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highplainsdem

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43. There are a lot of videos on YouTube about RadioShack.

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 11:59 PM

15 hrs ago

I just hate seeing so many AI-generated channels getting lots of views, taking attention away from human-made videos. There's a good chance some of the AI videos showing up on DU are from foreign content farms, despite the origin they claim, like the one described here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220865373 . A lot of the AI slop on Facebook, for instance, comes from foreign content farms. Good chance there are bots boosting the AI content, too, like what happens on Spotify and Facebook.

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Great Memories: What Happened to RadioShack? The Store That Taught America How to Build Things [View all] LiberalArkie Yesterday OP

It certainly was a big help to me over the years... hlthe2b Yesterday #1

Lafayette Electronics closed its doors even earlier -- corp. mismanagement. eppur_se_muova Yesterday #2

I miss Lafayette, Mock Electronics, and W&W here in Huntsville. House of Roberts Yesterday #4

I Liked Lafayette Better! BBbats Yesterday #28

Back in those days, you could go in there with a thing you needed to replace, House of Roberts Yesterday #3

take a pic, and mopinko Yesterday #6

My husband still misses that store. He could get components for his various projects. Ritabert Yesterday #5

the ceo in the late 60's mopinko Yesterday #7

Tried to buy a replacement cable to a radio Orrex Yesterday #8

Corporatism proved once again... GiqueCee Yesterday #10

Remember Heathkits? James48 Yesterday #9

Built two Heath Kits in 1969, a radio receiver and an amplifier. PufPuf23 Yesterday #16

Heh. I remember that particular Pacific Stereo well.... 68er Yesterday #27

Amazon needed to have been busted up decades ago Blue Full Moon Yesterday #11

Bozos bagimin Yesterday #13

Remember RadioShack wayback when it had government surplus. Sneederbunk Yesterday #12

I miss it very much. Nobody fixes anything, anymore. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #14

Find your nearest Repair Cafe, a non-profit which can work on anything from broken zippers Wonder Why Yesterday #18

Thank you Wonder Why, for the information. Buddyzbuddy 22 hrs ago #33

I know because I am one of the volunteers. However, I'm on indefinite hiatus until I have my leg back. Wonder Why 18 hrs ago #36

I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you a faster painless recovery. Buddyzbuddy 15 hrs ago #42

A good friend of mine built a computer from Heathkit Norbert Yesterday #15

Laz used to manage a Radio Shack in a little rural strip mall near a military base. haele Yesterday #17

We purchased our first computer, the TRS 80 from Radio Shackwhen our son was 7 or 8 yrs old. scarletlib Yesterday #19

There are still... 2naSalit Yesterday #20

Change or die SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #21

Thanks for posting. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #22

The video is AI-generated and narrated, on a channel that's almost completely AI, adding about one AI video highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #41

I worked at a Radio Shack for years hurple Yesterday #23

I take it that the manager did not get to go on the cruise. LiberalArkie Yesterday #26

My son worked at a RadioShack for years. StarryNite Yesterday #24

I had a 'Trash-80' which I liked GenThePerservering Yesterday #25

If I had a time machine I would go back to the 70's and buy up all the vari-loop coils I could get my hands on yaesu 23 hrs ago #29

I miss stores like RadioShack, and this makes me feel a certain way. Mostly nostalgia. Oneironaut 23 hrs ago #30

Their electronic components were expensive. hunter 22 hrs ago #31

A very happy memory is buying a breadboard, some LEDs and other components for my son when he was in elementary school. NNadir 22 hrs ago #32

The same thing that happened to Wolf Brand Texas-Style Chili...capitalism. pecosbob 21 hrs ago #34

Another AI-generated channel. highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #35

I didn't watch the video. I rarely do. hunter 15 hrs ago #39

There are a lot of videos on YouTube about RadioShack. highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #43

It's the tech bro capitalist philosophy -- if people are buying that crap, they will sell it. hunter 11 hrs ago #44

Anyone remember when they gave a 10% discount to shareholders and lots of people, including yours truly, Wonder Why 17 hrs ago #37

The closest fucking thing now to those kits is a little motherfucking robot you can make with a Raspberry Pi at the core SoFlaBro 17 hrs ago #38

I saw a Radio Shack this week, but not in the USA IzzaNuDay 15 hrs ago #40