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Nostalgia

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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] runjun@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This kid was insufferable. I guarantee it.

[–] StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm willing to bet he now manages a team of salespeople at a car lot in BFE, Iowa, and regales customers with stories from his glory days while he sneaks hidden fees into the lease.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Finance guy for sure. Captures your attention while he’s babbling on about the good days, and casually just tells you the common customer defaults are selected before he goes back into his glory days of the 90s.

Did you notice i slipped in that defaults for most customers part? Yeah, i almost didn’t either as I was signing and had i clicked ‘OK’, my payment would have doubled for something I would never need. He stopped talking as much when i said, these defaults are a scam and scrolled to page 5 of the options which was “No extras”.

[–] jaspersgroove@lemm.ee 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Portrait of an Only Child, 1989, Celluloid. Artist Unknown.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 9 points 4 months ago

Poor Richie Rich, money won't get him his parents' love.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 18 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Look at how casual they're acting.

That's a kid who loves the Power Glove.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's so bad.

This guy stole my girlfriend in 1989, I would have married that lady.

[–] giantfloppycock@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure that guy just stole my current wife with that glove.

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He loves the Power Glove. It's so bad.

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

That's a kid who gets whatever the fuck he wants

[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ok ok I’ll go watch The Wizard. You talked me into it.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

Smell the Glove

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The light gun was even worse. I had that piece of shit, it never worked. Actual, non-functional tech scam, how Nintendo didn't get sued over that is beyond me.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Maybe you just can’t aim.

The ducks got away from me, too, man.

But really I think it's clever how it worked with just a light sensor and one frame of black and white.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Skill issue tbh

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

All I see is a rich kid. I bet all of his friends were better at the games than he was too, that's why he's not smiling.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you were rich, yes - or rather your parents. We did had one of those thingies to rip SNES roms though.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Is this Boris Johnson? I can see the contempt in those eyes

[–] capital@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Parents had money

[–] TheWordBotcher@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Took me a minute to realize that there was not, in fact, a pepperoni sticking out of the back of his Game Boy.

[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Glad I wasn't the only one!

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

No NES Max controller? Lame

[–] constantokra@lemmy.one 3 points 4 months ago

I think I just unlocked a new level of back pain... I had that same exact television, and the slightly different Nintendo stand with the cabinet door on the side. A friend had the one in the picture though.

In case you were wondering, that nearly empty shelf can fit the NES, and the red bar will fit in the indentation at the bottom of the system and keep it from sliding out when you pull out a game cartridge.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Look like a borg prototype.