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[–] 38 points 3 months ago (4 children)

"Ah fuck, it's just 14 copies of the Directors Cut of Gigli..."

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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    they should have put a dvd rewinder in

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    For an authentic Blockbuster experience they gotta have 50 copies of Dunston Checks In.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    How much are the late fees?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    That can't be good for dvds

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    I wonder what the stats are on people that have the tech to play a DVD.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    Probably reasonably high still. Consoles still play them, I assume, for now. Also, a lot of people will still have old ones lying around. I do agree the number is probably dropping though, and will go even faster with the next generation of consoles. If you want, you can still find them in thrift stores easily, so anyone who wants one has easy access, but most people can't be bothered anymore.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    And somewhere Hollywood execs are frothing at the mouth trying to convince us physical media is old and outdated

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    https://www.freeblockbuster.org/

    Hooray for physical media! There are enough super common DVDs out there to keep these stocked for a while.

    Edit: @negativenull@piefed.world has a great point. DVDs don't take temperature changes well. Maybe movies are better served digitally in this case. What if we made an Internet in a Box or Khan Academy on a Raspberry Pi with added movies that we, um, have permission to distribute over Wi-Fi.

    a photo of a simple Internet in a Box setup, a Raspberry Pi on top of a portable USB power bank and no other hardware

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    "Blockbuster Video! wow what a difference!"

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    The one in Cincinnati stocks nothing but Canonball Run II

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    I have thought of something like that for the Amazon/UPS/USPS/FedEx/DHL/et. al. drivers I see over and over again. Like let them borrow and return books and dvds.

    I see them so frequently that I feel like I should be offering bodega services to these people.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    For pride month someone should fill it with Tyler Perry's Madea series

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Oh shit, thats so fuckin cool! ☺️

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    They had one in my neighborhood and of course some crack head hood rat stole the whole post from the guys lawn.

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  • [+] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)