'People over 30 when they drive by a closed Blockbuster Video': 25+ 90s kid nostalgia pics to take you back

I'll be the first to say it, I miss Blockbuster. I miss being able to browse the shelves and take out a title at a time, figuring out what I wanted to watch. There was a finite number of options, so you knew you would leave with something. Nowadays, there's an infinite number of options, which means that you could search forever and never find something. It's too easy to get decision paralysis when you're flipping through 12 different streaming apps. At Blockbuster, everything was neatly organized right in front of you. You knew the sections you liked the best, and you would frequent those areas. Maybe they were even staff picks from people whose taste you trusted.

You could look at all sorts of different movie covers and decide what spoke to you based on the DVD art. We all remember looking at the jewel case for Showgirls and thinking it was one giant worm lady, instead of a silhouette leg. We remember flipping through the horror sections and being scared by the images on the covers. We remembered the frustration and pain of our favorite classic being rented to somebody else. It was a destination. You could go there with your friends and leave with a plan. It was the first stop on the way to a night well spent. A night making pillow forts and eating Domino's Pizza. Some of the best nights of our lives were facilitated through Blockbuster.

Sure, we won't miss having to rewind the tape before returning it, and we relish in the ability to watch any movie at any time from the comfort of our home, but you have to admit that we lost something. This meme list is all about remembering what we lost. We're here to remember the time of our youth. The 90s. It helps us remember who we were, which shapes who we are now. You have to look back sometimes in order to look ahead, or whatever those Greek philosophers once said. So if that sounds like something you're in need of today, then you're in the right place.
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