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QuoProQuid posted:Toys R Us sold video games? video games are toys so yes
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StrangersInTheNight posted:I've never been more saddened or aware of how nerd culture is inherently tied into consumerism and retail therapy. I mean, you're not wrong, but there's nothing wrong with looking fondly back on a good memory. I remember when I got my Sega as a kid -- I had the worst flu of my life, couldn't keep anything down, and my parents took pity on ke and let me open my birthday/Christmas gift a few days early; a Sega Genesis with Sonic 2. I was so thrilled I managed to forget my flu, and to this day Sonic 2 gives me the hugest feeling of joy and warmth because my parents wanted to make me feel better. Is it shallow to be so happy over a toy? Maybe, but I'm still happy about it.
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Sep 20, 2017 11:42
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StrangersInTheNight posted:I've never been more saddened or aware of how nerd culture is inherently tied into consumerism and retail therapy. Did you not get toys as a kid or something?
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Sep 20, 2017 11:47
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Our parents never grew up with video games like we did, so when you managed to convince them to drop $50 on one back in 1991, it was a big loving deal. In today’s money that Sonic the Hedgehog cartridge costs $90. http://www.in2013dollars.com/1991-dollars-in-2017?amount=50
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Sep 20, 2017 12:07
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I don't know about you guys but my only memories of ToysRUs contain thoughts of "Why is this place so loving expensive compared to ANY other store?" When I heard they were going bankrupt my first reaction was "Yeah, that makes sense."
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Sep 20, 2017 12:21
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QuoProQuid posted:Toys R Us sold video games? "SEGA is a toy because they sell them at the toy stores" -Nintendo Power's readers' letters
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Sep 20, 2017 12:22
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Sakurazuka posted:Did you not get toys as a kid or something? Did you never stop getting them?
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Sep 20, 2017 12:22
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StrangersInTheNight posted:I've never been more saddened or aware of how nerd culture is inherently tied into consumerism and retail therapy. There actually are people in that comic, and that's what makes it sweet rather than just commodity fetishism. The exact same comic with some gross adult nerd buying a Funko Pop for himself, by himself, would be more along the lines of what you're describing, "about the magic of purchasing things." There's two things to keep in mind, here: first, in 1992, the internet hadn't yet made the awareness of the existence of every single possible thing at all times a happening thing, yet. When a kid went into a mall, or a toy store, or whatever, that was very likely the first time they were learning that this or that neat thing existed. The experience of walking into a store full of things just for you was pregnant with possibility and wonder. The second thing is that the game's being bought for the kid. The pat on the head at the end. I get that you're critical of consumerism and buying plastic nerd poo poo for its own sake, and that's a great way to be, but if you were to reframe this comic as, say, the anticipation and eventual receipt of a sheet of freshly-baked cookies, I don't think you'd have as much of an issue with it. Getting a gift when you're a kid is a pretty magical thing. e: fanart tax (Cook, Serve, Delicious) 
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Sep 20, 2017 12:25
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Yeah this kind of feels like getting mad at someone for having fond memories of a really good Christmas present they got
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Zelder posted:Yeah this kind of feels like getting mad at someone for having fond memories of a really good Christmas present they got Yeah, I scrimped and saved to buy my uncle's used gameboy off him (He was only a couple years older than me, so money was a big deal to both of us) when he got a gamegear instead, and the one time a year when my mom would take me to the store for my birthday and let me pick -one- new gameboy game was absolutely loving magical. I loved playing final fantasy with the sitter, so when I saw Final Fantasy Adventure, I got it without thought. What I got was a Zelda-like, but that was awesome too, Zelda owned. I got Final Fantasy Legend 2 for the same reason. Got a dragon warrior clone, but dragon warrior also owned, so when I saw Final Fantasy Legend 3, I got that too. Looking back on it, my record for picking great gameboy games was essentially perfect. Those three and link's awakening being the standouts. I still have that brick gameboy and all the games, too. Basically what I'm saying is don't poo poo on someone's memories.
