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Frank ,
@Frank@hexbear.net avatar

Y’all really need to step up the meme game. What does this even mean. “I’m old ha ha ha?”

Also, Jesus. I don’t need more cheap crap, I need to get drunk on a friday without spending my whole paycheck and Josh can hook that up.

relative_iterator ,
@relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works avatar

Blockbuster for sure. You can get similar experiences from other stores for RadioShack and toys r us.

odigo2020 ,

I’m going Blockbuster, just because I’d love to be able to rent new release video games again. Redbox used to scratch that itch, until they stopped carrying them.

MeatsOfRage ,

I’d want Blockbuster to roam the isles when I’m in the area but I know I’d never actually rent anything and just go home and stream it instead

relative_iterator ,
@relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works avatar

Roaming the isles is all I want it for lol

HawlSera ,

I mean I kinda gotta go with Jesus so we can end the world already

MonkderZweite ,

…are there other choices?

Blamemeta ,

Jesus for the Chaos

bobs_monkey ,

Most people wouldn’t believe it was him anyway

HamBrick ,

Many of his followers would say he’s the wrong color for him to truly be Jesus

tou ,
@tou@lemmy.world avatar

I’m too young to have experienced RadioShack and Blockbuster Video. Also Toys R Us still exists in my country (Still exists in Canada.) To make a close equivalent I’d say maybe Sears or Target, both whom no longer have a presence in Canada.

Not_Reddit ,

I would bring back Sears. Target was very “meh” while it existed in Canada. It was just more expensive than Walmart for everything.

BeHappy ,

It’s very “meh” in the U.S., too. I do not understand the infatuation.

xX_fnord_Xx ,

It’s basically a Walmart for people that think they are too fancy for Walmart.

CCatMan ,

I would prefer Microcenter make smaller versions of their stores. Like Micro-Microcenters.

Lt_Worf OP ,

And open up a branch that just sells microbiology lab supplies. Like Micro-Micro-Microcenters.

Spudwart ,

What good is Blockbuster when streaming exists?

What good is Toys R Us when kids don’t play with toys anymore and I definitely can’t afford to obsessively collect toys like those who came before me?

Jesus - no

RadioShack was a niche tech store with niche tech stuff. No need to wait an absurd amount of time for random stuff online.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

theres a blockbuster in a small town

Crashumbc ,

I think the last one finally closed a few years ago.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

I’ve checked on google maps it’s still open

Dubious_Fart ,

I miss video rental stores.

The exploration, the smell of fresh popped popcorn, the excitement.

Find things you never thought you’d like…Things you’ll never find today cause you’re slaves to the algorithm.

nevial ,
@nevial@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

None, I’m fine, thank you

kratoz29 ,

Blockbuster, physically seeing the movies that I’m gonna pirate is priceless.

Polydextrous ,

I mean…it kinda makes the most sense to bring Jesus back.

  • Still none of us would leave the house to rent movies if blockbuster came back.
  • None of us have shopped at toys r us since were had our own money to spend, so toys r us wold exist to us all the same way it does now: a fond memory.
  • RadioShack…I mean, would anyone not buy their shit online if that happened? Nah.

And if you bring Jesus back…he’s a socialist pacifist Jew that might have a chance of setting the worst America has to offer right on their misguided opinions. We need more powerful anarcho-socialists, especially powerful ones—and I mean, literally powerful. He is purportedly magic. Boom. Goodbye capitalism.

No question. Bring Jesus back. And Conan. Being Conan back.

Addfwyn ,

We never had blockbusters here, but our local equivalent is actually still doing quite well. I think streaming movies is more popular, but a lot of people go there to rent music CDs. Actually buying physical music albums is really expensive.

We still have Toys R Us too actually, I think it does pretty well here for the most part.

So I guess my answer defaults to Radioshack.

TeckFire ,

There’s still a running RadioShack out in Dickson TN that I visited once. It’s actually a fantastic store to have nearby for electronic hobbyists who need weird adapters on a whim without waiting a few days to a few weeks for online shipments. I understand why it went mostly under, but as someone who was born in 2000, it was a little sad to realize that those stores mostly only exist for niche markets now.

PXoYV1wbDJwtz5vf ,

Move to Canada. We still have Toys R Us and "the Source" (which is what RadioShack became here).

PeriodicallyPedantic ,

Yeah but the source sucks, it’s not the same.

Even toys r us isn’t the same they don’t have game consoles set up to demo (at least not near me). But at least it’s kinda close.

Kichae ,

Yeah, you can't buy... anything that Radio Shack used to sell at the Source. It's just cell phones and headphones now. It was still pretty ass before Bell bought it, but at least it had, you know, basic things like cables and solder when Circuit City owned it.

Frederic ,

yeah, don’t enter “The Source” to buy electronic components or kits or whatever. IIRC it is owned by Bell and mostly sell phone plans.

electrogamerman ,

Jesus then ask him to bring ther others back.

terminhell ,

As an almost 40yr old now father, this is such a hard choice. Except Jesus. I’ll never get to see that magic of the face of my child (4yr) the first time we would walk in. Or, the magic of my own face every time I went into a RadioShack. Blockbuster was just a cool place overall.

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