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twistedmentat posted:The dirty secret of the Toronto Raptors is the name was already chosen before the voting was done. Also, I hate that name, all it says is "Jurassic Park was really popular" and nothing about Toronto itself. Yes, Toronto is such an outlier unlike Utah's reverence of it's Jazz scene, Los Angeles' notorious Trolly Dodgers, Pittsburgh's surplus of Penguins, and New England having any actual Patriots.
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SomeJazzyRat posted:Yes, Toronto is such an outlier unlike Utah's reverence of it's Jazz scene, Los Angeles' notorious Trolly Dodgers, Pittsburgh's surplus of Penguins, and New England having any actual Patriots. The Jazz were originally from New Orleans, Dodgers from Brooklyn, Pens get it for illiteration and Pengiuns being arctic animals so it works. Raptors is just incredibly silly.
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twistedmentat posted:The Jazz were originally from New Orleans, Dodgers from Brooklyn, Pens get it for illiteration and Pengiuns being arctic animals so it works. Raptors is just incredibly silly. Antarctic animals 
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Jul 18, 2018 10:51
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The Lakers were originally from Minnesota, you know The Land of Lakes.
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Iron Crowned posted:The Lakers were originally from Minnesota, you know The Land of Lakes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1-QAF8gLy0
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Are there actually any Grizzlies in Memphis?
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The NBA wouldn't let them change their name to Express, as in Federal Express. Also, here's a great story about how very close the Nets came to changing their name to Swamp Dragons. Includes plenty of peak 90s sports design. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/15155466/once-nets-seriously-considered-becoming-swamp-dragons
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twistedmentat posted:The dirty secret of the Toronto Raptors is the name was already chosen before the voting was done. Also, I hate that name, all it says is "Jurassic Park was really popular" and nothing about Toronto itself. Or just change that ugly-rear end mascot into a rad bird of prey. Heck, the current logo is just a basketball ripped open by claws. E: Holy poo poo, the reasoning behind the Swamp Dragons mascot! 
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It's an LP, but this Myst-like FMV bullshit features the most concentrated in-your-face pretentious '90s bullshit you could ever experience. I'm only going to link it because it's  in spots.Try not to OD on the hot rave garbage fire that is Virtual Night Club on Win98: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGgCnoOocOk (presented by Chip Cheezum)
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twistedmentat posted:The dirty secret of the Toronto Raptors is the name was already chosen before the voting was done. Also, I hate that name, all it says is "Jurassic Park was really popular" and nothing about Toronto itself. being named after a roller coaster at cedar point is cool and good
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Dillbag posted:Are there actually any Grizzlies in Memphis? Lots of bears in Vancouver ... Well BC at least. I'm assuming the grizzlies are originally the ones from Vancouver anyway.
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twistedmentat posted:The Jazz were originally from New Orleans, Dodgers from Brooklyn, Pens get it for illiteration and Pengiuns being arctic animals so it works. Raptors is just incredibly silly. That's my argument. The names of teams are a pointless exercise in forgotten legacies and cheap memorable branding. It's all silly, and what's sillier is you taking a stand against a city naming their sports team after something legitimately cool. Have some adjacently-related commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8fWegOb5cw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZeuJMW3NU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPQvpEqXzIY
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Rahonavis posted:Or just change that ugly-rear end mascot into a rad bird of prey. Heck, the current logo is just a basketball ripped open by claws. Yea, and its based on the MOVIE version of a Velcoraptor. Real ones were tiny and would be more like hyper aggressive chickens. I was just reminded this song exists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7_3n7xyDg
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Randaconda posted:Antarctic animals To be fair, there are actually some wild penguins in the Arctic. They're not native to the Arctic, but they are there
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:To be fair, there are actually some wild penguins in the Arctic. They're not native to the Arctic, but they are there alas, i am undone
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ElwoodCuse posted:The NBA wouldn't let them change their name to Express, as in Federal Express. I had to check out if there's a stoner metal band called Swamp Dragon (there isn't). I mean come one, green and purple, it's so obvious 
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Zil posted:
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Did anyone post Barcode Battlers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler
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Barcode Battlers is an idea due for a 21st century do-over on smartphones. Some kind of AR thing, maybe like Pokemon Go with monsters seeded in the real world, and you try and find some kickass warriors from barcodes to go over and take them down. Ooh, make it modular so your scans generate warriors, and tons of separate gear items. There could be a real scavenger hunt aspect going on, I'd play the gently caress out of something like this.
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Parkingtigers posted:Barcode Battlers is an idea due for a 21st century do-over on smartphones. Some kind of AR thing, maybe like Pokemon Go with monsters seeded in the real world, and you try and find some kickass warriors from barcodes to go over and take them down. Ooh, make it modular so your scans generate warriors, and tons of separate gear items. There could be a real scavenger hunt aspect going on, I'd play the gently caress out of something like this. There's going to be at least 500 players who build an entire army from a sex shop inventory.
