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Age Verification Win (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Pravusmentis 215 points216 points ago

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Behold, THE FUTURE!

[–]DisguisedSquid 324 points325 points ago

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Woah! A real save square? I thought they only existed as icons!

[–]WarlordFred 52 points53 points ago

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We had to mine it out of the cloud, but we finally got a perfect save square.

[–]Airazz 20 points21 points ago

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I have a new (actually some 6-years old) unopened 10-pack hidden in a waterproof sealed box somewhere in the basement. Many years later I will sell it and ensure myself a nice retirement and decent funeral.

[–]Dr_Fix 6 points7 points ago

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nice. though you know, you can just go to Office Max and buy them.. they're about 5 bucks for a 10 pack.

i shit you not, the weapons R&D office i'm the janitor for still uses them regularly.

yeah, they're outdated but hey, if all you need is to move small data files around the office, [aka "sneaker net"] why not?

[–]Pastrami 5 points6 points ago

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USB keys?

[–]stufff 5 points6 points ago

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Because they're slow as shit and expensive compared to USB flash media, even if you don't consider the storage capacity and convenience.

[–]Trinexx56 3 points4 points ago

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Yeah, USB keys are banned pretty much anywhere there's anything worth stealing.

[–]stufff 2 points3 points ago

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But Floppy disks are allowed? That seems rather silly considering that the magnetic storage on a floppy disk would be just as easy to sneak out as a USB key.

[–]kaspar42 5 points6 points ago

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A giant electromagnet at all exits would eliminate that risk.

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    [–]atomicthumbs 5 points6 points ago

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    I just bought a Sony Mavica video camera that saves onto floppy disks. I just have to find a charger for it, and we're in business.

    [–]mindbleach 1 point2 points ago

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    Floppy disks don't make me feel old. The encased DVD-RAMs by my dresser, though...

    [–]PATRICKIO 1 point2 points ago

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    You will have to wait at least +200 years until diskettes are rare.

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        [–]ArghNoMore 34 points35 points ago

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        What episode is this?

        [–]megadeus 49 points50 points ago

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        It appears to be season 2, episode 14, "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back."

        [–]thavi 35 points36 points ago

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        They said I probably shouldn't be a surgeon ♫

        [–]captainAwesomePants 29 points30 points ago

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        They pooh-poohed my electric frankfurter. ♫

        [–]megadeus 30 points31 points ago

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        They said I probably shouldn't fly with just one eye... ♫

        [–]jayssite 66 points67 points ago

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        I AM BENDER. PLEASE INSERT GIRDER.

        [–]reddittrees2 5 points6 points ago

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        When I four there was a hurricane in Kingston Town, with a foot and a half of water. Everyone was alright but I cried all night it blew my alphabet blocks out of order!

        [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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        And they say "This boy was born to be a bureaucrat, born to be all obsessive and snotty," I made my friends and relations fill out long applications to get into my tenth birthday party! ♫

        [–]Irongrip 2 points3 points ago

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        Bender's CPU is revealed to be the same one used in the NES. The MOS 6502.

        [–]burajin 1 point2 points ago

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        Just checked Netflix. "How Hermes Requisitioned his Groove Back" is Season 2 episode 11 actually

        [–]feyn2000 3 points4 points ago

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        Ah, warm thoughts of my Amiga 500!

        [–]Rawlsdeep 8 points9 points ago

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        Where are you watching this?

        [–]wherestheanykey 13 points14 points ago

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        I think it might be this: http://futurama-episode.com or this: http://watch-futurama-online.info

        Usually, you can Google "watch X online" and get decent results.

        Though, I much rather prefer this: http://eztv.it/shows/374/futurama/ and this: http://torrentz.eu/92d43fee3a0558fd93bc55cd805a17ee5246b4ea

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          [–]aakaakaak 1 point2 points ago

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          Just out of my reach I have a square box of 3.5 HDD disks. One of them came from a gamer mag years ago and contains Zork 1, 2 and 3.

          [–]Mumberthrax 1 point2 points ago

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          Leisure Suit Larry 1 was stored on a floppy disk just like that one, and it utilized a method similar to this advanced futuristic form of age verification! (never worked for me because I'd just ask my dad what the answers were)

          Here's a list: http://www.allowe.com/Larry/1questions.htm

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            [–]brandonisgreen 309 points310 points ago

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            Why is every adult so damn convinced that kids don't know about VHS tapes!?! I'm 15 and I STILL use them.

