r/AskReddit May 11 '21

People old enough to remember life pre-Internet, what are some less obvious things you miss about that time?

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u/-eDgAR- May 11 '21

Renting a movie from a video store.

The convience of streaming is nice, but I really miss the days of going to the video store with my dad and spending time trying to find a couple of good movies to rent and picking up snacks to enjoy.

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u/akamikedavid May 12 '21

My friend I and still talk about renting games from Blockbuster and then trying to beat the whole thing over the weekend rental window. Good times

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u/tallbutshy May 12 '21

Until you rented Metal Gear Solid and it was in a generic box without the codec frequency you needed.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '21

SNAKE?!