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[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rockstar used to go pretty hard.

[–] deezbutts@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All right I'll ask the dumb question here, what am I looking at? From what I can tell they are tiny empty bags

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those type of bags are usually used to hold illicit substances, and typically only bought by small-time drug dealers.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And electronics hobbyists!

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

PS2 is retro now? Damn, getting old really does sneak up on you.

[–] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, it's over 24 years old. it's been allowed to drink beer for 8 years.

[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Cognitively and logically, I understand.

But emotionally, it's just another one of those little reminders of the passage of time that hits unexpectedly hard.

I think it's because my only memories of it are from when I was young. Quake 3 Arena was released almost a year before the PS2, but I've never really stopped playing it, and still sometimes get in-person LAN parties together to play it. It feels just as old as I am, and I associate it with good memories from every age.

But I haven't touched or even thought about a PS2 in decades. So when it suddenly jumps to the front of my mind, only old memories come with it. Then you start to think about the friends you played it with, and everything that's happened to you all between them and now. Kids, marriages, divorces, houses, bankruptcies, jobs earned and lost, deaths, etc... Some are doing great, some not so great, but most you just don't know because you've lost contact.

So yeah, it seems silly on its face, but sometimes random thing just pull you into the past unexpectedly, putting the present and the path between them both in stark contrast. This just happened to be one for me this time.

I found my Green game boy Pocket and saw the 1989-1996 copyright.

It looks so pristine. 😭😭😭

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I find this funny, since I used to hide drugs like mushrooms inside consoles. I figured it was the one place literally no one would think to look. Just unscrewed them, put a baggie inside in one of those empty spaces (there's always a spot), and put the case back together.

[–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Only Happy When it Rains" automatically begins playing in head

[–] jadedwench@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wait, is that actually Garbage? That was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the picture. That Bond music video she did was awesome. World is Not Enough.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Live in your world. Play in ours."

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I still have my megatokyo sticker, "Live in your world. Die in ours." Probably couldn't be that edgy anymore, but I still like it.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can someone make a version of this photo, but its acetaminophen and the girl is just up-aged to how old she'd be now?

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

thyroid medication

[–] namelivia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

90s SEGA was the OG of this, we need 90s SEGA back

[–] oce@jlai.lu 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like it means: we are not like Nintendo, we make video games for adults (and children who want to play like adults).

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, our games are as good as drugs.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sony's version of the classic Sega "Genesis does what Nintendon't"

[–] WhoaDang@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This isn't a real PS2 ad. It's a fake created a few years ago by an influencer named Shy Smith.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Aww damn, I definitely thought it was real and in some video game magazine

[–] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's gonna be a fun night followed by a hard, sleepy day

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe ecstacy is actually dehydrating. Dancing at a rave for hours on end without drinking anything is though.

[–] Crismus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just like SSRI's, Ecstasy does interfere with your hypothalamus and temperature regulation. So, small energy expenditures creat oversized responses.

You would still sweat heavily doing more than lying down with a fan blowing on you.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, another part of the problem is that you cannot tell that you are hyperthermic and or dehydrated.

Thats how you get the people that dance all night and then just die, or go comatose or pass out.

Your body stops telling you wow, i am way too hot and wow, i really need water.

Sort of like that rare condition where you literally cannot feel pain, and children with it will break their fingers because it feels weird.