• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Rose colored glasses?

    Bro a rental was $4 for three days and a late fee was $10. In 1999 money, that would be $7.39 today, and the late fee would be $18.50.

    Blockbuster deserved to die.

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      1 year ago

      Definitely correct with regards to Blockbuster.

      I think more specifically this brings back feelings of the social side of video stores and being a kid and doing everything with a group. Usually we’d have friends over (mine or my siblings) to watch the movies with us. I’m an adult now and still happy but I miss all the social things I used to do with my friend group. I still see them but not as often and almost never all at the same time. Youth is an interesting time of life.

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      1 year ago

      Not rose coloured for me. I made VHS copies of the ones I loved with masking tape on the front as a label. Got great use out of those copies. And all for a low, low price!