Remind Me

Amake · 04-29-2010, 03:39 PM

Remember seeing the "Nintendo 64 kid" video in the age before video was commonplace? It was the stuff of legends. I remember watching it for the first time and thinking "Dang the kid is crazy." It scared me at first, seeing so much raw emotion in action, completely unrestrained. Then I got nostalgic about being a kid. And then I went out to lick streetlights.

Man, people held on to every last particle of entertainment even then. As recently as five or maybe four years ago, we'd discuss in minute detail, on IRC, the particular wild-eyed stare of the guy going "STFU noobs" in the Attention Whore animation. (Which doesn't play for me at the moment.

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So yeah, I'm blaming Youtube and its relentless flood of ten hours of video per second for the decline of today's society. Surely correlation equals causation.

BitVyper · 04-30-2010, 12:48 AM

If you light the ~~back~~ ~~top~~ non-writing end of a cheap pen on fire, the ink drips out and makes tiny fireballs. If you flick it around, you can send little fireballs everywhere and get lots of tiny burn scars on your arms.

Sithdarth · 04-30-2010, 12:59 AM

When servicing the insides of a PC with a dial up modem for the love of all that is holy unplug the phone cord. I'm not 100% sure why (though I have my suspicions) but phone lines carry enough current and voltage to make you wish you weren't an idiot. I actually got hit once by connecting two solder points on a modem with the back of my hand then again much later trying to fix a wall jack. After that I learned to respect the hell out of phone lines.

04-29-2010, 03:39 PM	#1
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Remember seeing the "Nintendo 64 kid" video in the age before video was commonplace? It was the stuff of legends. I remember watching it for the first time and thinking "Dang the kid is crazy." It scared me at first, seeing so much raw emotion in action, completely unrestrained. Then I got nostalgic about being a kid. And then I went out to lick streetlights. Man, people held on to every last particle of entertainment even then. As recently as five or maybe four years ago, we'd discuss in minute detail, on IRC, the particular wild-eyed stare of the guy going "STFU noobs" in the Attention Whore animation. (Which doesn't play for me at the moment. ) So yeah, I'm blaming Youtube and its relentless flood of ten hours of video per second for the decline of today's society. Surely correlation equals causation. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

04-30-2010, 12:48 AM	#2
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	If you light the ~~back~~ ~~top~~ non-writing end of a cheap pen on fire, the ink drips out and makes tiny fireballs. If you flick it around, you can send little fireballs everywhere and get lots of tiny burn scars on your arms. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

04-30-2010, 12:59 AM	#3
Sithdarth Friendly Neighborhood Quantum Hobo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Outside the M-brane look'n in Posts: 5,403	When servicing the insides of a PC with a dial up modem for the love of all that is holy unplug the phone cord. I'm not 100% sure why (though I have my suspicions) but phone lines carry enough current and voltage to make you wish you weren't an idiot. I actually got hit once by connecting two solder points on a modem with the back of my hand then again much later trying to fix a wall jack. After that I learned to respect the hell out of phone lines.