0xen 🎩
@0xen
Blockbuster nostalgia is weird. They had the worst selection, worst prices, terrible vibes and their late fees could legitimately bankrupt you. Back in the day they were universally hated, you went there if you had to. F tier experience. Local mom and pops were slightly better but it's rare that people actually hung out at one of thee kinds of places unless you knew an employee. Big cities had some exceptions (I Luv Video in Austin) but mostly 90s style video rental places going away is fine and dandy.
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@trh
IIRC Blockbuster was quite a bit more expensive to begin with; too bougie for me except as a last resort. Our mom & pop store was great, and right next to where my mom worked so we went there pretty often (to check out the same movies over and over). The nostalgia includes the anticipation, the build up and the jackpot-like feeling of finding the movie you were hoping to see. It doesn’t include the massive letdown of everything good being checked out and going home empty handed and looking for new plans. Watching movies (or shows or blooper videos or sports or whatever) is a *far* better experience now than then. But given that most content is 1) abundant and 2) on-demand, there are extremely few opportunities for the emotional high of the video store rental. Trying to think of a comparable non-content example…
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0xen 🎩
@0xen
just hanging out with friends or going on a date took a lot of extra steps and planning and commitment than now. if you couldn't find the house you just didn't get to go to the party.
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