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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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schwalbekoenig t1_j9nutt1 wrote

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

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Neomanderx3 t1_j9nv70z wrote

Every day, not everyday.

Everyday is an adjective, it means ordinary, plain.

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BleydXVI t1_j9ode4j wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,936,642)

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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Cohibaluxe t1_j9oe3yc wrote

Replying to OldMork (#1,934,594)

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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Fulminero t1_j9oe54f wrote

The true cancer is the popups in the site you linked

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Minute-Major7782 t1_j9og0bm wrote

Why do they have deathbeds? Who would want to lay in one of those?

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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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CrazyCrunchMan t1_j9ohqvc wrote

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

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blckJk004 t1_j9oku1n wrote

Last few shots broke my heart man

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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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Panda1pt t1_j9oz1yh wrote

There's at least one photo missing in October 1989

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BrandonMcRandom t1_j9p6nmi wrote

Replying to legoshi_loyalty (#1,940,667)

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

Replying to legoshi_loyalty (#1,940,667)

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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idontknowjackeither t1_j9pzv1s wrote

Replying to Ok_Copy5217 (#1,934,846)

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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1CEninja t1_j9q78a0 wrote

Replying to Cohibaluxe (#1,937,919)

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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bigbangbilly t1_j9q9ndc wrote

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

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adamcoe t1_j9qghxt wrote

Replying to idontknowjackeither (#1,945,279)

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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ZylonBane t1_j9qmulg wrote

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

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RoadToSurfdom t1_j9qt5az wrote

Replying to adamcoe (#1,947,495)

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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xtossitallawayx t1_j9r7qnx wrote

Replying to MDM3331 (#1,947,594)

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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earic23 t1_j9rehz3 wrote

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

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