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[bucyou]

Imagine if you will, tidying up the place and you come across one of these

And you think, "what the fuck, i dont remember what this is from".

It could be from a crazy concert with your bro team, it could be a drunken night club escapade or house party, it might even have captured the forgotten moment you put a nice, clean wiener in your mouth.

Do you have it developed at eckerds? Do you call carlos and have his cousin develop them in his dark room that doubles as a BDSM dungeon for a local 50+ swinger club?

 

[TindalosPup]

I can still remember how magical it was to me finding out there was a "secret" compartment in the camera

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

Or your parents having these bags around the house....

 

[-Minsc-]

Ah yes, the days when every picture had to count.

 

[slugbahr]

The days when selfies were taken by other people holding your camera.

 

[JordanN]

I still have mine.

The quality is amazing actually. You would think just because they were taken in the 90s/80s, they have to look bad but they hold up better than some of my first digital photoshots from the 2000s.

 

[Codswallop_]

It's weird to think about complete strangers developing your depraved party pics now, but that's what we did.

 

[GAMETA]

Were photos expensive to develop in the US as well? Prices were insane around here.

 

[bucyou]

I believe I remember a roll costing around $10 in the late 90s

 

[jufonuk]

Imagine a time where you had a limited number of shots to take and each one counted, plus it would take a while to get them back.

no burst photos no instant preview no editing no instant sharing.

 

[Foamy]

The days when selfies were taken by other people holding your camera.

Yes taking your own picture was almost taboo. You were considered a loser.
Now people take there own pictures 200 times a day.
...
Still losers IMO.

 

[Kimahri]

I miss it. Now, instead of one picture, there is ten. Too much, nothing matters, all forgotten.

Unlike in the past when you pulled out an album from time to tile to relive it all.

 

[Mr Hyde]

They will never know the feel of discovering porn mags in the woods either. Youths today, spoiled beyond belief.

 

[Kagey K]

It's weird to think about complete strangers developing your depraved party pics now, but that's what we did.

When I worked at Walmart during college, I worked in Electronics and was friends with some of the girls that worked in the photo lab and they showed me some crazy pics.

It’s amazing what some people will pics take of and then take to Walmart to get developed.

 

[Old Retro]

Even recently while taking pictures of something for later reference like an electronics project I'm working on, I had the thought... there was a time where you couldn't take a high res picture and just "discard" it, then try again.

I still have a big bin of photographs, some great moments I have locked away like pictures of Michael Jordan up close. Also legendary moments in time with family and friends. I've wondered what will happen to those 100 years from now or if anyone will even care.

We used Polaroids for other events.

 

[-Minsc-]

I miss it. Now, instead of one picture, there is ten. Too much, nothing matters, all forgotten.

Unlike in the past when you pulled out an album from time to tile to relive it all.

A Bell 5G commercial was trying to sell me on taking a video and then picking your pictures out of the frames or something like that.

Even recently while taking pictures of something for later reference like an electronics project I'm working on, I had the thought... there was a time where you couldn't take a high res picture and just "discard" it, then try again.

I still have a big bin of photographs, some great moments I have locked away like pictures of Michael Jordan up close. Also legendary moments in time with family and friends. I've wondered what will happen to those 100 years from now or if anyone will even care.

We used Polaroids for other events.

Someone will care. We look at old black and white photos today to see what our families did in the past.

 

[synchronicity]

I've always loved film. It's slower pace suits me fine. Who knows what has been captured. Just have to wait and see.

I also remember using this when it enjoyed its brief popularity.

Good times.

 

[SlimySnake]

i miss it tbh. i was looking at my childhood pics from the 80s and they are better quality than the pics i take from my wife's iphone 10.

They will never know the feel of discovering porn mags in the woods either. Youths today, spoiled beyond belief.

waiting 1-5 minutes for a nude to load on 56k really made me appreciate the female body. i was like yes, i will gladly spend the rest of my life chasing after these bitches.

