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The Anime Liker: Aug 8, 2009; by VideoGames

Just watch it on your phone

# ? Jul 20, 2021 19:01

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Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

oof i had a bad case of salmonussy once

# ? Jul 20, 2021 19:03

Azhais: Feb 5, 2007; Switchblade Switcharoo

# ? Jul 20, 2021 20:15

Regarde Aduck: Oct 19, 2012; c l o u d k i t t e n; Grimey Drawer

Fister Roboto posted:

oof i had a bad case of salmonussy once

# ? Jul 20, 2021 20:38

iraqniphobia: Aug 21, 2003

# ? Jul 20, 2021 20:54

Code Jockey: Jan 24, 2006; 69420 basic bytes free

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

lmao irl

# ? Jul 20, 2021 21:25

Azhais: Feb 5, 2007; Switchblade Switcharoo

# ? Jul 20, 2021 21:55

Paladinus: Jan 11, 2014; heyHEYYYY!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZPtw1hAxWw

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:01

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Azhais posted:

What the gently caress do these do anyway

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:21

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Milo and POTUS posted:

What the gently caress do these do anyway

Convince you to spend money

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:23

Kuros: Sep 13, 2010; Oh look, the consequences of my prior actions are finally catching up to me.

Milo and POTUS posted:

What the gently caress do these do anyway

They are ~~gambling~~ skill based machines where you drop a coin in and if you cause a chain reaction of coins to fall until the hole, you get tickets.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:23

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

So you don't even get the coins ?

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:28

Azhais: Feb 5, 2007; Switchblade Switcharoo

Kuros posted:

They are ~~gambling~~ skill based machines where you drop a coin in and if you cause a chain reaction of coins to fall until the hole, you get tickets.

To expound on this marginally, that black gap in the picture is due to a bar that moves backwards and forwards from just under that plastic guard you can see at the back with the two screws to the edge of the lower level of tokens. You try to drop tokens in such that they land in front of the bar when it is retracted so it uses your token to push the other tokens forward causing the aforementioned chain reaction

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:28

Ugly In The Morning: Jul 1, 2010; Pillbug

Milo and POTUS posted:

So you don't even get the coins ?

I�ve definitely gotten the coins at county fair versions of it. Sometimes they put some 1/5/20 dollar bills in too.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:29

Velocity Raptor: Jul 27, 2007; I MADE A PROMISE
I'LL DO ANYTHING

Milo and POTUS posted:

So you don't even get the coins ?

I don't think they're allowed to give you the coins, legally. Once you have a situation where you're spending money for a chance to win money, it becomes gambling. Doubly so because these are made to appeal to minors.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:29

Mainwaring: Jun 22, 2007; Disco is not dead! Disco is LIFE!

Velocity Raptor posted:

I don't think they're allowed to give you the coins, legally. Once you have a situation where you're spending money for a chance to win money, it becomes gambling. Doubly so because these are made to appeal to minors.

Every UK seaside town has a shitload of them and you can absolutely win coins on them.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:37

Velocity Raptor: Jul 27, 2007; I MADE A PROMISE
I'LL DO ANYTHING

Mainwaring posted:

Every UK seaside town has a shitload of them and you can absolutely win coins on them.

Sorry, used to posting in USpol, so I didn't clarify. Was speaking relative to the US. Not familiar with these in the UK.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:39

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Very old ones and very sketchy places still allow it to drop coins

Generally in the US they cannot

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:42

Regarde Aduck: Oct 19, 2012; c l o u d k i t t e n; Grimey Drawer

Milo and POTUS posted:

What the gently caress do these do anyway

Milo and POTUS posted:

So you don't even get the coins ?

Velocity Raptor posted:

I don't think they're allowed to give you the coins, legally. Once you have a situation where you're spending money for a chance to win money, it becomes gambling. Doubly so because these are made to appeal to minors.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:43

Lovely Joe Stalin: Jun 12, 2007; Our Lovely Wang

In the UK they wire the cabinets up so that if you try to shake it you get an electric shock. Then the Coinsman will come at you from out behind the counter with his scallyclub.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:46

stringless: Dec 28, 2005; keyboard ⌨️ cowboy

I've seen 'em in casinos, they definitely spit out coins there.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:47

Pissed Ape Sexist: Apr 19, 2008

Sardonik posted:

No, that's Laura Palmer, she was a character in an obscure TV show called Twin Peaks which was directed by David Lynch. Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

This explains nothing and is fully incorrect

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:49

Ugly In The Morning: Jul 1, 2010; Pillbug

The Bloop posted:

Very old ones and very sketchy places still allow it to drop coins

Generally in the US they cannot

The ones I see that drop actual coins are universally at sketchy town carnivals and the Bad County Fair type situations, so yeah, that checks out.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:50

Regarde Aduck: Oct 19, 2012; c l o u d k i t t e n; Grimey Drawer

this does tally with the UK being what is essentially a giant town carnival and bad county fair.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:53

Velocity Raptor: Jul 27, 2007; I MADE A PROMISE
I'LL DO ANYTHING

Pissed Ape Sexist posted:

This explains nothing

Try this:

Sardonik posted:

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# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:54

Hyperlynx: Sep 13, 2015

rydiafan posted:

What?

I don't know either, but I think it's hilarious as a non sequitur

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:56

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

the UK has actual betting parlors where you can just like go in and bet on sports right off the street. in america i've only ever seen those in movies and it's always because the cops are busting them up

# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:57

Lovely Joe Stalin: Jun 12, 2007; Our Lovely Wang

When I was a kid on holiday at the coast, the fortune teller'd tell us stories of the Butlins, kinda like a cross between a proto-Slenderman and a Black Dog myth. Late at night in the arcades he would walk between the machines, making a noise that sounded like a cross between laughter and coins falling. He wore a red blazer and he would steal away children and hold them captive for a week or two in which time they would have nothing to do to entertain themselves.

Looking back I think it might have been bollocks.

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# ? Jul 20, 2021 23:03

Procrastine: Mar 30, 2011

rydiafan posted:

What?

# ? Jul 20, 2021 23:17

flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

# ? Jul 20, 2021 23:48

Hellblazer187: Oct 12, 2003

They had em at Fun World. You'd put Fun World tokens in, and if you won (which you rarely did, of course) you'd get Fun World tokens back. People used to tell me you could use NH highway tokens at Fun World, but I never tested it out. I'm pretty sure NH doesn't have highway tokens anymore so there's no way for me to test it out anymore.

# ? Jul 20, 2021 23:59

Tenebrais: Sep 2, 2011

The ones in the UK usually deal in 2p coins. It's usually not that rare to get a payout from them. But of course no one actually wants to be carting around the hundreds of 2p coins you'd need to have anything of value, so they just end up going back into the machine.

# ? Jul 21, 2021 00:36

CainFortea: Oct 15, 2004

There's an arcade I go to in washington that has them with quarters.

# ? Jul 21, 2021 00:41

Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

flavor.flv posted:

Pure love of the game, no petty concerns about censorship or gratuity. Infinite respect

# ? Jul 21, 2021 00:44

voiceless anal fricative: May 6, 2007

Sagebrush posted:

the UK has actual betting parlors where you can just like go in and bet on sports right off the street. in america i've only ever seen those in movies and it's always because the cops are busting them up

New Zealand has state run betting parlours where you can go and bet on sports and animal racing and poo poo. Like there's a state monopoly on it, we have a minister for racing and everything.

# ? Jul 21, 2021 01:05