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Found a box of my old VHS tapes in the garage last weekend
I used to record every episode of 'Hey Arnold!' and 'Rugrats' off Nickelodeon, pausing during commercials. It took forever and the quality was fuzzy. Now I just pull up a streaming service and watch them in HD in seconds. The shows are the same, but I kind of miss the ritual of it. Anyone else still have a pile of those old tapes somewhere?
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gavinhunt3d ago
Oh man, that hits home lol. I had a whole shelf of those tapes, mostly cartoons and weird late night stuff I'd catch. The fuzzy quality and those little tracking lines were part of the charm, you know? It felt like you really owned that episode because you put in the work. Now it's all just there instantly, which is cool, but it doesn't feel the same at all. I finally recycled mine a few years back during a big clean out, but part of me wishes I'd kept just one as a relic.
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dylanbarnes3d ago
@gavinhunt I read somewhere that the effort of taping stuff made our brains value it more. Totally makes sense with that feeling of ownership you mentioned.
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