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The collapse of Blockbuster is directly responsible for the collapse of society!! Prove me wrong!

Posted by Mop🧹 (aka rburriel) May 3 '24, 11:19

When you went to Blockbuster and rented a movie and came home, it mandated that your family would have a "family movie night". When that stopped happening, families collapsed and now society is in chaos!!

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you can say this about a lot of things "back when you had to hook up a horse and buggy to go to town, it meant something, so you stayed in with fam" -- nm - colin May 3, 12:31
the way LA is trying to bring it back is a place like Vidiots, where they catalog VHS/DVD for rental but also have an adjoining theater for screenings -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 3, 11:39 1
- This is why they're rioting at UCLA. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 12:05
So what you're saying is that it is all Neflix's fault -- nm - oblique May 3, 11:38 1
- No one ever said “Blockbuster and chill”. It’s a clear case of social decline and breakdown of family relationships. -- nm - Roger More May 3, 11:45
I was at the family run Video store renting three movies for $5 for one day with my brother and watching a really mixed bag of movies - JD May 3, 11:22 5
- And since that ended, you and your brother have drifted further and further apart. PROOF! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 3, 11:36
- for us it was 2 movies and a p0rn0 at the electronics store with dollar rentals.... almost every night -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:24 3
  - A p0rn0? Your family nights were slightly different than mine. -- nm - LFG May 3, 11:26 2
    - it was just my future ex and I -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:33
    - get laid indeed -- nm - oblique May 3, 11:33

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