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Subject: A Cherished Piece of Culture Becoming Extinct

It finally has happened. My local video store has gone under. The owner (who I've known for years) had to sell it to the Yum! food corporation because obviously the world needs another KFC or Wendy's. He could not compete with "Netflix" or god forbid, "Redbox."

The issue continues to be that (I will say America since I cannot vouch for anywhere else) America is losing the interaction with other human beings. We can sit behind a computer screen and offer zero emotion. Life is becoming very cold... Lifeless. It is quite sad to see the video stores go down in the dumps. I remember spending most of my childhood waiting for the weekend so I could rent a movie or Nintendo 64 game with my friends. It was enjoyable seeing what new movies we could find on the shelves. It was like a treasure hunt.

Discuss your opinion on the death of video stores and your fondest memories about them.

  • 12.13.2012 10:43 AM PDT

I'm not fussed if America becomes detached from the world, we could all have a party about it

  • 12.13.2012 10:44 AM PDT

Boohoo.

  • 12.13.2012 10:45 AM PDT

Studies show that men think about sex every 7 seconds. I do my best to eat hotdogs in under 6, just so things don't get weird.

Please allow me to introduce Myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

My god. You are right.

We need to do something. tear it down. Tear it down. Tear. It. Down. TEAR IT DOWN! TEAR IT ALL DOWN!

BURN EVERYTHING!

jk

It certainly seems that way. I think we need to evolve our culture to a state that we can have convenience and interaction.

  • 12.13.2012 10:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: Bradllez
Discuss your opinion on the death of video stores and your fondest memories about them.

Video stores are dying because they failed to meet and beat what the competition was offering: Ease and convenience.

I just went down to my local Blockbuster after god only knows how many years to try and rent a DVD. At Redbox, if there's no line, it takes 30 seconds. It took them five minutes and the on duty manager to find my information. And that's not counting the time I had to spend browsing through the isles trying to find what I wanted. When I asked if I could just rent it without submitting any info, since they have my credit card info and can just bill to that, they said they couldn't.

No wonder there's only three Blockbusters within a 100 miles of where I live.

  • 12.13.2012 10:48 AM PDT

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
-Nietzsche

There's a reason why Hollywood Video and Blockbuster both filed for bankruptcy. We're in the era of instant entertainment, and they failed to keep up with the times.

  • 12.13.2012 10:49 AM PDT
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South Park had a good episode on the matter.

Personally I don't care, I haven't rented a movie since I was 13 years old.

  • 12.13.2012 10:49 AM PDT

in·dif·fer·ence
the fact or state of being indifferent; lack of care or concern and empathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.


Posted by: Bradllez
Life is becoming very cold...


That's the way it's been for a while.

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Posted by: Bradllez
Life is becoming very cold...


That's the way it's been for a while.

Yeah, winter is coming.

  • 12.13.2012 10:50 AM PDT
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Foman is my favorite moderator. <3

Why would I spend $4 in gas, $5 to rent it, and an hour of my time when I can just stream something?

  • 12.13.2012 10:51 AM PDT


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Why would I spend $4 in gas, $5 to rent it, and an hour of my time when I can just stream something?

It's about the journey, not the destination.

  • 12.13.2012 10:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: Bradllez

Posted by: A Good Troll
Why would I spend $4 in gas, $5 to rent it, and an hour of my time when I can just stream something?

It's about the journey, not the destination.

The journey is crap too.

  • 12.13.2012 10:53 AM PDT
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Jumbo Video and how they gave out free popcorn while you looked around.

But seriously, I really don't care. Why should we stifle innovation because it brings a change in the way we live? Innovation makes our lives easier. I mean, who has time to go to the video store nowadays anyway? I'm serious... I myself am always so busy from morning to night that by the time I'm home from work and have had dinner the last thing I want to do is go out again... enter Netflix. It saves me from having to do so. Life = easier.

  • 12.13.2012 10:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: Bradllez
It finally has happened. My local video store has gone under. The owner (who I've known for years) had to sell it to the Yum! food corporation because obviously the world needs another KFC or Wendy's. He could not compete with "Netflix" or god forbid, "Redbox."

The issue continues to be that (I will say America since I cannot vouch for anywhere else) America is losing the interaction with other human beings. We can sit behind a computer screen and offer zero emotion. Life is becoming very cold... Lifeless. It is quite sad to see the video stores go down in the dumps. I remember spending most of my childhood waiting for the weekend so I could rent a movie or Nintendo 64 game with my friends. It was enjoyable seeing what new movies we could find on the shelves. It was like a treasure hunt.

Discuss your opinion on the death of video stores and your fondest memories about them.

I'm confused by this post.

On one hand, you're mourning the loss of your beloved video store.
On the other, you're complaining about how people don't interact with each other anymore.

Wouldn't renting a movie from said video store keep someone from interacting with others? I would think you would regard this as a good move for the video store; now people can eat someplace together and enjoy each other's company.

  • 12.13.2012 10:56 AM PDT