            [–][deleted] 487 points488 points ago

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            You're living in the past man.

            [–]nebby 99 points100 points ago

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            40 years of beautiful (yet staticcy) renditions of Saturday morning cartoons, 8PM Peanuts specials, and blurry copies of movies rented from local video stores, YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE PAST

            [–]DullMan 28 points29 points ago

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            You can have all of these things in a digital format.

            [–]SteelCity905 15 points16 points ago

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            you can find all of those things on youtube.

            [–]DullMan 15 points16 points ago

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            Yeah, which is a digital format.

            [–]Don_Andy 4 points5 points ago

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            Kids these days.

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              [–]inkadu 4 points5 points ago

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              The very best thing about those old VHS tapes is definitely the cheesy commercials. Nothing captures an era like its commercials, and commercials are unfortunately very hard to stay around. If I could watch Star Trek TOS with the originals commercials, it would be even more awesome.

              [–]ainmosni 6 points7 points ago

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              Funny thing about commercials is that they go from unbareable when they are relevant to more awesome the older they get.

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                  [–]tha_snazzle 71 points72 points ago

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                  Yeah seriously I'm 26 and when I was a kid, adults would always joke about how kids didn't know what vinyl records were. Of course I knew what vinyl records were!

                  [–]Skrellman 18 points19 points ago

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                  When I was 12, my dad gave me his old vinyl collection. So much maiden and ozzy... Complete that with a set of 4-feet-speakers, and you have a teen with 5 different sounds of tinnitus :P

                  [–]sinferno 2 points3 points ago

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                  I was birthed onto the face of a vinyl record.

                  [–]jsantos17 10 points11 points ago

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                  I'm 20 and I had kids songs on vinyl. I loved those.

                  [–]matrixclown 14 points15 points ago

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                  I'm 19 and I proudly hung my Raffi vinyl in my dorm room.

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                  [–]matrixclown 1 point2 points ago

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                  I hung the case up, record went to the college radio collection. It's a whole room filled with hipster vinyl.

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                      [–]brandonisgreen 1 point2 points ago

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                      What the hell is a record?

                      [–]tominated 1 point2 points ago

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                      I'm 17 and I love vinyl records.

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                        [–]BuckeyeBentley 121 points122 points ago

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                        Hipster.

                        [–]Gods_Wrath 22 points23 points ago

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                        YOUR PLANET IS IN PERIL

                        [–]EcologicPath15 10 points11 points ago

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                        Hipster would be using betamax or something along those lines.

                        [–]douglaspennybottom 3 points4 points ago

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                        Yah, I've got uh coupl-lah laserdiscs if you want to - I dunno, come around and we can watch watch them I guess.

                        [–]El_Beato 3 points4 points ago

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                        I'm sorry. I shouldn't have discounted the possibility that you are poor.

                        [–]junkit33 2 points3 points ago

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                        I haven't used one in 10 years, but I am puzzled how anybody using the Internet wouldn't know about them. You still see them around all the time, and lots of people have dual dvd/vhs players.

                        What they should have shown there is an 8-track. I'm willing to bet that at least 9 out of 10 kids would not be able to identify an 8-track cartridge.

                        [–]ShamanSTK 4 points5 points ago

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                        Shit man, I don't ever use dvd's anymore. Yar

                        [–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago*

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                        They do not sell them any more, so your parents must be really old fashioned.

                        edit: I didn't mean blanks, or used copies.

                        [–]PaxVitriol 15 points16 points ago

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                        CVS still carries them in 6-packs, last time I checked. I had to buy them for our security cameras at work.

                        I also still use a dot-matrix impact printer (Like this) on a daily basis. And sometimes, I fax things!

                        It's like walking through a time machine when I go to work.

                        [–]angrybacon 4 points5 points ago

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                        Dot-matrix printers will be around for a long time simply because they make carbon copies easily.

                        [–]PaxVitriol 52 points53 points ago*

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                        I actually love that printer. It never jams, the ink ribbon is maybe $5 and lasts for 2 months (or forever.. it just gets lighter over time), the paper loads itself from the box I have on the floor, and there's no fucking HP Customer Endazzlement Photo-Awesomizer DigiMassage Software Suite with HappyEnding(tm) Foto-Finisher Technology. In fact, I'm not sure there's any software at all. It just plugs in and works!

