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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

My cousin bought a whole video store back in 2019 for practically nothing, he still has thousands and thousands of VHS and DVD, he's still waiting for the big revival. I helped him last year to get rid of many cubic feet of porn stuff, though. His kids discovered it & for some reason his wife insisted.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

phonograph?

[–] [email protected] 103 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This photo reminds me of the story of Jeanne Calment. At 90 years old, she signed a contract with a lawyer which stated he would inherit her apartment upon her death, but he would pay her 2,500 francs per month until the time came.

Her lawyer died 30 years later, when Jeanne was 120. His family continued making payments to Jeanne until she finally died at 122 years old, by which time she had been paid more than double what her place was worth.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Taking out life insurance on your client, with your client.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think her daughter may have started impersonating her at some point but there was no way to prove it so they had to keep paying.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Wow that was a fascinating rabbit hole. I think she was probably legit, but the fact that nobody else has broken 120 years is somewhat perplexing. The big gap between her and second place is statistically very unlikely, but there is also a lot of positive evidence mentioned in that article that's hard to refute.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago

Don't forget - storage drives are physical storage.

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