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"President Trump announces 50% tax on Netflix to save precious American Blockbuster Video jobs."

Posted by Headlines From Tomorrow (aka howie) Mar 6 '18, 13:31

almost believeable.

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you laugh, but I miss my time wandering around Blockbuster deciding what to watch -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 14:08 20
- I found out that there's a video store sort of nearby. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 6, 15:34 2
  - Oh yeah, video stores can still be found in poor neighborhoods or trendy neighborhoods.... seemingly no inbetween :) -- (edited) - con_carne Mar 6, 15:41 1
    - This one would definitely edge closer to trendy, although not obnoxiously so. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 6, 15:41
- I bet you don't miss it more than you don't miss having to leave your house every time you decide you want to watch something. -- nm - pmb Mar 6, 14:59 1
  - It was all part of the outing. If I was dating, we would pick out a movie - groiny Mar 6, 15:25
- oh heck yes. I was just explaining this process to my nephews over the weekend. -- nm - Jovian Mar 6, 14:51
- Yup, and I had one right next to where I worked for a number of years; that was nice. -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 6, 14:29
- Just go walk around a Target while flipping through what's on Netflix. -- nm - Reagen Mar 6, 14:24 1
  - that is the problem in the world now, no one needs to talk to anyone else. -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 14:27
- I discovered a bunch of movies I normally wouldn't have otherwise by doing that -- nm - crash davis Mar 6, 14:15 10
  - There was a small mom and pop video store that had a rent 3 movies for $5, return by 6 PM next day. One summer, my brother and friends rented - JD Mar 6, 14:56
  - it also was good for walking up to random women with a built in Icebreaker -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 14:19 3
    - word -- nm - Spawn Mar 6, 14:30
    - "This is my erection. I call it Icebreaker" -- nm - crash davis Mar 6, 14:20 1
      - "excuse me, have you ever seen Boondock Saints?" - groiny Mar 6, 14:21
  - the collected works of Billy Drago, the ouvre of Cynthia Rothrock. -- nm - Remlik Mar 6, 14:16 4
    - Lord of the G-Strings starring Misty Mundae.... -- nm - crash davis Mar 6, 14:19 3
      - DAMN THROBBITS! -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 14:19
      - actually that one might have been Cinemax. -- nm - crash davis Mar 6, 14:19 1
        
        I am sure it was Cinemax -- nm - groiny Mar 6, 14:20
and it will done very very lovingly. -- nm - Jovian Mar 6, 13:56
Less than half a billion, right? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 6, 13:43 3
- Presuming he can only tax Netflix on Americans, that’s about 55 million people at 5 bucks a pop. Which wouldn’t be enough to save “Blockbuster” -- nm - Qale Mar 6, 13:51 1
  - silly Qale, thinking that results matter ... I mean coal hasn't been saved but he is claiming credit for doing exactly that -- nm - crash davis Mar 6, 13:53
- (Er, in reply to qale) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 6, 13:43
Especially believable when you consider how tiny a 50% tax on Netflix would be. -- nm - Qale Mar 6, 13:31

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