The Tamagotchi Test (2018)
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The Tamagotchi Test (2018)

“Daddy? I want a hamster.”

“You’re not having a hamster.”

“Why?”

“The ant died.”

“The ant wasn’t even REAL.”

“It was real.”

“It WASN’T!”

“Look – if you put something down on the floor and it runs away, it’s real.”

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Why We All Miss Blockbuster Video (2023)
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Why We All Miss Blockbuster Video (2023)

It’s a dark and rainy Friday night in Ramsgate sometime during September 2001 and I’m running the late shift at Blockbuster Video. I’m standing at the counter facing down a monster of a guy with a chin like an anvil who I just KNOW is going to be trouble. He is GLARING at me.

‘Say that again, mate?’

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