Comic #6548: requiem-for-a-blockbuster

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Panel 1:

Person 1: "You didn’t just download movies when you were a kid? But—"

Person 2: "You went to a 'rental store.'"

Panel 2:

Person 1: "You walked around in a brightly lit building with all sorts of movies in it, and toys from the movies, and there was a checkout counter surrounded by candy in portions designed for college students."

Panel 3:

Person 1: "If you were really lucky, you could wheedle your mom into taking you for McDonald’s on the way home."

Panel 4:

Person 2: "What changed? Was there a worldwide apocalypse and everything got worse?"

Panel 5:

Person 1: "Adults want to sit and never move, and Earth has been forced to accommodate that."