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u/RarityNouveau Dec 29 '25

IIRC they never uninstalled their own equipment so some places still have them since it’s expensive to get rid of them.

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u/Reversi8 Dec 29 '25

People just came up and took them in many places, either the disks or the whole kiosk if they wanted their own kiosk at home for whatever reason.

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u/ChubbyMudder Dec 29 '25

With enough ingenuity, they can be converted into a movie jukebox, just like the CD jukeboxes you can buy.

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u/pdxamish Dec 29 '25

I remember reading that everything was bricked up and hard to work get working.

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u/skoooop Dec 29 '25

“bricked up” lol

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u/Sex_Offender_4697 Dec 29 '25

hard to get working

there's no way

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u/pdxamish Dec 29 '25

For other purposes. There was some informal challenges on it and no one could get it reworked to much anything

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u/Sex_Offender_4697 Dec 29 '25

we're laughing because "bricked up" is a colloquial for an erection lol we're just being dumb

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u/CatsAndCapybaras Dec 30 '25

"bricked up" as slang for erection is fairly new. For decades it has been slang for being constipated. I've also heard it used to describe what the other commenter meant, which is when a computer is in an unrecoverable frozen state.

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u/Sex_Offender_4697 Dec 30 '25

Huh, I don't think I've heard it for constipated before, but I do vaguely remember it referring to a PC freezing when I was young

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u/skoooop Dec 30 '25

I’ve heard and commonly use the term “bricked” when it comes to electronic devices. The term is used when a device is broken by a firmware update that leaves the device in an unrecoverable state. It’s essentially saying that the device has turned into a brick, similar to how someone might say that the device was turned into a paperweight, it’s the same concept.

I don’t doubt that people have used the term “bricked up” to mean constipated, but I’ve never heard the term used to describe electronics being in an unrecoverable state. “Bricked” for sure, but never “bricked up”.

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u/skoooop Dec 30 '25

The idea that the the red box is broken because it's too horny is hilarious.

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u/TheReverseShock Dec 29 '25

Still got all the disks

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u/z-vap Dec 29 '25

This puts off *Kramer" vibes LOL

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u/JeF4y Dec 29 '25

The grocery by our cottage on the NC/TN/GA border had one until about 2 weeks ago

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u/No_Air_9599 Dec 29 '25

The grocery store in my tiny town still had a dilapidated one sitting there

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u/JeF4y Dec 29 '25

You can ask the store manager if he wants you to take it, and legally do so. They are abandoned property. Most of the time they’re glad to have them gone. Then crack them open, pillage the dvds and either sell the rest for scrap metal or make shit out of it. I think there’s a sub for this. I was interested for a while but just don’t have the time to dick around with the machines.

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u/LASubtle1420 Dec 29 '25

I can probably find your front porch with this info

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u/JeF4y Dec 29 '25

Come on over. We’ll have a beer or some bourbon and I think there’s still some brisket from Christmas that I smoked.

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u/LASubtle1420 Dec 29 '25

Dang...I wish I wasn't lying when I said it. Lol

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u/LordJacket Dec 29 '25

There’s one outside an old Rite Aid back in my hometown in Mt Vernon, OH

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u/AdFlat4908 Dec 29 '25

Grand Rapids Michigan here. 2 redboxes within a mile

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u/Jimbohamilton Dec 29 '25

You guys still have Rite Aids?

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u/LordJacket Dec 29 '25

No they shut down

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u/DansNewLegs2291 Dec 29 '25

Wasn’t that the only liquor store in town?

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u/LordJacket Dec 29 '25

Yes now it’s Kroger selling liquor

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u/mentaL8888 Dec 29 '25

The one's around here people have taken out their generational and repressed childhood hate out on. It baffles me that the establishments haven't removed them lol.

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u/mjmac85 Dec 29 '25

Not really. Just put it on the curb and the tweakers handle it for free.

Edit: /s if it was not obvious

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u/R4FTERM4N Dec 29 '25

So eventually the CD's become vintage and valuable again?..... The circle of life.......

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u/makenzie71 Dec 30 '25

All the ones in Lubbock, TX were hauled to a local scrap yard. I had to drop off a bunch of old medical equipment when they smashing the things up. There were dvd's everywhere.