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- JlmAWP, on 05/13/2008, -1/+89When I was 6 or 7, my Dad swapped out a Blockbuster rented NES for our broken one at home. To this day, the underside of the cartridge slot lid reads "BBV" in permanent marker. Anytime I see something bad about Blockbuster, all I can do is laugh, knowing that no matter what retarded things they do, I have their ***** NES.
- itsradBrad, on 05/13/2008, -1/+42Finally the Onion releases an actual true news event.
- mediaspree, on 05/13/2008, -1/+43My dad commits better crimes than your dad.
- Logal, on 05/13/2008, -0/+34Wow, how did people manage back then?
"I used to drive six miles to rent a movie"
unbelievable. - gwaggy12, on 05/13/2008, -1/+22The Onion is the only website that consistently makes me cry.
- postalblowfish7, on 05/13/2008, -1/+21stop chopping it up then.
- JlmAWP, on 05/13/2008, -0/+16Sorry for the low quality:
http://i27.tinypic.com/2ypke88.jpg - colasrtney, on 05/13/2008, -0/+11"You owe $100 in late fees."
"I HAVE YOUR ***** NES!!" - SanTe, on 05/13/2008, -0/+10Then this'll blow your mind: there was a time most people didn't have VCRs; they had to rent those from the video store as well, lug them home, realize they needed an RF modulator to connect it to their TV, trudge to Radio shack to get one, then schlep the VCR and movies back to the video store *the next day*. That's right, no multi-day rentals; everything was 24 hours. The upside was that many movies rentals were only a buck, with new releases running $2.
Before that was the dark ages when most movies simply ceased to exist after their theatrical run. - Brick86, on 05/13/2008, -2/+10Please don't post a link to an unrelated video. Submit it to see if people care.
- colasrtney, on 05/13/2008, -1/+8Imagine having to go the theater every time you wanted to watch a porno, pre-vhs.
- Nougat, on 05/13/2008, -1/+8"I, uh, I'm asking for a, uh, friend."
- Changa, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell.
- JlmAWP, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6A father would have just told me "tough luck" about my NES. My DAD wanted to play some Zelda. You're damn right I'm proud of him.
Everyone does dumb stuff, Mr. Ethics. - fakekevinrose, on 05/13/2008, -0/+7I still pay for books, there's no way i'm going to read 10 chapters on a monitor.
plus books are DRM free! - DougUpndown, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5I hate BlockBuster. The TotalAccess plan is *****. I like waiting around for Netflix and waiting a whole day downloading something is my thing. I have that kind of patience.
S&M video and game rentals will be around for a long time. - inactive, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6zing
- NeoCortex, on 05/13/2008, -4/+9You're not allowed to disagree. This is Digg. Conform! Conform! You must use an iPhone while voting for Obama.
- Elliuotatar, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4You mean like Disney movies?
- quietk, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6I currently am a blockbuster manager and i could not stop laughing at this... its so true
- AndrewDB, on 05/13/2008, -2/+6Ask your friends where you work.. or don't you know?
- kalleanka, on 05/13/2008, -4/+9Lol for netflix and itunes...
Long live Pirate Bay. - delau, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3actually they have done it before: http://digg.com/comedy/Seven_Jokes_That_Came_True. The 5 blade razor anyone?
- fleischner, on 05/13/2008, -1/+4Do you want fries with that?
- postalblowfish7, on 05/13/2008, -0/+3or lame comments about repeated posts from The Onion, Gizmodo, APOD, Huffington Post.. the list goes on and on.
- colasrtney, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Netflix warehouse, Apple Store?
- quietk, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2the news ticker was funny too best one was "JCpenny.com adds more bandwidth to accommodate plus-size women's section"
- Frisbinator, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2They left out the part where Blockbuster calls the Collection Agency on you for a $15 dollar late fee...
- inactive, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3Life was hard in the past.
- Appox, on 05/13/2008, -3/+5Every video that make is brilliant. This one is no exception.
- lizlemoncello, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2The two videos are only tenuously connected. Just because it's from the onion doesn't mean it's relevant.
- SanTe, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Börk Börk Börk!
- jask0, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I used to work for Blockbuster. What a bunch of money hungry *****.
- NealeT, on 05/14/2008, -2/+5wow, you must be really proud of your father...
- fakekevinrose, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1I know,but i still want the book FOREVER
- potterboy, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1A whole day? Are you on dialup are you simply going the Bluray iso way?
- potterboy, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Moniter? Who would want to read an ebook on a moniter? Get an LCD based PDA at least if u don't want to go all out with a e-Ink device.
- hipnado, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Ditto. That looked very much like a real store. Did Blockbuster let them tape inside??
- yer0c, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1These looked like actual Blockbuster stores and employees - does that mean that Blockbuster gave permission to The Onion to do this story? If so, kudos to Blockbuster for not taking themselves too seriously.
- zdiddy85, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Stop, please. I can't stop laughing. :D
You guys are awesome - gettarat, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1Life was hard in the past.
http://blockbusternewreleases.org/ - quietk, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1HAHA i feel your pain took me 4 months to become a SL old one was stealing a lot but the job is so easy the way i think of it is they pretend to pay us and we pretend to work...
- MrBabyWoman, on 09/25/2008, -0/+1They had the video here aswell http://www.dvdhire.org
- nickj6282, on 06/05/2008, -0/+1Holy *****. I just read the whole thing. ***** scary.
Pretty much everything in there came true. Back then it was a joke, and satire.
But it all happened. - derek20la, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1here's one that unfortunately came true. its from january 7th, 2001: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784
"Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'" - tidu, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1are you serious?
- ANT1138, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3There's this thing called a "Library"... I think you'd enjoy it. :)
- chessoriginal, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1did anyone else notice how it said Obama in the background when they were interviewing that dude?
- sexybobo, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1They always charged you for the movie if you didn't bring it back for a couple of months. Now they charge you 2 days after it is due back then give you a $5 restocking fee if you end up bringing it back. No late fees my ass
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