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Before he worked for Apple's call center, Ben* had a clean bill of mental health. Now, after about a decade working for the company, Ben has a debilitating fear of telephones. He's tried to kill himself twice.

He says it's all because of the environment at Apple.

"Every time I've been in the hospital and mental ward, there has been another Apple employee with me," Ben, a current employee of the company who is now on long-term disability, told Mic. "And I've been there three times."

"Nobody ever thought it was going to happen before I tried to hang myself," he said.

Ben first attempted suicide in 2011. He said that following his attempt, when someone appeared to be suffering from mental health-related stress within his department, employees and management would refer to it as "Ben-ing out."

"It was openly discussed and used by management, too," he said. "I was in the hospital for suicide help. And nobody can get help because they've stigmatized my situation."

He said that he was at first hesitant to talk because "Apple is huge."

"We've been working on this for five years and we haven't been able to get anyone to help us," he said. "Everyone just looks at you and laughs at you because you're talking about Apple, and Apple is so central and so loved that no one will talk to you."

"It feels like the Catholic church scandal."

GameCube posted:

what the gently caress is going on at apple???

Linguica posted:

it has worked for me 1 (one) time and then never again

i literally think maybe it was a race condition with my do not disturb time being precisely the same as the go-to-bed notification

rapeface posted:

(posted with Fireworks)

Doc Block posted:

Baby you're a (posted with Fireworks)

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

I'm as spergy as they come when it comes to playing classic games in their ~purest form~ but even I draw the line at having a CRT in my living room.

Though lol if anyone finds an LCD acceptable in an arcade cabinet smdh

Also you solve the issue of cords by using the newly released Bluetooth receivers for the NES and snes that work incredibly well and even let you use a PS4 controller or WiiU gamepad.

And you also solve the issue of swapping carts by getting a flash cart.

The Management posted:

a decade at a call center would make me want to kill myself too

BiohazrD posted:

im gonna post seriously about emulators here for a second


they suck

theres a reason audio nerds obsess over chip tunes and buy old hardware and get program music on a SNES instead of doing it in loving fruity loops of what the gently caress ever

go and buy an SNES, or NES, or whatever you want, buy the games you want to play. if youve got some money to blow get a scaler and do RGB mods on your consoles

if not just go to goodwill an find yourself a nice big CRT tv (they're loving everywhere because nobody will take the things or even recycle them for free)

your nes will never be worth a thousand dollars but itll never depreciate either. dont use a loving emulator

ArmZ posted:

thinking about pulling the SNES out of the basement and playing super mario world and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_iW0O_0eA

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

240p arcade games look like poo poo

computer parts posted:

i remember emulator support was the big thing with the PSP way back in 2005 or whatever and i still didn't get it then

BiohazrD posted:

its me, im the guy who has $2000 worth of old consoles and games. i even bought clear plastic game cases and used the cover project to give them nice covers

its a cool hobby, my fiance busts out dr mario every once in a while

atomicthumbs posted:

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creationist believer posted:

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maniacdevnull posted:

lol that they make a mario branded temple run clone a featured taking point in the latest keynote

creationist believer posted:

why doesnt nintendo make a free to play animal crossing? that game is already "dumb boring bullshit you have to do everyday to progress"-style gameplay with lots of collectables and user customizable stuff, perfect for modern mobile microtransaction bullshit gaming

Luigi Thirty posted:

nintendo also didn't make pokemon go

Linguica posted:

exploding mummy posted:

better than whatever the gently caress the zune library software was

Shaggar posted:

zune software was awesome

Luigi Thirty posted:

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/778603589757468672

Mr. Apollo posted:

http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/16/09/21/apple-allegedly-in-talks-to-buy-self-balancing-motorcycle-outfit-lit-motors

Apple allegedly in talks to buy self-balancing motorcycle outfit Lit Motors