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allyougottadois ,
@allyougottadois@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

80s RadioShack for sure. I miss that place so much.

flossdaily ,

I think people are forgetting that Blockbuster video was the shitty megacorp that killed all the charming local, independent video stores.

Those stores had personality. I miss that experience.

Blockbuster felt corporate and bad.

topRamen ,

Blockbuster definitely. Then I can just rip and upload to jellyfin as many videos as I want. Plus as a kid my parents never let me get the popcorn buckets at the counter and I need to have that experience because I remember them looking so great

jivandabeast ,

Radioshack fs, bring back the idea of repairing your shit to the public mind

flossdaily ,

1980s-90s RadioShack, yes.

They really went off the rails during their decline. They became a cellphone store, and not at all a good one… Their pricing on EVERYTHING was not only non-competitive, it was ludicrously expensive.

AlgonquinHawk ,

Toys r Us still alive in Canada!

EmpathicVagrant ,

That narrows things down. Let’s bring back the J man and he can disown what his followers have become

Umbrella8335 ,

also is South Africa!

iviattendurefort ,

Also, RadioShack in spirit - it’s called The Source now and it’s on the death knell, but they’re still around.

Damien ,

Blockbuster Video. It would probably die right away though. I miss browsing the walls of videos.

Thedogspaw ,
@Thedogspaw@midwest.social avatar

Toy r us because its were a kid can be a kid and I want to be a toys r us kid

son_named_bort ,

Jesus, that way he can end the world before global warming kills us all.

EmpathicVagrant ,

Look the promise was no more worldwide flooding…

CADmonkey ,

Question: which Era of Radio Shack? 2000’s radio shack was terrible and it’s no shock they are gone.

Uvine_Umbra ,
@Uvine_Umbra@partizle.com avatar

Jesus. Imagine how much of the world would react if

1: jesus literally proved he existed to faiths that say he’s a hoax (im agnostic btw)

2: He reforms the groups that use his name as a pretext to exclude & marginalize others.

3: Dude turned out to have been gaming like a boss in heaven, like dude comes down & faces the pope in Dungeons & Dragons or Pokemon lmfaooo

ComradePorkRoll ,

Plot twist: he gets crucified, again.

supercriticalcheese ,
  1. World Christian churches split into at least 2 additional factions per each existing faction (Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox, whatever orthodox, and whatever else exists). Each having a slightly different view on the new Jesus dude.

Nevermind if Jesus turns up to be non binary I expect a meltdown then.

citizensv ,
  1. He could turn water into wine.
xX_fnord_Xx ,

I miss having knowing there’s a Radio Shack around the corner if I need an obscure component or an exotic battery for a project.

Yeah, you can find anything online now, but you have to wait for it to ship, hope it doesn’t get lost or stolen, and hope they actually sent the right part.

Edit to add: Basically 80-90s RS, not the husk that it was more recently that sold mostly phones and crap toys around the holidays.

RavenFellBlade ,
@RavenFellBlade@startrek.website avatar

Toys’R’Us with Jesus as CEO.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Toys R Us. With proper management they could still be successful, unlike Blockbuster which was a victim of changing technology.

kemsat ,

RadioShack. Without a doubt.

littlecolt ,

As someone who worked at RadioShack, I would only want to bring it back if we could have owners who care about electronics and technology more and making profits less. I got to live the decline as they tried to become a cell phone store, and then got destroyed by big box stores and provider stores in that market. RadioShack would need to stay in its lane. Electronics, home theater, computers.

If you have a MicroCenter in your area, it will have all this for you, tho, so I honestly would pick ToysRUs. There just isn’t a real “fun focused” retailer anymore. Even adults could feel like kids at ToysRUs.

hamburglar26 ,

Agreed. I kiss RadioShack but by the end it wasn’t what it was, and Microcenter still is.

Toys R Us, I am just sad my kid will never experience it. My wallet is happy though.

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