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"Sorry, I got to return this video"

"Mike? I love that guy, I got him on speed dial"

"Do you have any quarters for a phone?"

"Bill Cosby really is America's dad"

"Can I borrow that VHS?"

"Sorry, I can't come. My favourite show is on"

"Do you know where a phone is?"

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 64 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceFox@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago

Surly there were always people who say things like "wow, I can't believe this thing is happening it's like it's 2004" or something.

[–] AZERTY@feddit.nl 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Call me after 9. I ran out of minutes."

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 5 points 3 months ago

I forgot about free nights and weekends!

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nobody referred to videos as "VHS" unless they were explicitly trying to distinguish the medium from betamax. They just called them "videos" and "tapes" or "videotape."

for example: Hey can I borrow that tape?

That movie just came out on video.

Be kind, rewind your videotape.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Get off the internet, I'm expecting a call"

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"I'm excited for what the future has in store for me."

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[–] Knuschberkeks@leminal.space 19 points 3 months ago

itt: people thinking 20 years ago was 10 years ago.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 18 points 3 months ago

I lost one of my Diablo install CDs can i borrow your set

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

β€œSorry, I got to return this video”

2004 is when the Blockbuster video rental chain was at its peak (cite), and VHS was still in wide use at the time having only been surpassed by DVD rentals a year earlier. Speed dial was also still a thing then, payphones still exist today, and, although complaints were filed against Bill Cosby much earlier the public wasn't widely aware of them until 2014.

How about "John Kerry is the candidate who can prevent a second Bush term" ?

[–] SpaceFox@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

It's weird how slow things really are. In 2006 you could have rented a VHS from blockbuster and gone home and upload it to YouTube.

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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Have you heard of the Information superhighway?

"Will that be smoking or non smoking?" Asked as a restaurant

"I think you flooded it" in relation to a car not starting. (well unless you work on very old cars)

"I got it off Napster"

"want to listen to my mix tape?"

"I can burn you a CD of that"

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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 13 points 3 months ago

"I can't believe you didn't put me in your top 8 on Myspace!!"

Also, "w00t!!"

[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 11 points 3 months ago

"Could you please not use the phone? Gotta dial up to connect to the BBS"

[–] root@aussie.zone 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It's not working? Try blowing into the cartridge again.

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

Rubbing alcohol on a q-tip, give it a good once over, if the q-tip isn't pure white, repeat.

Once clean wait for it to air dry and give it a go.

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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I borrow movies sometimes from the library, I've used that first one. (Sometimes you want a DVD of a kid's show instead of streaming it)

Also: looking for a phone, any phone in our house has happened.

[–] SpaceFox@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Why would you want a DVD over streaming it?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

If you don't want to sail the high seas, and you don't want to pay, the library is a great, free option.

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[–] ReversalHatchery 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

privacy, and preservation

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[–] wax@feddit.nu 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hang on, my pager is making a noise

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 months ago

Well, some people in Lebanon disagree

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

I think a lot of these were still being said 20 years ago. People were using Netflix by mail and Redbox in the last 20 years.

Lots of people still had brick phones by Nokia, etc which had "speed dial". You would hold 1 for voicemail but could program 2-9 for other numbers.

Lost season 1 premiered in 2004 and you better believe people made plans around it's schedule to watch it.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Where did I leave my zip disk?

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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Ska is forever!

Blackberry and Nokia will always be around.

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

Hand me my Razor

[–] kadotux@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

Ska is forever, though.

"Ska is what plays in a 13-year-old kid's head when he gets extra mozzarella sticks"

[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

2004 Nokia bricks are probably still around. Them things were indestructible.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Damn, there's a paper jam in the fax machine again

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sadly, fax machines are very much still in use ....

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

Do you Yahoo?

[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

I'll be back in five moons, we're running out of mammoth meat (translation)

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

β€œSorry, I got to return this video”

You say that, although it's pretty close to the recurring joke in American Psycho, so if you're lenient this kind of sentence was said in this comm only days ago. https://lemmy.ml/post/24140732/15784014

[–] minyaen@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I vividly remember... I was in the office and one of my coworkers comes up to me with a shit eating grin on his face - like he had something he wanted to share...

He said, "Have you ever heard of Bitcoin?" I said, "No..." He explained (sort of) what he thought it was, but sounded more like an investment opportunity (blah blah blah) less than 10 cents per... I didn't bite.

Lets just say this didn't age well for me, lmao.

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Put that Furby away! We have to go play Neopets."

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

"You think Monica Lewinsky sucks or blows?"

[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Can you give me directions to your house?

[–] fool@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago

Did you see Mozart's new concerto?

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

Is that available for OS/2 Warp?

[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

"I'll show you the photos once I get them developed."

[–] technopagan@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

"The check is in the mail"

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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nijβ‚‚ na-me igi nu-mu-un-duβ‚ˆ

ne-en jalβ‚‚ takaβ‚„-en-e-ce

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[–] arsCynic 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"I wish no one would assassinate billionaires."

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