Episode 9: Nostalgia Unleashed: 90s Blockbuster, Mixtapes, and Vulnerability
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ย. 2024
- Summary
In this episode, the hosts reminisce about the 90s and discuss the memorable topics from that era. They talk about the last remaining Blockbuster store in Oregon and the experience of renting movies from Blockbuster. They share their memories of choosing movies and snacks, as well as the annoyance of rewinding VHS tapes. The hosts also discuss the family outing aspect of going to Blockbuster and the transition from cassette tapes to CD players. In this conversation, Poetic and Mr. M2J reminisce about various aspects of the 90s, including renting video games from Blockbuster, recording songs from the radio, making mixtapes, creating custom CD playlists, the challenges of CDs and cassette tapes, fixing scratched CDs, and blowing on cartridges. They also discuss the qualities they admire in others and strive to cultivate in themselves, such as hard work.
The conversation covers various topics related to work culture, company loyalty, work-life balance, giving notice before leaving a job, workplace rights, authenticity in the workplace, rewarding employees, unwinding and relaxing after a long day, personal growth and development goals, and improving communication and relationships. In this conversation, Mr. M2J and Poetic discuss the importance of vulnerability and the need for emotional support in relationships. They emphasize the role of guy time as a way for men to let their guard down and find support. They also highlight the challenges of opening up and the significance of small details in relationships. The conversation then shifts to the topic of colorism in the Latino community and the need to embrace diversity and cultures. They conclude by emphasizing the importance of treating each other with love and understanding.
#90sNostalgia #BlockbusterMemories #VHSTapes #CDPlayerDays #MixtapeMagic #ScratchedCDs #ThrowbackCulture #WorkLifeBalance #EmbraceDiversity #GuyTime #RelationshipSupport #ColorismAwareness #LoveAndUnderstanding #PersonalGrowthGoals
1:02:40 some times the best type of communication is to some times just sit an listen to the person that needs to speak an get things off there chest
Facts.
4:20 u can even rent the newest up to date video games there to its the last block buster in the world out of 90 thousand locations that ever existed
6:27 my grandpa had one of those but it was in the shape of a 87 thunder bird it had the head lights that light up when it was rewinding lol it was a car it would honk when the movie was done lol
5:40 bruh im also goin there just to only get pop corn my mom use to tell me i eather get to rent a video game or a pop corn .... so i never could afford both as a kid we only got one choice !!! So im goin to go get pop corn as a grown adult an she cant tell me NOTHIN !!!!!! 😅😅
44:40 that's litterly why I did a full motor swap in my car in exactly 3 hours !!! Cuz I was told I couldn't do it that it's physically impossible.... knowing that I could do it every wrench I turned that day I was like no ... watch me !!! An I kept a time line on it an I started at exactly 12 02pm an got the motor fully installed an trans missions axels shift linkage all that in buy litterly 3 03pm !!! Like dead ass it motivated me if I didn't have that motivation!!! I prolly would slacked off an took longer then that but I was told I couldn't do it ... an I did it !!!
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12:20 our block buster always had a pizza place near it an actually if u went an got a pizza they gave you 1 free movie with ur pizza so u go next door to get ur movie but I'd play my vhs movies soooooo much thay the screen would glitch out an go up in the middle of the movie it would be ruined
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32:01 you guys forgot to talk bout my space !!! Lol when we all new how to dam near hack an decode things !!!! Or ask jeeves or dial up or AOL messenger to try to talk to girls in chat rooms lol hahah
The good old days.
46:15 an this is why I know I'm like family !!! Cuz I've always got poetics back if I can ... an I really wouldn't be nuin I prolly wouldn't be where I am with my merch my social media my videogerphy photography or nuin like that I wouldn't have none of it with out poetic knowing him since 2012 !!! Like he has helped me threw alot of the steps I didn't know what to start taken like if he helps fill in the gaps when I'm confused about things !!!! An he's always been there to help me poetics done alot for me that I fell like I owe him my life for !!! An it's as simple an when we first met in person !!! He went home an still felt like he needed to do more for me an he really didn't have to do any thing I was happy enough that he surprised me an pulled up to my house an took me to get food ... but he sent me Hella care packages of house hold stuff that I actually really needed .... an bruh I'll do the same for him if he ever needs any thing !!!! Shit you to Martin !!! If ur poetics ppl ur my ppl !!! But yeah
Appreciate you fam.