 

[Mistershine.]

They will never know the feel of discovering porn mags in the woods either. Youths today, spoiled beyond belief.

Was going to say the same thing. The joy of finding a copy of Razzle in the hedge is lost to technology now.

As for pictures, I don't think I took any growing up. Even now I don't take pictures of my kids or parties or holidays.

 

[Goro Majima]

The modern equivalent is sorta finding old digital cameras or memory cards.

Although cell phones have been our primary cameras for years now so maybe not.

I don’t miss film cameras at all though. You’re never sure if you got a decent picture until later, god help you if you expose the film, and having to leave your house to drop off and pick up was a huge pain.

So to me this is one of those 80s/90s things that died the death it deserved along with cassette tapes, VHS, and dot matrix printers.

 

[teezzy]

Is youngGAF even a thing?

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

I suppose most childhoods these days are logged only online, as opposed to on physical pictures.

Better hope the power doesn't go out or you don't know who you are.

 

[cryptoadam]

Fuck that noise I had a Polaroid baby. Shake it Shake it Shake it like a Polaroid picture.

Now how about these babies?

Selfies, camera LOL. You got Snake and Mexican hat ringtone and you would shut up and be happy.

 

[brap]

dont worry i still have this around somewhere

 

[cryptoadam]

Do you think anyone under the age of 20 would understand 1 hour photo?

1 hour photo? WTF do you have an Iphone 1 or something my phone takes photos in seconds.

 

[teezzy]

Do you think anyone under the age of 20 would understand 1 hour photo?

1 hour photo? WTF do you have an Iphone 1 or something my phone takes photos in seconds.

 

[Ionian]

1 hour photo? WTF do you have an Iphone 1 or something my phone takes photos in seconds.

Copyright that before Seinfeld or a female comedian steals it.

 

[Rentahamster]

That's what Pornhub is for.

I mean, Wikipedia.

 

[Stouffers]

 

[lachesis]

Heck, I used even develop the films myself. Sitting in a pitch dark room, unrolling it & putting it rolled into development canister just by touching it... and the smell of chemical/fixer etc.

When I see film grain effect on new movies or games, sometimes I feel rather betrayed - because the kids who shot the thing is just using it as some sort of cheap visual trick to evoke analogue feeling, but I used to try tooth and nail to get rid of that dust for real!

 

[Pejo]

It's weird to think about complete strangers developing your depraved party pics now, but that's what we did.

I used to develop photos as a part time job in high school. I saw some CRAZY shit. A guy with 8 rolls of film all taking pictures of naked barbie dolls and other toy dolls in various weird poses. Childbirth a few times (nasty). Biker parties. Spring break photos. Bondage clubs. It goes on and on.

The coolest thing that happened to me - I was dating a girl from a Catholic school. She had a "frienemy" who was like a rival and they pretended to be friends but hated each other. Cheerleader captain and vice captain, the whole nine. Well anyways, one day I'm just working, (the store was at the mall,) and the frienemy walks into the store and gets very flirty. After about 20 mins, she buys a disposable camera and leaves. A few hours later she comes back, asks me to develop her photos, prepays for the service and tells me that I can keep them. Luckily I was closing the store solo that night.

She had gone around to a few stores (including Victoria's Secret) and tried on a bunch of sexy clothes and took pictures of herself in the fitting room in various states of undress. Honestly, it was one of the hottest fucking things that ever happened to me. I have a lot of good memories of that job.

Anyways, yea I miss film.

 

[bender]

 

[cryptoadam]

Copyright that before Seinfeld or a female comedian steals it.

Girls are funny, get over it. My VAGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[n0razi]

Imagine a time where you had a limited number of shots to take and each one counted, plus it would take a while to get them back.

no burst photos no instant preview no editing no instant sharing.

That was a time before everyone and their mom was a professional food blogger/lifestyle influencer.