Those, and dvd, bluray, some other fancier format. They have way more titles than any blockbuster ever did. Good place to have around ( it’s a nonprofit, so should be around in future).

Hey, I live down the steeet from the best remaining video rental store (Movie Madness in Portland, OR). Have run down to return videos pretty often this year!

Where in countless mystery/thriller stories bad guys arrange meets in huge open deserted buildings, to be uninterrupted. In the real world, the place will securely locked and gated, or multiple houseless people will have already moved in there.

Asking for a friend?

MaryJanes. Should be outlawed by international convention.

Often because the staff is bored silly and want music to get through their minimum wage shift.

Yesterday

In particular, salt water (ocean or even pickle brine) will need to be cleaned out. It leaves condictive salt film behind.

Ink jets burn ink even if you dont print anything, with their periodic “cleaning cycles”. That or their nozzles jam if you dont print often enough. They can make really high quality prints, but I’d never buy one again. Lasers can sit for months and they still pop out perfect prints every time.