19:40 you can also do the exact same thing with TV shows an foot ball games on vhs an over Wright movies with TV shows lol
58:00 some times I litterly just come home sit in the party with you guys an relize it's know 5am an I haven't even played a single game not one !!!! I litterly just sit an chat with you guys !!!! An not even play games !!!! It just means alot to be able to come home an just chat with you guys feels like I can open up to yall bout stuff more then I can with ppl I know in real life !!!!
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39:50 I actually do tho enjoy my job not every one dose but I do get happy an excited to go to work cuz I love the ppl I work with zero drama !!!! An I love driven my car an I don't deal with alot of management.... I actually think to my self .... that yes I'd be sad if I lost my job cuz I actually really do enjoy goin to work ..... an I know this feeling cuz I haven't felt happy like this bout a job since my first job I worked at I genuinely loved my first job an I genuinely enjoy my job right now it's really fun tbh
Nothing better than loving what you do.
15:30 yeah !!! But you know what we knew how long to rewind an then push play we where all Champs an knowing when to push play !!!! Lol
Faaacts.
3:17 bruh i tell u guys bout it all the time !!!! Lol hahah yeah its in bend but its central oregon its desert out there say its 80° in dallas/salem oregon in bend .... its 115 !!!! Its hot out there it only rains 6 days outta the year in bend
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25:20 also !!! Don't forget !!! To do all this !!! We had to be young af walkin to Walmart or safe way to go get a 2 hour prepaid AOL disk or they sent in the mail when ur time was up ur internet shut off an we used dialup !!!!
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10:25 I knew bout the blue box I knew that but also poetic yall can't forget that block busters competitor was Hollywood video !!!! Remember Holly woods video !!! It's the same feeling cuz if block buster didn't have it we would go to Holly wood video !!! An it was same thing with the family outing.... bruh the video games I've rented from block buster !!! Bruh back in the day there was no xbox .... bruh I rented first time ever when it first released !!! Mario 64 donkey Kong 64 !!! Zelda ocarina of time !!!! Mortal combat for the Nintendo 64 an I rented a few game cube games !!! Bruhhh actually at my moms we still have Zelda ocarina of time that we never returned cuz we forgot to an it still has the block buster sticker on it !!!! For our Nintendo 64
Hollywood video was good, but nit better than blockbuster.
2:16 Ayyyyeee litterly dead ass befor you finished this sentence!!! I dead ass new what you where gonna say bruhhhh i new you where gonna say that im goin this summer to go get pics of it !!! Hes gonna say bend oregon the last block buster in the world out of 90 thousand locations in the world !!!! Block buster lets gooooo im goin to it to get dope ass car pics an the popcorn bruh u can still rent the newest movies up to date there right know as we speak !!! U can also do a over night air bnb trip an stay the night there an play video games in the game room
That would be awesome!
29:11 bruhhh I was gonna say it if Martin didn't!!! Bruhhh bruh the ways ppl talked bout there was tooth past !!! There was peanut butter an there's litterly flushing them in ur toilet an belive it or not that shit would work some times
Ewwwww lol
24:15 bruuhhh how many cds did u guys have that didn't burn right ... cuz with cds !!!! Bruh u can't go back I'd have some that only had 3 songs !!! An if u looked ..... idk if u guys knew this but if u looked there where different color lines that showed how much space u used on the disk
Waaayyyyy to many.
1:00:14 BRUUUUUUUUUUCCCCEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!! LOL haha lazy cat just chillin bruh !!!!
He stays lazy as hell. Lol
18:56 bruhhhh I recorded over my will Smith men an black tape I had to get a usher an a 50 cent song lol hahah cuz u can record over ur actually tapes !!! I'd have soooo many that I recorded over an I'd sit an wait till it came on to record it an if u missed it an got half the song u had to wait till u heard it again lol hahaha
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30:17 bruh my sanadreas gta game had the meanest scratch on it idk where my friend Heard it ... but she was like I heard you can flush it in the toilet an it works..... bruh I was sooo Deseret to get it working nothing was working !!!! Not the tooth paste not the peanut butter !!! So I tried it .... bruh I'm not kidding u the spot the game would always freeze on .... never froze again bruh it worked
2:33 no poetic u can litterly rent the newest movies that are released there you can litterly rent new stuff
That's fire.