                        Plus, I love tearing off the dotted edges of the paper. Ooooooh yeeeah... NSFW Pic

                        [–]mindbleach 8 points9 points ago

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                        Alright, you sold me. I'm moving back to 1985.

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                          [–]Cforq 6 points7 points ago

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                          I know a neck beard that has one that prints every attempted login to the administer account - unlike modern printers they don't spool jobs so even if a hacker covered his tracks there is a physical record of the intrusion.

                          [–]torbar203 3 points4 points ago

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                          neckbeard is one word

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                            [–]GuyOnTheInterweb 4 points5 points ago

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                            When you want a ride home, do you do a Collect Call in the pay phone, or simply do a double miss-call?

                            (Side memory: Our school used to have a pay phone where you stacked the coins on a sliding tray on the top, and they rolled in one after each other. The nice thing was that you could hold on to the first coin to prevent it from falling in, and do a miss-call without wasting precious soda money)

                            [–]tziki 2 points3 points ago

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                            Fax machines are pretty useful if you want to get a copy of something from place a to b.

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                              [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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                              Apparently, there is no piece of technology that has ever gone extinct.

                              [–]candygram4mongo 3 points4 points ago

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                              Greek fire? Damascus steel? Whatever the Antikythera Mechanism was?

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                                  [–]bkbeezy 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Same here. I have a pikachu suitcase with a bunch of pokemon videos in it.

                                  [–]tweets 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I worked at a daycare last year and the three-year-olds I worked with still brought in their Disney VHS tapes. Not that much has changed.

                                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                  Oh my god, hipsters are into VHS now.

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                                    [–][deleted] 53 points54 points ago

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                                    Reminds me of the age verification from the Leisure Suit Larry games.

                                    [–]Moncefmd 40 points41 points ago

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                                    "Richard Nixon was the _____ President of the United States.

                                    d.The first negro."

                                    What ??

                                    [–]defenestratingdoors 10 points11 points ago

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                                    relevant

                                    [–]emsuperstar 1 point2 points ago

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                                    The black dude in the back is staring at me

                                    ಠ_ಠ

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                                      [–]ThisIsADogHello 24 points25 points ago

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                                      I just went ahead and downloaded this game to see if I could pass them now that I'm a proper adult. Unfortunately, seems like they're oriented to proper adults living in the 80s. It took me like 10 tries before I was able to start playing.

                                      Also, I laughed at: O. J. Simpson is a. an R & B singer. b. under indictment. c. embarrassed by his first name (Olivia). d. no one to fool with. Correct answer: d.

                                      [–]allwaysnice 9 points10 points ago

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                                      I can't tell if this is hilarious in hindsight or a funny aneurysm moment.

                                      Such conflicting feelings!

                                      [–]Vincent33 14 points15 points ago

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                                      You had to post a link to the TVtropes, you just had to. I have deadlines man, deadlines...

                                      [–]mmzero 10 points11 points ago

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                                      My dad had a ton of dos games on the first computer we had, and this was one of them. It was funny first time through i put in my real age, it told me I was to young, so then I said i was 99 years old and it told me that the game might give me a heart attack; when I went for a medium age I just asked my mom all the questions it asked and got to play the game (for 2 minutes because I couldn't figure out anything about the game.)

                                      [–]petewilko 1 point2 points ago

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                                      Man I remember playing that at a friends house. Spent 25 minutes till we finally got in. FIRST fucking thing the dickhead does is to try and cross the road. Rage++

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                                        [–]Filobel 107 points108 points ago

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                                        Took me a while to understand what this was about. Then I realised there are some people that actually are too young to know what this is and I died a little inside.

                                        Fuck you Crisis for reminding me I'm old.

                                        [–]fishingcat 63 points64 points ago

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                                        It doesn't make you that old. I remember years of VHS and I'm only 16, although in retrospect that might just mean that my family were technologically backwards.

                                        [–]pimpmasterspaceman 44 points45 points ago

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                                        Hell, I'm 15 and my family still basically has the entire Disney catalogue on VHS tape. High five for being behind the times!

