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Dwarpheus ,

As a non-American I’m not familiar with any of these things. That dude looks kinda familiar though, wasn’t he one of the Beatles? The one that got shot? Bring him back please!

masquenox ,

Definitely Jesus. I want to eat popcorn while I watch Christo-fascists and the prosperity gospel crowd hysterically calling Jesus a terrorist because he took a flamethrower to their vile McChurches.

Dubious_Fart ,

It would almost be worth going to hell as a nonbelieving heretic if I could see Jesus actually return and start whipping republicans and evangelicals through the street while they decry him as a child grooming liberal homosexual communist.

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.

interdimensionalmeme ,

RadioShack, the real thing but modernised, like Fry’s and microcenter but way more hardcore. It’s not even a contest

Omgpwnies ,

Radio Shack would be great as a maker store, selling things like components/parts/materials, Arduino/RPi boards, 3D printers, tools, etc

UlyssesT ,

Fuck the nostalgia treats. As far as I have read, jesus-cleanse was a comrade and would be a comrade again.

Ramin_HAL9001 , (edited )

Exactly. I’m an atheist and electronics geek, but I am torn between Radio Shack and Jesus. I bet Jesus could effectively organize a world-wide general strike that completely overthrows capitalism and replaces it with a dictatorship of the proletariat so fast it would make Jeff Bezos’ head spin and pop off.

As long as I am fantasizing, I’ll bet if Radio Shack came back, they would start selling Framework laptops to ordinary consumers and kick-start a market of DIY mobile computing platforms from laptops to cell phones to TV sets to home rack-mount servers running fediverse services all built with standardized parts and overthrow the consumerist electronic appliance market.

radiofreeval ,
@radiofreeval@hexbear.net avatar

cross-and-sickle

PP_BOY_ ,
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

RadioShack was great when every electronic was analog and you needed some random VGA to RCA adapter at 9pm on a weekday

Gnubyte ,

There’s also an absurd amount of gamer girls entering the space thanks to “cozy desk TikTok” who get a lot of micro electronics and foreign imports, mechanical keyboards, etc. All they would’ve had to have done was offered pink custom keyboards with jade keycaps and make a hobby out of it, and it would’ve been game. Shoot you could even have sold cat ears in the same section.

CCatMan ,

Yeah and batteries.

Dubious_Fart ,

And a capacitor to fix your TV.

stonedemoman ,

Fry’s Electronics

Pulptastic ,

Is Fry’s gone?

CaptnNMorgan ,

Fry’s Electronics

Pulptastic ,

I loved Fry’s. I used to stop by the one in Indianapolis once or twice a year.

Honytawk ,

He fried his electronics :(

stonedemoman ,

On February 24, 2021, Fry’s announced the immediate and permanent closure of all of its stores.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry's_Electronics

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@sh.itjust.works avatar

Don’t you forget about them!

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benjamin ,
@benjamin@artemis.camp avatar

Toys R Us, easy.

M0oP0o ,
@M0oP0o@mander.xyz avatar

It never left Canada.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_"R"_Us_Canada <a href=""></a>

benjamin ,
@benjamin@artemis.camp avatar

You guys accepting American defectors? A land without Toys R Us is a land that I don’t want to be in.

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.

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.

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…

MrVilliam ,

Surprisingly, I might pick Blockbuster. Having even just one streaming service costs the same as like 8 rentals per month. Idk about the rest of you, but I think I watch more movies than most and it’s still not 8 per month. And remember video game rentals?! Game Pass and PS+ Extra are amazing, but the selection is far from endless.

And it’s kinda win-win. I’d bet anything that revenue for these media companies would rise since it would be cheap enough and convenient enough to curb some amount of piracy. It’s just not worth the effort and risk for lots of people if they can just pop in for a rental while they’re already out for groceries. Redbox should be more successful, but there’s something about browsing in person through aisle after aisle and seeing what jumps out, and it saddens me that my generation may be the last to have had that experience.

lieuwex ,

You can still rent movies via Google Play, for cheaper in today’s money than then, it seems.

MrVilliam ,

I believe you 100% (and piracy is even cheaper) but browsing in person is something I truly miss. And it makes sense for digital access to be cheaper because there’s nothing to rewind/wipe clean and no need to replace stock that breaks/gets lost/gets stolen. I hear you in that it’s faster and more convenient to go digital like that, but there’s something almost therapeutic about taking your time and walking and using your hands. It’s intentional. It’s active. It’s a whole thing. It’s like the difference between getting fast food from a drive through versus walking through a few blocks of a city and choosing a good restaurant and sitting down and enjoying a cultivated experience. I know I’m exaggerating the impact, but not by as much as you might think.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

if you thought it was good and it dissapeared then you will feel nostalgic for it

Misconduct ,

Yeah except their prices would have increased with everything else if they survived

MrVilliam ,

Yeah? Well, back in my day we could get bread for a nickel and the music was really about something.

I’m just kidding, you actually make a very good point lol.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

you mean blockbuster to it’s former glory if you want blockbuster back just go on a roadtrip to some small town if you still have rented blockbuster movies put em there im not even american so id have to take a flight or a very long boat ride and a roadtrip to get there. i am gonna reply with were the last blockbuster is

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

there’s two i found on google maps most likely to be open: maps.app.goo.gl/V5tuDbCR3QiT5VJy7

and maps.app.goo.gl/VoWYDWxTFvRMMGRu8 it’s temporarily closed at the time of typing this it may not be open

bq ,
@bq@artemis.camp avatar

I live in a crazy ancient backwards land where Toys R’ Us still exists.

So the obvious choice is RadioShack.

Erika2rsis ,
@Erika2rsis@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Jesus but only if He’s vibing with His roommate the Buddha in some small apartment like in that one manga

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