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In response to ""President Trump announces 50% tax on Netflix to save precious American Blockbuster Video jobs."" by Headlines From Tomorrow

you laugh, but I miss my time wandering around Blockbuster deciding what to watch -- nm

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Mar 6 '18, 14:08

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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

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