smokebuddy

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[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Rented this a few times from Blockbuster and played it at the demo that was always set up at Costco, it was a really solid system with actual potential. Blockbuster had a program back in the day where for $40 or something like that you could rent a system with 2 controllers and 2 games for 7 days. Did the same with the Sega Saturn with similar feelings, eventually ended up owning a N64 and that was not a disappointment in the end.

The ballistic hard shell cases with foam inserts Blockbuster rented out consoles in were seriously cool I wonder if any exist still

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In the USA/Canada the cheapo ice cream is labeled "frozen dairy dessert", instead of "ice cream".

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm simply annoyed that all the news stories post-election have only slightly changed. We went from 'here's all the awful things Trump will do if he gets re-elected' to 'here's all the awful things Trump is planning to do now that he's re-elected'. It's not really new content, just the same stories over again.

There wasn't even a week off from it, the man and his coverage is an assault on all the senses and it's just never ending.

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Exactly this. It was a very boring job, pretty much just filling out a form for people who couldn't /didn't want to do it themselves online... not sure what about it was worth sharing to begin with, would have been terrible content lol

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Someone at a no-paper, no-phones call centre I worked at had their buddy film them taking a call then they posted it to YouTube, both of them got fired when someone in management apparently saw it online.

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I always liked the translucent purple N64 and the controller that came with it. If they made a GameCube that way it would probably be my favourite.

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ironically? I noticed at some point in the last few weeks McDonalds switched from WB MultiVersus happy meal toys to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe...which came out in 2017 and somehow is still relevant enough to get happy meal toys

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

he Junk Jet shoots a tarantula in some guy's face

[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The library is great! I'm going to pick up a radon detector the next time they have them when I'm there, I've borrowed a Kill-a-Watt meter a few times, pretty useful. The main branch has a makerspace with a 3D Printer, a cricut, a sewing machine and stuff like that.

When I lived in Toronto, the library had a number of free passes to museums every week, was nice to use those.

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