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January 13, 2013

Back in my day there were times you couldn’t watch the movie you wanted because the video store was out of it.

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  1. @simonhartmann
    View January 12, 2013

    @alexkingorg Get off my lawn! #damnkids

  2. @scotthack
    View January 12, 2013

    @alexkingorg They also charged you extra if you forgot to rewind! Be kind, rewind!

    • @DrewAPicturereplied:
      View January 12, 2013

      @scotthack @alexkingorg Friend of mine had one of those rewinders in the shape of a racecar. Good stuff.

  3. @DrewAPicture
    View January 12, 2013

    @alexkingorg Oh, the “good ol’ days” when patience was still taught in everyday life.

  4. Michael Sitarzewski
    View January 12, 2013

    I had a similar thought as we were in the food court at Flatiron Crossing. I pulled out Shazam to identify a song Z liked… it was identified and added to my Shazam playlist in Spotify within 20 seconds. I explained the “back in my day” solution to music acquisition and he was unimpressed. 😛

  5. @mulegirl
    View January 12, 2013

    @alexkingorg today, you can’t watch a movie because DRM, no longer in iTunes, only on Netflix, etc.

  6. Scott Woodrow
    View January 12, 2013

    When men were men! And Blockbuster had late fees to shame us into being men.

  7. Peter Chester
    View January 12, 2013

    Riiiiiight… Oh, and I bet you had to call people using a telephone that plugged in the wall ‘back in the day’ too. Suuuure…

  8. @Blithe
    View January 13, 2013

    @alexkingorg The modern version is not being able to watch something because studios haven’t allowed it to be available via iTunes/ Netflix.

  9. @gichamba
    View January 13, 2013

    @alexkingorg Back in my day you had to rewind the VHS tape before returning it to the video store or there was an extra fee.

  10. Kirsty Grainger
    View January 13, 2013

    I think I was there that day. As I recall it meant picking a movie that started with some letter towards the end of the alphabet since that would be the section where we would be standing in blockbuster when we gave up.

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