                                        [–]fishingcat 15 points16 points ago

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                                        I feel almost sad about the passing away of my vcr. I have so many fond memories or re-watching increasingly degraded copies of the original star wars films.

                                        [–]IncrediblyHungry 25 points26 points ago

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                                        At least Han Solo shot first.

                                        [–]famousninja 6 points7 points ago

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                                        Hence why I was lucky enough to get the original cut on DVD.

                                        /gloat

                                        [–]Airazz 1 point2 points ago

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                                        I sold mine for $10 or so (we use different currency here.) It's not the selling that made me sad, but the fact that someone decided to buy one. Some old woman.

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                                          [–]thisguy012 1 point2 points ago

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                                          16 here, I was the designated put the cassette in the vhs kid :/

                                          [–]kilo4fun 1 point2 points ago

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                                          LOL, I remember putting my entire VHS collection of movies into a garbage bag, including rated R tapes, and giving them to some kids playing outside. ಠ_ಠ

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                                            [–]Marioman77 7 points8 points ago

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                                            haha yeah im only 16 and i remember VHS. be kind rewind!

                                            [–]GuyOnTheInterweb 3 points4 points ago

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                                            Stuck on << Rewind

                                            [–]DogzOnFire 1 point2 points ago

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                                            Whut, I still drive a car that has a tape-deck. Beat that. Seeing this doesn't make me feel old, it makes me feel RETRO.

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                                              [–]yumcax[!] 5 points6 points ago

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                                              I don't think this is real, though. I'm considerably under 18 and only recently started using DVDs. We still have a large collection of VHS tapes, as well.

                                              [–]WarlordFred 8 points9 points ago

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                                              Don't worry, there are still plenty of children who recognize video cassettes.

                                              They probably never used them, but at least they recognize them.

                                              [–]Gback 1 point2 points ago

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                                              Nah, don't feel bad about that one.

                                              Now if you've ever seen a Betamax, 8-tracks, or an 8 inch floppy disk....

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                                                [–]tha_snazzle 13 points14 points ago

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                                                Aren't VHS tapes still cutting-edge technology in some parts of the world?

                                                [–]benjags 8 points9 points ago

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                                                no

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                                                  [–]Phatnoir 135 points136 points ago

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                                                  Goddamn it all I can think of is VCR. Is that called a video cassette?

                                                  [–]rob1n 268 points269 points ago

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                                                  VHS

                                                  [–]Phatnoir 127 points128 points ago

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                                                  Thank you, I feel retarded.

                                                  [–]DeputySean69 40 points41 points ago*

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                                                  but what does VHS stand for?

                                                  Edit: Video Home System

                                                  [–]S7evyn 49 points50 points ago

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                                                  It's an onomatopoeia. VHHHSSSSS is the sound it makes when in use.

                                                  [–]IncrediblyHungry 44 points45 points ago

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                                                  That explains my XBOX, too. Whrrrrrrxbxxvxbxbxxbx red ring of death.

                                                  [–]appropriate-username 3 points4 points ago

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                                                  ....here you go.Just print and fold as necessary.

                                                  [–]basilect 2 points3 points ago

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                                                  This should be the real answer

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                                                    [–]GodOfAtheism 37 points38 points ago

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                                                    http://www.acronymfinder.com/VHS.html

                                                    Virtual High School. Obviously.

                                                    [–]efink009 17 points18 points ago

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                                                    No, it's Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (of fishes), duh.

                                                    [–]qpalz 2 points3 points ago

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                                                    Very high speed obviously!

                                                    [–]b5200 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    TIL I get my education from a VHS.

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                                                      [–]f3n2x 1 point2 points ago

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                                                      Video is Horribly Shitty.

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                                                        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                        To be fair, I only called them VHS after I stopped using them. they were always videos or video cassettes.

                                                        [–]DullMan 21 points22 points ago

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                                                        VHS cassette

                                                        [–]aph6 2 points3 points ago

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                                                        Never heard of this. I've been using video tapes all my life.

                                                        [–]Censor88 52 points53 points ago

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                                                        Nice try minor.

                                                        Edit: Damn he succeeded.

                                                        [–]AmazingJohnny 25 points26 points ago

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                                                        I would just say "tape"

                                                        [–]solarpoweredatheist 16 points17 points ago

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                                                        But does anyone remember... BETA MAX?! bum bum BUUUMMM!!!!