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Slime posted:video games are toys so yes Toys'Я'Art? Paladinus has a new favorite as of 13:13 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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Sep 20, 2017 12:41
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Zelder posted:Yeah this kind of feels like getting mad at someone for having fond memories of a really good Christmas present they got Please do not have good memories of buying things you pathetic dork and stop laughing at those asinine Wendy's tweets. Consumerism is bad and we will all die crushed under a wave of our shoddily made, overpriced garbage. /s
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Sep 20, 2017 12:53
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RareAcumen posted:Please do not have good memories of buying things you pathetic dork and stop laughing at those asinine Wendy's tweets. Consumerism is bad and we will all die crushed under a wave of our shoddily made, overpriced garbage. This, but unironically.
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Sep 20, 2017 13:13
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Lotta people ITT just watched They Live and now think they are clever
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Holy poo poo y'all are some joyless husks. There's a big difference between childlike joy at getting something you've wanted and mindlessly regurgitating the Arby's ad campaign. Do you like, go to toy stores and tell children not to be slaves to capitalism before slapping the teddy bear out of their hands?
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Sep 20, 2017 14:23
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Glagha posted:Holy poo poo y'all are some joyless husks. There's a big difference between childlike joy at getting something you've wanted and mindlessly regurgitating the Arby's ad campaign. Do you like, go to toy stores and tell children not to be slaves to capitalism before slapping the teddy bear out of their hands? No, they just jerk off to the fantasy like normal people.
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Sep 20, 2017 14:24
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Whining about people buying things like a bunch of goddamn college communists.    
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Glagha posted:Holy poo poo y'all are some joyless husks. There's a big difference between childlike joy at getting something you've wanted and mindlessly regurgitating the Arby's ad campaign. Do you like, go to toy stores and tell children not to be slaves to capitalism before slapping the teddy bear out of their hands? We have been talking about adults. People who make nostalgic comics about Toys R' Us are not actual children.
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Sep 20, 2017 14:35
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Glagha posted:Holy poo poo y'all are some joyless husks. There's a big difference between childlike joy at getting something you've wanted and mindlessly regurgitating the Arby's ad campaign. Do you like, go to toy stores and tell children not to be slaves to capitalism before slapping the teddy bear out of their hands? Materialistic children grow up to be materialistic adults.  DONALD TRUMP is a perfect example. Parents ought to strive to prevent this from happening.
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Sep 20, 2017 14:36
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Shut the gently caress up this is stupid conversation that isn't interesting for the majority of posters. There's plenty of threads for gourmet hot takes right here in PYF even.
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It's a sensible idea to put Paladinus and Bravestofthelamps on ignore, because they are both awful people, and awful posters.    
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Sep 20, 2017 16:12
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Sep 20, 2017 16:48
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StrangersInTheNight posted:I've never been more saddened or aware of how nerd culture is inherently tied into consumerism and retail therapy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCe_8uCD1xE
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Sep 20, 2017 17:15
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https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/910534028482060288
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Sep 20, 2017 17:24
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Of course loving 8ch would have a bizarro version of /pol/.
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Sep 20, 2017 17:32
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Nobody has actually gone to Arby's in this thread though right? I know we're goons but we should still have some standards. I mean why is there bacon in the milkshake
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Sep 20, 2017 18:02
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We don't have Arby's here but those sandwiches look okay
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Internet Kraken posted:Nobody has actually gone to Arby's in this thread though right? I hadn't noticed that, that's absurd.  
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Sep 20, 2017 18:22
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Sakurazuka posted:We don't have Arby's here but those sandwiches look okay food artists can do some magical poo poo, if they weren't paid by the company it'd almost be a fanart in and of itself
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Sep 20, 2017 18:27
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When did Arby's become the new Waffle House?
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Internet Kraken posted:Nobody has actually gone to Arby's in this thread though right? Stopped by there once way back on a road trip a little after ten at night since nothing else was open and everyone was hungry. I'd put it on par with Pizza Hut, overpriced and left my stomach upset but at least I wasn't hungry?            All that and more over here.
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Sep 20, 2017 18:51
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Internet Kraken posted:Nobody has actually gone to Arby's in this thread though right? Nah it's decent for fast food. Better than Hardees in any case.
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StrangersInTheNight posted:I've never been more saddened or aware of how nerd culture is inherently tied into consumerism and retail therapy. The experience of nostalgia is profound and human, the particulars of it don't really matter. We all have fond memories of things that are fundamentally dumb.
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Heath posted:The experience of nostalgia is profound and human, the particulars of it don't really matter. We all have fond memories of things that are fundamentally dumb. Yeah, we all paid ten bucks for em too.
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