper.
Burn AOL free trial discs and leave them here and there
- Whose ready for some AOL ultimate Frisbee?
  To answer the question, I don't think they should be used for anything. Keep a small stack for a rainy day and get rid of the rest. There is a reason they are all it thrift stores and being given away for free. Their are much better alternatives out their for storage. Unless you are a hoarder. Then, just add them to your pile of crap you will never use/need again.
  I have burned thousands of CD/DVDs in my life but maybe only 10 in the past 15 years or so.
If you have a car with a CD player, I’d recommend burning some CDs. It’s so refreshing having a small collection of banger CDs to choose from. Not to mention that you can insert and eject without being too distracted.
- I used to go to Wikipedia and click the random article button to get a name for my burned mix CDs. I think my favorite was called "mountaintop removal".
From personal experience, depending on how old they are, use them as coasters.
With very few exceptions, consumer grade optical media is really only good for sharing files.
Back in the 2000’s I had been using them to store backups of files. Found out the hard way that that was not a suitable use for them when I had a hard drive fail. Disk rot is a bitch if you’re not expecting it.
That said, if you and your family still have CD players, you might think about making them mix CDs. It’s also possible to burn your archived movies or tv shows onto them in DVD or Video-CD formats. I expect most DVD players can still read the Video CD format.
- I’ve turned some into fidget spinners with hot glue and marbles.
Put at least one of them in a microwave.
Pretty neat light show!
Technically, kind of, you are... burning the disk, in a sense, lol.
https://github.com/arduinocelentano/cdimage ?
I've kind of wanted to do this: https://imgur.com/haxorus-created-from-broken-cds-Uot1FSF
I recently found some CDs and DVDs that I backed files up on 17 years ago. Everything copied across no problem - they were as good as the day I burned them.
I'd say use them for data!
- Problem with that is that the capacity of optical media is pretty small. I used to use optical media to back up my personal data but stopped pretty quickly as I was running out of space.
  
  Yeah, I do have a lot of discs.
If you've got a lot of content on a Steam account, you can make physical install discs
I like to burn movies and shows to play on my CRT. It feels a bit more authentic than streaming.
Sega Dreamcast games
Large scale exterior wall art.
I use them as coasters for drinks.
- But Blanks are still useful, I will literally never run out of unusable driver CDs, scratched CD-Rs, AOL cover discs, failed DVD burns, etc ...
  also floppy discs don't shed foil flakes when they get wet, just superior coasters.
I would say family photos for archival.
They will outlast your HDD nd SSDs
- Normal DVDs are not good for archival. Cheap ones can degrade in less than 10 years. You want to get the M-disc ones for long term storage.
- VS HDD seems a bit unlikely. The typical cheap optical media isn't designed or meant for long term archival. There are more expensive types that are meant for long term storage but I'm pretty sure that's not what OP is talking about, especially if it's just random blank discs from thrift stores, etc.
  But to your point even cheap optical media might outlast SSDs since those tend to lose their saved data if stored unpowered for x years.
  
  even cheap optical media might outlast SSDs since those tend to lose their saved data if stored unpowered for x years.
  I wasn't aware of this. Would you happen to have any handy links where I could read more?
- That's a coinflip.
  The HDDs in my dads home server have outlasted the CDs he burned back in the day.
  That's not to say HDDs are a safe option, either. You won't know whether a drive is going to last a year or ten until it fails.
Well, since music is out of the question, it's always possible to do things like finding old games you like online through places like MyAbandonware and attempting to burn them to a CD/DVD and seeing if they work. Not as convenient as just using something like DOSBox, but definitely rewarding in my opinion.
I like to keep a burned copy of my diagnostic tools for older PCs with optical disk drives. It saved me several times
As mentioned before, disks are great for archiving files for long-term storage, so they eould work for that. You could also see if you have any non-techie freinds who want/need a cd or two burned (though not likely, still possible).Alternatively there are quite a few crafts you could try.
- Ordinary discs are terrible for long term storage. You need to use special discs designed to resist disc rot, like M-disc or Sony's ODA. It wouldnt trust random discs more than 10 years from manufacturing

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