Is it normal that i'm going to be sad when video stores all go out of business?

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In my country, video stores are on the brink of extinction. They are all going out of business. This is attributed to there being so many other sources for movies nowadays. Video killed the radio star, then internet killed the video star.

I am one of few people that still goes down to hire my movies. There is one local video store which contains a vast array of films from all eras. It is an archive but its collection is slowly dwindling, through the store having to sell off it's library to survive financially.
Besides being nostalgic and old fashioned about the video store, I also just like the human element of physically going down to hire something, picking something out, talking to the staff and having a movie to watch in its physical form. It seems alot more cultured than just clicking download on a website.

Is it normal to be sad when I think of the store inevitably going out of business?

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Based on 41 votes (34 yes)
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  • handsignals
    10 years ago

    Remember walking up and down the aisles waiting for the other customers to leave so you could rent porno's and then your Mom would get a call from the video store saying that 'Life is BUTT a dream' is overdue.

    Happy day's.

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  • Shrunk
    10 years ago

    I just remember the smell in Blockbuster's was so good, I'm definitely going to miss that :(

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  • TheAnarkyOfLife
    10 years ago

    Yeah.
    Video stores were great.
    The snacks, the aisles filled with cinema.
    Now they are all selling out-unable to compete with big rich online applications like netflix. The internet is going to swallow our world.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    Southpark, yay.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      haha everybody brings that up whenever I talk about this. I really have to see that episode

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      • [Old Memory]
        10 years ago

        It was the best ep of the new season.

        They mix it with The Shining.

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  • Shackleford96
    10 years ago

    I like them too. Sadly, the only thing around here is Hastings or Redbox.

    Not viable replacements for me personally.

    The same thing is happening with music stores too. You used to be able to find places where you could go just to buy and experience music. You could preview the music with headphones in the store, talk to the owners/employees about your favorite band(s) or what was new...

    Now what is there? Hastings? Walmart? Once again, not viable replacements.

    Ours is a dying breed. What ever will we do, OP?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Yeah I feel like a sailor in love with a sinking ship

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      • Shackleford96
        10 years ago

        And what beautiful masts it has. Damn motorized engines and whatnot...

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  • Grapist
    10 years ago

    They scare me reminds me of the shining

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      that's an interesting comparison, care to explain?

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  • hitchman
    10 years ago

    police are pigs and so are there familys it would be great if they all just exploded

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      I think your comment has appeared on the wrong story. It happens to me sometimes, too.

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      • hitchman
        10 years ago

        I love war, when I seen that they were building up for Iraq, I didnt actually think they would do it, I was actually hoping and praying but i did think it would just be a show of force then back down.
        I was so happy and surprised when I seen those first missiles goen off, just to think of all those tens of millions of dollars of missiles raining down indiscriminately on muther f***ers just f***en em over burning em or crushing and blowing them up.. I wish they would have kept the bombing up or tossed a couple of small nukes in there. Im in awe that people have put so much effort and reached such a level of technology all designed to f**k whole countries over.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          10 years ago

          Oh look at that its happened again. Your account is glitched

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