So it's official. Polaroid is ceasing production on instant film. A vital piece of our culture, a riproaring good party pal, an iconic American product that has offered us decades of immeasurable fun, the Polaroid will soon be a cult classic and a collectible piece of history.
What was the Polaroid camera good for?
- Taking nudie or dirty pics, as there is no shame in turning in your film for processing, risking exposing your private bits to a pervy 17-year old film processor at the PhotoMart.
- Captions, captions, captions. Every good photo deserves a caption, and the white strip on the Polaroid film was perfect for sharing what Aunt Gladys was really drinking in that mug of hers.
- Nostalgia!
- Polaroids always make things a tad bit fuzzy - always good for pretending you are an avant-garde photographer whose vision is blurred and at the same time innovative and modern.
I am about to get on Ebay and buy as much film as I can horde (or afford - it ain't cheap) so that 20 years from now I can charge exorbitant amounts for unopened film at flea markets and make a cool buck or two on my advanced thinking ingenuity. Or I'll just take a ton of nude pics of myself. I'll be old in 20 years, but the pics will be blurry anyway so who cares.
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