                                                        [–]Minimiscience 1 point2 points ago

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                                                        I remember when The Simpsons made jokes about Betamax. How long ago was that?

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                                                          [–]Specnerd 1 point2 points ago

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                                                          I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who thought this. I went with "Cassette Tape" at first.

                                                          [–]superbad 1 point2 points ago

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                                                          Videocassette, one word, I think.

                                                          [–]ashyjakk 10 points11 points ago

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                                                          Nice Repost

                                                          [–]kirun 10 points11 points ago

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                                                          If you're stuck, ask this guy.

                                                          [–]Runsapuusa 18 points19 points ago

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                                                          Might as well put in a image of an 8 inch floppy disk too.

                                                          [–]gschizas 44 points45 points ago*

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                                                          Hey, I'm 36 and I've never seen an 8" floppy (apart from images on the Internet).

                                                          Then again, I've seen a 3" floppy.

                                                          Also, this comment has an unwanted sexual undertone that was completely unintended.

                                                          [–]Eclipser 11 points12 points ago

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                                                          I've never enjoyed the 3" floppy as... well... it wasn't fucking floppy at all, was it?

                                                          [–]gschizas 6 points7 points ago

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                                                          No, it was very hard indeed. And I've enjoyed it all too well.

                                                          (sexual content is still unintended)

                                                          [–]NolanRoss 7 points8 points ago

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                                                          I wish they put any cd/dvd in floppy cases. It is much less likely to get scratched and floppies always gave a nice satisfying clunk when you put them in.

                                                          [–]gschizas 2 points3 points ago

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                                                          Back in 1996, I used my first CD-R drive. In order to write a CD in those beasts, you had to put it in a kind of plastic sleeve (a caddy, I believe it was called).

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                                                              [–]anfrey 5 points6 points ago

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                                                              I've only encountered one, about half a decade ago... this large floppy disk i'm holding has a capacity of 160KB. IMAGE

                                                              Here's a size comparison photo with some pennies, a pen, and an old hard drive platter. IMAGE

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                                                                [–]Pravusmentis 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                Yeah I tell people it's 8 inches floppy too, but nowadays it is more like 3 and a quarter

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                                                                  [–]I_am_the_Walrus 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                  There's plenty of minors who know and use VHS movies still. What kills me was making a joke about Y2K to one of my students and having them ask me "What's Y2K?"

                                                                  "Dear God girl, am I really that much older than you?" (I was 22, she's in middle school.)

                                                                  [–]adoran124 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                  Well to be fair she would have been likely less than 5 when it happened? It's also a very rarely discussed historical event nowadays, even inside the technology field. I personally haven't heard it mentioned in years.

                                                                  [–]EnterReality 43 points44 points ago

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                                                                  They could use a zip disc, mini disc, laser disc, honestly there is so much dead technology.

                                                                  [–]shazbotter 165 points166 points ago

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                                                                  laser disc

                                                                  They're trying to target a technology that most people 18 and older recognize, not a technology that one guy used in his basement during the 70s.

                                                                  [–]anthony955 27 points28 points ago

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                                                                  We used laserdisk when I was in school, it was a public school to so I imagine I wasn't the only one. Then again I'm 27. Now asking a 18 year old to identify a Betamax tape, that's obscure.

                                                                  [–]sandrakarr 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                  My science teachers tried to use them (key words: 'tried to') instead of plain ol videos. No one could get the things to work right and so much time was spent trying to figure it out.

                                                                  [–]anthony955 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                  Haha, yeah. Some of ours just opted for the projectors or those old slideshow projector things. I feel really old actually seeing VHS implemented into classrooms. Laserdisk was interesting though, it operated almost exactly like a DVD in that it had menus and such.

                                                                  [–]bkbeezy 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                  They use VHS in class still?

                                                                  [–]AimlessArrow 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                  I'm in college currently and my History teacher had a TV on a cart with a VCR at the bottom.

                                                                  She popped in a VHS cassette about the Gettysburg Address a few weeks ago and the distortion was awful. That cassette had to be at least as old as I am.

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                                                                    [–]GuyOnTheInterweb 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                    The cool thing about laserdisks is that (except for audio on 'newer' disks) it's all analogue, pretty much directly mapping the composite signal onto optical tracks.

