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OldMork t1_j9nm50y wrote

6000 shots of polaroid must been expensive, they were never that cheap not even then.

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Cohibaluxe t1_j9oe3yc wrote

Some very rough math puts a single shot of Polaroid film in the mid 1980s at $2.5 ($14 for a twin pack of 20 shots total; $14 adjusted to tosay is ~$50, 50/20=2.5), adjusted for inflation. $2.5 a day (in today’s dollars) doesn’t seem extravagant, but yeah, any daily cost over 20 years is going to add up.

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NativeMasshole t1_j9og6hg wrote

So $15,000 over 18 years? That's not terrible for a hobby. I've probably spent more on weed in a similar time period.

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Cohibaluxe t1_j9oiu6o wrote

Indeed. A lot of people spend more on coffee every day. 15 grand looks like a lot, but as mentioned, it’s over a span of almost two decades.

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1CEninja t1_j9q78a0 wrote

Yeah one way you can think about it is somewhere in the ballpark of an hour of minimum wage work per week (probably less since I think minimum wages in purchasing power were stronger back then), and substantially less than that for a working professional.

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MDM3331 t1_j9qh7n8 wrote

Why not grow your own?

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xtossitallawayx t1_j9r7qnx wrote

Buying all the grow gear, tending to the plants, waiting 3-4 months, spending hours and hours trimming, and waiting a bit more to dry... versus going to the store, getting a 1/4, and being on way.

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MDM3331 t1_j9r8c8n wrote

Understandable. In your shoes I'd likely do the same

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arsenix t1_j9s5alq wrote

A pack of cigarettes in the 80's was only $1!

Now I know why my parents would never buy me any film for my polarioid camera!

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Ok_Copy5217 OP t1_j9noyjt wrote

did professional photographers or sponsors get special promotions in bulk orders?

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idontknowjackeither t1_j9pzv1s wrote

I don’t think many professionals ever used Polaroid for work. Maybe for something like a photo booth at an event where you get a quick souvenir snap, but 35mm was the professional film of choice in this era for most purposes.

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adamcoe t1_j9qghxt wrote

Many, many, many pros would shoot test shots on Polaroid at shoots to get a baseline idea of what stuff would look like. Without the instant feedback we have now with digital, you had no idea what it would look like after developing so it was incredibly common to shoot a fair number of Polaroids to help gauge light levels and balance, etc. Obviously very few of these were used for anything but a rough reference, but pro photogs of the time would definitely have had plenty of polaroid film around.

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RoadToSurfdom t1_j9qt5az wrote

Also, polaroids were used in industries like film and fashion, where you wanted to take a reference photo of something - like, documenting what clothes actors are wearing so they wear the same at the shoot tomorrow.

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Ok_Copy5217 OP t1_j9njo8y wrote

https://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com/1979-2-2

All scanned photos are here from 1979. Which one is your favorite? find the one from the day you were born!

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Dr_Schnuckels t1_j9nkvvv wrote

Fuck, I'm too old. I was in second grade in 1979. :)

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Visionbuilder t1_j9now53 wrote

Get off my lawn!! I graduated high school in 1979!! Whippersnapper

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GoGaslightYerself t1_j9oawdo wrote

I'm guessing most redditors' parents weren't even born yet in 1979. Expecting them to know what happened in the '70s is like expecting them to know what happened in pre-sumerian Egypt.

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Show-Me-Your-Moves t1_j9oprrt wrote

Just incredibly sad the way it slowly transitions from happy shots of daily life into chemotherapy at the end

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Nmilne23 t1_j9q0n19 wrote

Mine is a pic of the outside of a funeral home

☠️

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Panda1pt t1_j9oz6bt wrote

There's at least one photo missing in October 1989.

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omicron7e t1_j9oiwe8 wrote

> find the one from the day you were born!

Tell random strangers on the internet your Birthday! What could happen?

