• @ObsidianZed@lemmy.world
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    • Receiving junk mail Internet CDs
    • Waiting patiently to record a song you liked
    • Setting the clock and a timer to record something on your VCR
    • The planet Pluto
    • Wax lips and candy cigarettes
    • Tang
    • Translucent electronics
    • Cheat Code books
    • 1(800) COLLECT & “00 it’s magic!”
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      91 year ago

      I’m confused by your inclusion of Tang. I mean, in some places it’s still sold and consumed everywhere. Honey Lemon Tang is the bomb, btw.

      • @ObsidianZed@lemmy.world
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        51 year ago

        That’s likely more from personal preference and not having looked for it at the grocery store. I was more remembering the old monkey(?) commercials and everyone talking about it because it was from “NASA.”

      • @MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        11 year ago

        My crazy friends and I used to mix a tang packet into a 600ml of jolt soda, which was just cola with extra caffeine… We spent a lot of time vibrating with energy after drinking it.

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      Setting the clock and a timer to record something on your VCR

      And then the #&@)#% sportsball game before your show ran long, so your recording cut off before the end of the show because the tape ran out…

    • @Gestrid@lemmy.ca
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      41 year ago
      • The planet Pluto

      What do you mean? It’s only been googles… 18 years… since… whoa…

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      When I was 2 or 3 year old our Family had a VCR. I still remember watching Popeye using VCR.

      • @ObsidianZed@lemmy.world
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        41 year ago

        Popeye was one of my favorite shows I remember watching over and over and over again. Singing and acting it out. I also had recordings of the Pink Panther and I think one of, if not the first animated Superman movies or cartoons.

        That’s also an old memory you unlocked of a home video of myself maybe 3-4 ish “playing Popeye” singing “Popeye the sailor man, toot toot!” and I would take a drink from my Dad’s cup pretending it was spinach and acting like my biceps popped out and then promptly sneezing in my Dad’s face.

        Good times.

      • @Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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        21 year ago

        I remember VCRs being mind-blowingly cool new tech. Only rich people had them. And colour TV. Who can afford that?