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new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound

Harrower posted:

Would anyone like to fund my kick starter program similar to this? Instead of a bunch of worthless garbage I just mail a small caliber pistol with a single round of ammunition.

This was a primo joke and I stole it for my facebook. Thank you, funny goon.

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Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
I've changed my mind, this guy is my new favorite youtube channel. I'm utterly captivated by his completely unironic enthusiasm as he shills for every single useless piece of poo poo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNM7VXWiHuk

Listen to his take on college drinking.

Shimrra Jamaane fucked around with this message at 02:03 on May 14, 2016

Novo
May 13, 2003

Stercorem pro cerebro habes
Soiled Meat
I also want to point out that the implied mentality of the people who buy these things means the sellers are basically child abusers

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





Shimrra Jamaane posted:

ahaha Jesus Christ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTs-ufPRFYA

"oh dear my car is broken down BETTER GO HUNT RABBITS IN THE WOODS FOR FOOD"

I need to TACTICALLY ASSAULT that rabbit!!

Superior tactics of the well prepared human win the day. :smug:

Corn Glizzy
Jun 28, 2007



Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I've changed my mind, this guy is my new favorite youtube channel. I'm utterly captivated by his completely unironic enthusiasm as he shills for every single useless piece of poo poo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNM7VXWiHuk

Listen to his take on college drinking.

Jesus Christ that box sucked. Even with his "frat parties and kegs and all the trouble they bring" rant I'd be pissed to open a box that was full of poo poo I could randomly buy while drunk.

Corn Glizzy fucked around with this message at 02:46 on May 14, 2016

Autumn Angel
Jan 18, 2014

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I've changed my mind, this guy is my new favorite youtube channel. I'm utterly captivated by his completely unironic enthusiasm as he shills for every single useless piece of poo poo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNM7VXWiHuk

Listen to his take on college drinking.

For what it's worth, those nunchuk pens are very good at repelling people as long as they're women.

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc
Nerds think they are smarter than other people, which makes rhem great targets for stuff like this, which is pretty much a classic lottery scheme. Same with randomized paid items in videogames.

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Autumn Angel posted:

For what it's worth, those nunchuk pens are very good at repelling people as long as they're women.

Somehow i dont think these guys need any help on that front

Justin Tyme
Feb 22, 2011


Shimrra Jamaane posted:

ahaha Jesus Christ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTs-ufPRFYA

"oh dear my car is broken down BETTER GO HUNT RABBITS IN THE WOODS FOR FOOD"

This especially is dumb because it's like, random survival poo poo. Stuff you'd entrust your life to but whoops I went camping but didn't get any tents or cookware in my monthly Battlbox! And if you actually might be interested in using this stuff for outdoors beyond urban mall ninjas chances are you already own higher quality stuff anyway. Speaking of, it's surprising there's no military care package version of this that mails out boxes of tobacco, porn, latest movie releases, and beef jerky. That's actually a legitimately good idea.

Might as well make a Medibox that sends medical supplies to the sick. Whoops looks like this month's box didn't have any insulin in it but at least I got a flu shot!

Justin Tyme fucked around with this message at 03:01 on May 14, 2016

Oh Hell No
Oct 10, 2007

I've got the world on a string.


Toilet Mouth posted:

What's the appeal of buying a box that may have some things you want rather than just buying the things you know you want directly

because COLLECTOR'S ITEMS

CelticPredator
Oct 11, 2013
🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

M-m-m-money shot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTql3yGpCDI

coolskull
Nov 11, 2007

i'd like to know where all you smart alecs get plastic junk to cover your desk with.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN
Jun 26, 2009



ArtIsResistance posted:

goon started a mystery box service on SA mart. Some goons posted how awesome this was and gave him their money. Other goons said it was a scam and that they'd be getting a bunch of plastic garbage. They were shut down as trolls and I'm sure one of them was probated at least. Boxes finally come in, they're filled with useless poo poo like plastic vampire teeth and bizzarely a bunch of LED light up t-shirts. Goons get creepy and look up all his info and found that OP had an LED t-shirt company that failed so he probably just stuffed his leftover stock into the boxes. Goons get more creepy and thread is shut down because of internet detective poo poo

This

End Of Worlds posted:

that reminds me, does anyone have a link to the YCS secret santa thread wherre some goon got a dreamcast or a gamecube or whatever and it was filled with bugs

like, deliberately fillled with hundreds of cockroach corpses

thats the funniest thing to happen on these forums in the last like 4 years except caro coming back from the dead

And this, are beautiful

Edgar Allan Pwned
Apr 4, 2011

Quoth the Raven "I love the power glove. It's so bad..."
Gamer aspect aside I have a few friends that would enjoy several crappy things over 1 nice thing. So I mean poo poo who cares if its stupid its an easy gift

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord
i wonder if there is a market for a porn site called gamer gapes

Justin Tyme
Feb 22, 2011


someone needs to make a parody series where they unbox some nerd culture poo poo but it's got like dildos and caltrops and live animals inside of them

let it mellow
Jun 1, 2000

Dinosaur Gum

why I watch an autist pimping box sending to dumbass millenials

gently caress

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
my friend of 3 years tried to open his own gamer crate box but the device backfired and trapped his soul inside

now i spend my days weeping and unboxing as many crates as i can in hopes of finding a key to free him

ArtIsResistance
May 19, 2007

QUEEN OF FRANCE, SAVIOR OF LOWTAX
so based on the many hours of unboxing videos I have just spent my friday watching, these boxes are good value if you like to pay full MSRP for things and can also appreciate unsold and overstocked merchandise

Carmant
Nov 23, 2015


Treadmill? What's that? Is that some kind of cake?


Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I've changed my mind, this guy is my new favorite youtube channel. I'm utterly captivated by his completely unironic enthusiasm as he shills for every single useless piece of poo poo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNM7VXWiHuk

Listen to his take on college drinking.

Candy corn lol

new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound

LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:

i'd like to know where all you smart alecs get plastic junk to cover your desk with.

I'm sure some of them paid 25 US dollars plus shipping for a happy meal toy of their favorite MOBA character.

https://na.merch.riotgames.com/en/collectibles/figures.html

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

a monthly subscription to the nerd equivalent of the dollar store is cool and good

White Phosphorus
Sep 12, 2000

Toilet Mouth posted:

What's the appeal of buying a box that may have some things you want rather than just buying the things you know you want directly

It has an element of randomness kind of like gambling.

Chief McHeath
Apr 23, 2002

*spends six minutes looking at the box wondering how do i open this*

Samuel L. ACKSYN
Feb 29, 2008


*gets new crate thing in mail*


*opens it up, drowns to death in the contents of a dollar tree that pour out of the box*

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I've changed my mind, this guy is my new favorite youtube channel. I'm utterly captivated by his completely unironic enthusiasm as he shills for every single useless piece of poo poo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNM7VXWiHuk

Listen to his take on college drinking.

Who the hell eats candy corn and says "Not bad!"

Next month, circus peanuts! Can't wait for the Peeps!

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Putty posted:

my friend of 3 years tried to open his own gamer crate box but the device backfired and trapped his soul inside

now i spend my days weeping and unboxing as many crates as i can in hopes of finding a key to free him

uh that's a variant of magic jar, you're looking for a gem that his soul is stored in dumb rear end

Johnny Aztec
Jan 30, 2005

by Hand Knit

Philthy posted:

Who the hell eats candy corn and says "Not bad!"

Next month, circus peanuts! Can't wait for the Peeps!

That guy is such a whore. Not a bad word anywhere. He may as well be yelling " YES PLEASE GIVE ME FREE STUFF, I SAY ONLY GOOD THINGS"

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
idea to make a lot of money: a trading card game where the instead of going out and buying boosters you get a box each month filled with random cards and in the first month you get a "core deck" box

ClamdestineBoyster
Aug 15, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

PBS Newshour posted:

idea to make a lot of money: a trading card game where the instead of going out and buying boosters you get a box each month filled with random cards and in the first month you get a "core deck" box

Chriatianmingle.com

coolskull
Nov 11, 2007


i watched this with the sound off and gee, he spent a lot of time looking at "energy candy" and unlicensed minecraft stuff. including the world's ugliest t shirt.

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug
I think for some people 20 dollars is not a lot of money and the idea of having fun gizmos at random every month sounds appealing but everytime I've seen one of these things I doubt i would have gotten more than 5 minutes of entertainment opening it and could have just gone to a movie or something.

I used to like woot a lot to scratch that kind of itch, but after they got bought out by amazon (and honestly even before) it felt they had strayed way too far from their original purpose of finding randomly good deals on overstocked poo poo with nothing inherently wrong with it.

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

White Phosphorus posted:

It has an element of randomness kind of like gambling.

i bet its actually a worse deal than blowing $20 on scratch-its at the gas station. at least with those, if you win somethign good it'll be money and not some expensive but useless nerd tchotchke

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Dr. Lariat posted:

The fad is hilarious, nothing says a society gone too soft than people going "I'm too lazy to go buy lovely trinkets from Spencer's gifts and think geek I need someone to send me a box of useless bullshit every month"

i think it is worse than that. i think society become so child like, that people are buying these services to have a proxy birthday/christmas every month.

Justin Tyme
Feb 22, 2011


Rutibex posted:

i think it is worse than that. i think society become so child like, that people are buying these services to have a proxy birthday/christmas every month.

At it's most basic emotional level, this is exactly what it is.

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦
Is there one called Cargo Cult yet

coolskull
Nov 11, 2007

i could use a box of wrangler jeans, unpopular promotional shirts and illegal diet pills every month

Risky
May 18, 2003

One of my friends just started getting the Marvel Collector Corps. Box subscriptions and he thinks he's in a super elite club that's going to get stuff that will be worth a mint someday.

Manifest
Jul 7, 2007

HELLO THERE I COME FROM THE FUTURE
HELLO FELLOW GAMERS I WILL REVIEW THIS BOX FOR GAMERS LIKE US


"FIVE FIVE FIVE BOOM. HEH IT'S NYLON!"

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JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer

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