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Its-Finrot t1_j9ph172 wrote

Ah yes, because your accounts can be hacked and your bank account drained based on someone knowing your birthday, and NO other identifiable info about you

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Neomanderx3 t1_j9nv70z wrote

Every day, not everyday.

Everyday is an adjective, it means ordinary, plain.

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BrandonMcRandom t1_j9obis5 wrote

Keep downvoting if you want, but for non native speakers, this little nuggets of information are priceless.

Thank you.

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1CEninja t1_j9q7igo wrote

It's just an everyday piece of knowledge. I wouldn't call it priceless.

In fact you could probably learn one of these every day with just a few minutes on Google.

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legoshi_loyalty t1_j9p29if wrote

Native speaker here, no. You will not be chided or anything like that if you use everyday instead of every day.

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BrandonMcRandom t1_j9p6nmi wrote

True, but for non natives like myself, who learned English thanks to Microsoft DOS and The Nanny :D, the internet is a huge learning center. So this kind of things really help.

BTW, I meant to say "FOR non native speakers", I edited it now. I realize it might be misunderstood otherwise.

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I-Hate-Humans t1_j9poqnu wrote

Depends on where you’re from and your family. I come from a family of teachers, I was a teacher myself, and have friends who are/were teachers. Most people I know will absolutely give you shit for English mistakes.

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BrianOnReddit t1_j9pqlz7 wrote

Maybe it should be everyday because there is not a picture of every day. At least I found 2 missing 11-19-90 and 11-20-90

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Fulminero t1_j9oe54f wrote

The true cancer is the popups in the site you linked

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schwalbekoenig t1_j9nutt1 wrote

This reminds me of a magnificent scene in La grande bellezza (2013).

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blckJk004 t1_j9oku1n wrote

Last few shots broke my heart man

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CrazyCrunchMan t1_j9ohqvc wrote

Are some of the photos bit scanned? There are a few missing days

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fonkordie t1_j9oo4kg wrote

A lot of missing days - seems like his every day thing may be exaggerated.

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EthanPuzzle t1_j9p8e8m wrote

It's only about 86 right? Not bad for 18 years.

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fonkordie t1_j9p9bz3 wrote

It just seemed so unlikely that he was able to take one every day, and he didn’t; OP is the one lying about it, not the artist.

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APiousCultist t1_j9picm1 wrote

Lying and saying something incorrect are two different things.

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jodiegirl66 t1_j9pws54 wrote

If you read the article he DID take a pic every day although some have been lost to time :(

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Roundingthere t1_j9oqxtk wrote

Married 19 days before the final picture. I only looked at the first year and the last.

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EccentricElf23 t1_j9ob4z3 wrote

These are amazing. I love old Polaroid photos!

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Ctsanger t1_j9ogofm wrote

Did he take every photo tho? Even the one of himself on his death bed?

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[deleted] t1_j9pdqi7 wrote

I'm dying tragically of cancer, but first........ let me take a selfie.

Dun Dun Dun DunDunDunDun

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Panda1pt t1_j9oz1yh wrote

There's at least one photo missing in October 1989

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bigbangbilly t1_j9q9ndc wrote

This is like a snapshot of what NYC was like during the 80s and early 90s!

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rsocha t1_j9qlvsl wrote

!,6 o

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ZylonBane t1_j9qmulg wrote

Jamie discovered that the real seagulls are the Polaroids you make along the way.

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earic23 t1_j9rehz3 wrote

I'm calling bullshit. He definitely forgot to do it a few days.

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[deleted] t1_j9o9crh wrote

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BleydXVI t1_j9ode4j wrote

TIL that there is a user on reddit called Zeppo_Ennui. This fact has no moral or practical value, nor does it give me insight about the universe, but I definitely learned it.

I don't know if you're gatekeeping the concept of learning or just being picky about what is posted on this subreddit.

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proxproxy t1_j9odrjr wrote

OP means he learned of the existence of this exhibition you goddamn dunce

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