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How did people watch movies at home before home video became
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How did people watch movies at home before home video became a thing? Did they watch them only when they were in theaters and never saw them again?
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What is television?
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>>69631523
They saw it again if it was on television
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>>69631523
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>>69631523
You seriously cant be this dumb
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>>69631523
Someone recorded it in cinema and then sold it on the street

>Seinfeld
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>Daddy, how did people get things in their home before 3D printing?
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Thank you for the laugh OP
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>>69631523

home projectors
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>>69631523
wow
yeah, there were tv reruns but unless you saw them in the theatre or had a home proyector and a lot of money, you couldn't see them
but there were more specialty theatres so various old films playing around, in big cities at least
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>>69631679

is this some kinda fucking pedophile home invasion system for when swat comes? holy fuck..
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>>69631523
The tooth fairy delivered movies house to house by 99c a piece.

Now you know faggot
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>>69631693
Thank you

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>>69631712
It was a serious question. I don't get what's so funny about it
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>>69631710
Store owner:
>"Now how do you want to protect your stuff from intruders?"
Pedophile:
>"Just fuck my shit up"
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>>69631679
what is happening here?
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>>69631679
dammit anon, give sauce
I've watched this webm three times now
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l285JDSiOOo
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>>69631523

Different TV networks had movie night, where they would show maybe 2 or 3 year-old movies on TV.

Later after VHS came out, people would record them on VHS.

Most movies I saw as a kid were on VHS recorded from TV.
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