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netflex came in the mail ? surly netlex then was a video rental shop where you rented VHS of your film etc, you wanted for a few days.
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You would think, but no.
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And in modern day all human experiences have been reduced to chimpanzee level in the name of optimizing profits. Good times.
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…and if you missed a TV programme, that was it, youd missed it…
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at best you could wait for the rerun in the summer
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Unless you had a VCR 😬
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True, but that took a bit of coordination…usually asking someone if they would tape it for you.
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And that could be difficult. The program timings were dodgy; a show might not start exactly when you thought they would, and if you weren’t careful, you’d miss the last, crucial few moments of the offering.
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Oh ya, the number of times pieces of shows were missed.
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I do wish I didn’t understand this. Yes, we used to have a Netflix subscription where DVDs were delivered by the mailman. (Yes, that’s what postal workers were called then. And I used to walk the length of the block with my mailman, talking with him, without anyone thinking he was probably a child molester.
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It always seems like a million years ago and also like yesterday.
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😆😆😆 So true
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Cursive writing
Paying for same music again in different formats (vinyl record album, cassette, 8 track, CD, mp3, streaming)
Phones of the landlines type that were permanently connected to a fixed point- roaming was however long the receiver cord could stretch.
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All good.
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As far as I know we never had a movie delivery service in Switzerland, you had to go to get them yourself.
I still “record” shows and movies as religously as I did with the VCR and I still carry cash most of the time.
I also still use real books and CDs while driving.
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It was only Netflix that delivered dvds when they first began…before streaming was reliable.
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TV shows were at specific times on specific days… and the TV also signed off at specific times…
Great stuff man… Great stuff…
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I remember that test pattern well.
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Are these remarkable musings imparted to the younger generation at a campfire, table at a multigenerational meal or anytime?
Or are these tested on that particular focus group for the most incredulity prior to creation?
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Absolutely tested on a focus group (mostly my Millennial children).
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Why are boomers so dramatic? Gen Z kids are very well aware of all of these things.
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