                                                                    So if you have a spot on the disk, you will see funny lines, colours etc., similar (but different) from a bad aerial signal.

                                                                    Hhm, I guess you kids don't even know what is a TV aerial, how can I explain this. You know, like when your mum takes the hook off the phone while you're downloading a GIF.. err.. I know, as the black dots you get when there's rain falling on the satellite dish.. Or.. when your dad is showing those films of you as a baby, and the picture starts rolling because the projector.. args!

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                                                                      [–]lianodel[!] 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                      Same here. There were tapes of some Hawaiian professor teaching his class, in which there were plenty of demonstrations, and I think a copy of old scientific demonstrations.

                                                                      I bet the school felt silly about that investment, but at least it came to some use.

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                                                                        [–]TactLrnr 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        I watched Of Mice And Men on laserdisk in public school when i was a kid. We had to switch the disks like 4 times. It was my one and only encounter with the technology.

                                                                        [–]unforgyvn 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        I'm 26 and have never laid eyes on any laserdisk system. I always heard someone's friend's neighbor's uncle had one, but yea, they were most definitely not widespread.

                                                                        [–]cranberrysaus 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Yes, we used laserdiscs when I was in elementary school and as recently as last year. And every teacher has always had a fit trying to scan the barcodes.

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                                                                          [–]gigashadowwolf 14 points15 points ago

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                                                                          that one guy used in his basement during the 70s.

                                                                          Laserdiscs were fucking awesome you tool.

                                                                          They came out AFTER VHS tapes. They may have come out in the 78 but they weren't even called laserdiscs until 83 and were not at their peak popularity until the early 90s. They were the pre-curser to DVDs and CDs but the data was uncompressed. In many ways they were superior to DVDs.

                                                                          TLDR; I'm a guy who was born in 87 but lived in my basement watching Totoro, Dick Tracy, and Edward Scissor Hands on my laserdisc player in my basement in the 70s.

                                                                          TLDR WAS TLDR; Snap into a Slim Jim.

                                                                          [–]anthony955 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                          They were the pre-curser to DVDs and CDs but the data was uncompressed. In many ways they were superior to DVDs

                                                                          This I can attest to, T2 was awesome on laserdisk. I watched it in my friend's living room in 2006 and it felt like I was in a basement in the 70's.

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                                                                            [–]waterdevil19 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                            Hey! MY 5th grade teacher used a laser disc....once....in 1995.

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                                                                              [–]PhoneCar 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              Whirrrr.....Click, Click, Click..

                                                                              [–]undeinpirat 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              I think I still have my zip disc reader around here somewhere...

                                                                              [–]goobervision 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              I take laser disc and raise you a Winchester Disc.

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                                                                                [–]sandrakarr 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                so..which is the right answer? video cassette? Video tape? VHS? I'd end up locking myself out.

                                                                                [–]megor 22 points23 points ago

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                                                                                Oh no Beta!

                                                                                [–]Pravusmentis 20 points21 points ago

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                                                                                TO THE MAX!

                                                                                [–]Xenc 17 points18 points ago

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                                                                                Haha I've never seen a Blu-Ray disc like that!

                                                                                [–]BaconChapstick 11 points12 points ago*

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                                                                                Ha, what are you from, 2009? It's all about that Holographic Versatile Disc!

                                                                                Edit: Fixed link.

                                                                                [–]Azuvector 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                Nice to know Blu-Ray is going to be transitory and relatively short-lived, as expected. Thankfully I've not bothered to upgrade from DVD. :)

                                                                                [–]MangoScango 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                I think it will be awhile before those are in use even close to blu ray. Mostly because what in the hell would you put on those?

                                                                                [–]mhmintz 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                Several collections of porn.

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                                                                                    [–]Xanthan81 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    Put http:// at the beginning of your URL for the link to work.

                                                                                    [–]kilo4fun 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    Meh

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                                                                                      [–]my_53rd_account 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                                      i'm thinking that if you're 15+ you probably know what a vhs tape is. there were still plenty of tapes and VCRs around 10 years ago.

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                                                                                      [–]ninshin 177 points178 points ago

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                                                                                      i don't know what i was expecting

                                                                                      [–]Culero 29 points30 points ago

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                                                                                      That's all of his posts and my reaction to them.

