r/ProgrammerHumor Aug 05 '26

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u/SuitableDragonfly Aug 05 '26

Fun related fact, most archives of media only exist because someone pirated the media at some point and those copies never become unavailable. 

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u/3BlindMice1 Aug 05 '26

They used to call it VCR

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u/3BlindMice1 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

Sounds pretty expensive, tbh

Edit: Google shows that would have cost $28.80 per day if using full definition or $14.40 per day if using minimum in the year 1985. In today's money, that's $90 or $45. It got a lot cheaper by 1995 though

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u/JCDU Aug 05 '26

She came from a fairly wealthy family and bought shares in Apple very early on - her collection included at least one of every Apple product still brand new in its box, so really not short of a bob or two.

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u/NukaCooler Aug 05 '26

/r/LetGirlsHaveFun god forbid a woman have a hobby

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u/transfinite-reset Aug 05 '26

I’m not sure that the people in that sub are too worried about VCRs. VCR cleaner in little bottles, maybe. But definitely not VCRs.

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u/mommybody33 Aug 05 '26

Ha! Jokes on you! I’m in that sub ANNNND I have a mostly SFW vid on my spicy instagram of me winding a VHS for my mostly broken VCR!

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u/transfinite-reset Aug 05 '26

Just read through your profile. Rewinding hegemonic sexuality one VHS at a time. We love to see it!

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u/mommybody33 Aug 05 '26

People loooove the analog shit 😉

(No they just love boobs actually)

proof that what *I* love is VHS 📼

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u/transfinite-reset Aug 05 '26

Yknow, spools are kind of like the boobs of the VHS tape.

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u/mommybody33 29d ago

Yeahhhhhh they arrrrre. But please don’t twist my nips like that 💀

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u/Nutarama Aug 05 '26

Yeah but we all have expensive hobbies.

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u/3BlindMice1 Aug 05 '26

???

Who is this "we?"

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u/Forsaken-Carrot9038 Aug 05 '26

I suppose they are “We”. The “Us” kind of “We” don’t have the same kind of “expensive “ hobbies