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There was something not sure if it was 90s or early 00s though. It was like a Digimon only you scanned barcodes in stores and then raised the pet from there Edit: Skannerz and 2000
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This was posted in the PYF Obsolete and Failed Technology thread but I think it belong here more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJSjrox_2s I don't even want to know how many hours of my life I lost having to sit through that commercial in the mid 90s.
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Mr.Radar posted:This was posted in the PYF Obsolete and Failed Technology thread but I think it belong here more: Also, remember the like huge endcaps at like Target or Walmart where they'd have a huge display with speakers that would let you pick different tracks to listen to and then just racks and racks of CDs. I guess those may still exist but I haven't seen them in a long time. They used to be full of all kinds of generic music, there was that one you posted, but then also just like "babbling brooks" and "sounds of nature" and "woods at night" stuff like that, random celtic tunes, you couldn't really hock that stuff today with pandora and youtube existing.
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Mr.Radar posted:This was posted in the PYF Obsolete and Failed Technology thread but I think it belong here more: Because of course someone made a Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/user/tgette/playlist/2aU1p7LBEes0wjviIoY7GU?si=ZeA9gQHzQW6T4Mz8vr4PRA
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Amazon still sells those dang cds https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0017NPPZY
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The 90s had so many compilation cds. At least here in Canada Now this is Music! https://youtu.be/h-YmPXeQzvg Jock Jams! https://youtu.be/5PkelPLP7UU Much Dance 94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmUno5N8HQY I guess stuff like this existed because people wanted just the hits, but there was no way other than buying the whole cd if you didn't live in a large market that didnt have a modern rock/pop station. I also remember a lot of ads for 70s collections, clearly made for my dad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiovNI7ZivU There was one that had John Sebastien Oh jeeze Livin' in the 90s! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAina4g3xkU Those are like the whitest people ever. My sister used to listen to this constantly 2 Awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKahO9oiEQY I remember this vividly Cool Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSnZi0YTmuo I'm not sure who this was targeted at? Suburban parents?
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twistedmentat posted:The 90s had so many compilation cds. At least here in Canada The best compilation commercial. Punk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJoo7Tgjr8U
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wesleywillis posted:Did anyone post Barcode Battlers? Parkingtigers posted:Barcode Battlers is an idea due for a 21st century do-over on smartphones. Some kind of AR thing, maybe like Pokemon Go with monsters seeded in the real world, and you try and find some kickass warriors from barcodes to go over and take them down. Ooh, make it modular so your scans generate warriors, and tons of separate gear items. There could be a real scavenger hunt aspect going on, I'd play the gently caress out of something like this. With the current attitude games have these days the magic would be instantly sucked out of it. Someone would find the perfect barcodes/QR codes, post them online and that's all the fun of the game gone in an instant.
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Randaconda posted:The best compilation commercial. When I think of punk I think of Erasure and Huey Lewis. I didn't post that because I thought that was from the 80s.
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Mr.Radar posted:This was posted in the PYF Obsolete and Failed Technology thread but I think it belong here more: I was in an elevator or something that was playing Lily Was Here, and it was driving me nuts trying to think of where I knew that song from. It's on this CD, they play the main riff when the 1-800 number comes up on screen. Had some perfect sync up on our nostalgia cycles.
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twistedmentat posted:When I think of punk I think of Erasure and Huey Lewis. I didn't post that because I thought that was from the 80s. I remember it playing in the early 90s, but they used to play commercials like that for years, so who the hell knows. 
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Croccers posted:Eeeh I'm not so sure about that. You'd also have hordes of nerds wandering around making a nuisance of themselves, kind of like what happened with Pokémon Go
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Randaconda posted:I remember it playing in the early 90s, but they used to play commercials like that for years, so who the hell knows. This is true, plus those ads always looked so cheap. A staple of late night 90s Ontario TV (I'm not sure if they played his outside of here) was Dial A Date https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2i-uWaZjQ0
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DID SOMEONE SAY JOCK JAMS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ZjOqiBlyQ IT'S AWESOME BABY Son Of Jock Jam (It's Awesome Baby) (Ready To Go Edit) (1998) You got your Dick Vitale, you got your Da Dip, you got your Republica, you got your C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) OH AMERICA ARE YOU KIDDING ME
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The 80's had We Are the World...the 90's got Voices That Care. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol6vr5_CY1o
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Reminds me of some of the commercials I saw the most https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8EvnM2XUTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwlMHJE82Mk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvZgAEiQXgk
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Scene from Shattered Glass with some prime early/mid 1990s internet, covering webpage appearance, setup (AOL) and theory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDd_F43ZU8c
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Holy poo poo it's Alex Kamal from The Expanse. Also that's a great loving movie.
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Pastry of the Year posted:DID SOMEONE SAY JOCK JAMS I like how Basketball games became the home of this stuff. ZDar Fan posted:The 80's had We Are the World...the 90's got Voices That Care. Is this the one made for Desert Storm but came out after it was done?
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twistedmentat posted:
The military. Famously fans of Kenny, G, Celine Dion and Michael Bolton.
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