                                                                                      [–]wizang 24 points25 points ago

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                                                                                      Sorry, I believe that's alcatraz.

                                                                                      [–]APiousCultist 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                      It totally ruined it for me too.

                                                                                      [–][deleted] 35 points36 points ago

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                                                                                      It can stop bullets but if you whip your dick out you can puncture his arse in one thrust?

                                                                                      Wow....

                                                                                      [–]EvilHom3r 41 points42 points ago

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                                                                                      ...that implies that he put up any resistance.

                                                                                      [–][deleted] 35 points36 points ago

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                                                                                      Resistance: Fall of Ass

                                                                                      [–]allotriophagy 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                      Technically, I think that is two thrusts. Like the double key thing for nuclear launches.

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                                                                                        [–]walter_sobchak1 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                                        I don't know what I was expecting when I clicked that link.

                                                                                        [–]ChokingVictim 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                        This is not the right way to gather samples.

                                                                                        [–]TonyCubed 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                        ಠ_ಠ

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                                                                                          [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                          Fuck non-english speakers, they can't age anyway.

                                                                                          [–]cultured_banana_slug 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                          Where's the USB port?

                                                                                          [–]anthony955 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                          Everyone 18 or older would know those are Disney tapes.

                                                                                          [–]wtfusername 21 points22 points ago

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                                                                                          God I feel old

                                                                                          [–]barwin 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                          Is Reddit pathetic enough to be nostalgically smug about VHS of all things?

                                                                                          95% of k-12 schools probably still regularly use it. Plenty of families still have VHS collections.

                                                                                          [–]0goober0 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                          The real version.

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                                                                                          [–]drag30 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                          Im 17 and this makes me feel old.

                                                                                          [–]multip 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                          im 12 and wat is this

                                                                                          [–]TrainFan 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                          'SHOPPED (Proof): http://www.mycrysis.com/

                                                                                          [–]Fhwqhgads 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          Hmm, looks like some kind of ancient stone age technology.

                                                                                          [–]memicoot 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          oh hey, it's like a big version of that thing they have in the Bruno Mars video!

                                                                                          [–]RaipFace 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          The image slightly confuses me. Along with showing the VHS, it also says "To proceed, enter your age". So I'm guessing you don't need to type in "VHS", and you can just type in any number 18 or greater?

                                                                                          [–]IWillEditThisLater 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          Leisure Suit Larry, circa 1987 did this first.

                                                                                          Take that, age verification.

                                                                                          [–]Fish4bullets 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          Is the right answer Porn?

                                                                                          [–]wootwoot123 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          Repost..

                                                                                          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          its shitty old people stuff that we smug young people don't care about

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                                                                                          AWESOME

                                                                                          [–]MasCapital 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          My grandpa stores his porn on those things.

                                                                                          [–]WalkingOnFire 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          I would use a betamax.

                                                                                          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          The key to Faye's past.

                                                                                          [–]guitarplaya161 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          LIAR!

                                                                                          http://www.mycrysis.com/

                                                                                          [–]ThatGuy20 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          this is pretty stupid. video tapes arent THAT old.

                                                                                          [–]GherriC 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          Last summer, i took a job in a tutoring center for elementary school kids. One of the things i had to do was put on the movie they want to watch during their movie day. One day, the dvd player wasnt working and I noticed there was also a vcr player hooked up to the tv. I found a the VHS version of Charlie and the Chocolate factory. I popped it in and started rewinding it back to the beginning. Suddenly, i hear the kiddies going "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, JUST PLAY IT". It was then i started to feel old.

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                                                                                          I was watching the first episode of X-men today with my little brother. When the parents of Jubilee said "look what she did to the VCR!", I had to explain to my brother just what a VCR was.

                                                                                          Today was the first day I felt old...

                                                                                          [–]CookieDoughCooter 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          My favorite question from Leisure Suit Larry:

                                                                                          The term "Working Girl" refers to

                                                                                          a. a secretary.

                                                                                          b. a lady of negotiable virtue.

                                                                                          c. an industrious woman.

                                                                                          d. an employed female.

                                                                                          Correct answer: b.

                                                                                          [–]Matt08642 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          I GAVE ALL MY OLD VHS TAPES TO MY NIECE. WHAT HAVE I DONE?

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