VHS ALERT: BOATERS & ANGLERS

Da wording on a dockside sign dat warns aquatic sportsmen about of a serious bacterial infection of fish caused by throwing videocassettes into the water.

I always find da "VHS ALERT: BOATERS & ANGLERS" signs puzzling, since conceivably most folks who would be venturing out on a lake or river would not even have televisions or VCRs with them, and so there should be little problem of folks tossing their broken/unwanted tapes overboard while they were cruising around in their skiffs and yachts.

by QuacksO November 16, 2021

FNAF VHS tapes

Short yet creepy (canon) videos that add more lore and lore information to Five Nights at Freddy's. Sometimes it's about employee training tapes, people testing the animatronics, characters speaking to you (no voice, just text) and it all has... eerie background music or silence when it's about the characters speaking to you. Go watch some of them!!

Person 1: Dude.. I just watched some FNAF VHS tapes today, it was terrifying but had a lot of lore!!
Person 2: Wow... you are brave...

by Star Puppi November 15, 2023

VHS-preview

Refers to where you wish to view a certain motion-picture creation for the first time, but DVDs or BluRay disks of that title are rather pricey, and so you are hesitant to shell out that much when you can't be sure that you would even like the movie all that much, anyway. So what you do is to initially purchase a used VHS tape of said film for just two or three bucks... sure, the tape may be an old worn scratchy thing that doesn't give all that pristine a picture, but at least you will be able to view the movie and see what it's about and how good it is, and then decide if you wanna "upgrade" to a more-costly digital disc of this title.

Now that so many older movie-titles are available on YouTube and other online video-viewing sites, there is often less of a need to perform a VHS-preview of a particular movie, since you may be able to just watch it online, and thus be able to "determine for free" if you want to buy a copy of it on DVD or BluRay.

by QuacksO June 8, 2019

Blank VHS tape

best form of media to exist

blank vhs tapes are my everything

by viisaus vsauce December 27, 2024

vhs humor

humor derived less from something being actually funny and more from something being from or containing references/characters from media someone enjoys

dawg that shit is not funny you've got vhs humor 💀

by uranium235eater June 5, 2025

VH

The polite way of calling someone a Fivehead (someone that has a massive forehead)

Whoa, here comes VH. Sunglasses on to block the glare!

by Iben Wakenoff August 28, 2023

The VHS Theorem

VHS Theorem
aka The Downward-Value Utility Arbitrage Principle
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Definition:
A consumer hack for maximum lifestyle value on a pauper budget. The VHS Theorem states: when something’s cultural clout collapses faster than its functionality, its utility-per-dollar skyrockets. In plain English: if it still works but nobody wants it, it’s basically magic.

Mechanics:

Cultural Abandonment – everyone chases the new shiny thing.

Functional Persistence – the old stuff still works fine.

Depression Pricing – sellers panic-sell at rock-bottom prices.

Utility Extraction – you live like a sultan on a scratch-off budget.

Examples:
VHS tapes, DVDs, old game consoles, CRT TVs, secondhand instruments, cast iron, estate sale gold — basically anything that fell out of fashion but still functions.

When culture abandons it, the wise inherit it.

“Picked up 50 VHS tapes for $20 and watched classics all weekend. Totally The VHS Theorem at work, my man!"

by NakedEdmund December 17, 2025