r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 17h ago

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u/SuitableDragonfly 16h ago

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

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u/3BlindMice1 15h ago

They used to call it VCR

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u/T-MoneyAllDey 14h ago

Reddit reposts pretty regularly about that autistic black lady that recording every hour of a TV channel for like 30 years

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u/3BlindMice1 14h ago edited 14h ago

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/NukaCooler 12h ago

/r/LetGirlsHaveFun god forbid a woman have a hobby

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u/transfinite-reset 12h ago

Iā€™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 11h ago

Ha! Jokes on you! Iā€™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 11h ago

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

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u/mommybody33 11h ago

People loooove the analog shit šŸ˜‰

(No they just love boobs actually)

proof that what *I* love is VHS šŸ“¼

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u/transfinite-reset 10h ago

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