Who wants in? We can talk about what is was like to write a letter to your grandma or having no other way to ask someone out other than by calling them on the phone. Or checking out movies at Blockbuster or whatever your national equivalent was (we usually checked out videos at the grocery store, actually).

We’re cool because we can actually remember the USSR and “East” Germany. Although not as cool, I can remember when homophobia and transphobia was so much more widely accepted and the “default” position for most Americans. Not as cool.

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[–] DavidFosterDulles@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I will come and visit in a couple short years. But remember how bad blockbuster video was as opposed to every other small and big video rental place, grocery stores included? Edited movies, nothing unrated or NC-17 (unless edited down to R). This was a hindrance to many small distributors. I remember at a music festival Troma had a stand and they would give you a free DVD if you cut up your Blockbuster card. Blockbuster refused to carry Troma movies, of course

[–] honeynut@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Reminds me, my local video store would make bootleg VHS copies but would sometimes reuse tapes and just print new stickers for them which I discovered when I kept All Dogs Go to Heaven playing after the credits and saw a lady getting splattered with cum. They got raided by the feds later when they tried doing it with CDs and DVDs. Miss that place.