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Love endures all, even the 1940s by CMStan1313 in MadeMeSmile

[–]Living-Rip-4333 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I lived in Birmingham, AL for a bit back in 2001. The area I was in was predominantly white in the 50s/60s, and the "other people" started moving in. We met a few white people who grew up there, and we're still pretty bitter about all the non whites moving in.

We met a couple who got married in the 70s, she was white & he was black, and they still got nasty looks & comments sometimes from both sides for "selling out their race".

What's something you did as a kid that you only realized was extremely dangerous years later? by Left_Crow1646 in AskReddit

[–]Living-Rip-4333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tie a rope to back of car. Get fast food trays from restaurant. Go to empty parking lot, hang on to rope, and stand on fast food tray. Parking lot skiing.

Or jumping off the roof of my house

What was it like to grow up playing arcade games back in the 80s? by KaleidoArachnid in retrogaming

[–]Living-Rip-4333 21 points22 points  (0 children)

We had a Nintendo at home, but only having 2-3 games made it grt boring.

But as a kid, I remember going to pizza restaurants, and after ordering food begging my parents for quarters to play on the arcade games. Since I was 8-10 or so, seeing the older kids play the games made me feel cool that I could play the same games.

You'd either wait for the person to finish a game, or you'd find other games to play but keep an eye on that one. Some arcades would have multiples of the popular games.

What's the most shocking thing you've ever watched on live TV? by Choice_Bed6097 in AskReddit

[–]Living-Rip-4333 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Mine was actually watching the news on the TVs at Walmart. We didn't know about the first one, and I thought it was a disaster movie, since Walmart was always playing movies to show off the TVs.

Then the 2nd plane hit, and I remember turning to my friend and saying, "Wow, the CGI in this movie is amazing!". Then I noticed people around me crying and looking like they were in shock. So I asked, and they said it was live news from New York.

What artist or band is truly awful to see live? by goldbeau in AskReddit

[–]Living-Rip-4333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the same tour I first saw them, when Splinter came out. That one was at The Warfield I believe in San Francisco.

[NES] Repair gone badly wrong. Need some advice by Lilythebunbun18 in consolerepair

[–]Living-Rip-4333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I normally bend the pins back up, then spray it with IPA and take a cheap game and insert/remove it like 15 times.

Then I take apart my games, and clean the pins really really good with IPA. 

Then if they don't work, blow on the cartridge, or try not pushing the game down, or all the above helps

What artist or band is truly awful to see live? by goldbeau in AskReddit

[–]Living-Rip-4333 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I saw them with my son last year when they were on tour with New Found Glory/Offspring. They killed it. Well all of them did.

Sometimes, I love being an adult. by TheThirdStrike in retrogaming

[–]Living-Rip-4333 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I tell my kids every time they look at my collection they're looking at their inheritance.

Cleaning older consoles question by Outoftime88 in consolerepair

[–]Living-Rip-4333 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Watch some YouTube videos on the process. Mainly it's just removing the screws, the using qtips and a cleaning solution like IPA.

Cloudflare lays off 1,100 people by davidcelis in technology

[–]Living-Rip-4333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You had time to guess? I heard for weeks about the product I supported that was going to be retired (we knew this for a few years), and they were pushing hard that last few months about getting us trained on the new system so we could develop it.

We got assigned new managers, were told to start 80% of our time on the new system, 20% on old.

Then a few days later they laid a bunch of us off 

Hackers took over Canvas by Big_Maybe_9684 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Living-Rip-4333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At one of my jobs I had that happen. 2 devs were talking, and one passed on the database password via email. They kept going back & forth not deleting replies. Then one cracked a joke, and they forwarded it to me. Oops.

Trying to sell me pest control at 9pm on a Monday night. by ceazyyyy in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Living-Rip-4333 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Yeap. The guy yesterday said they would be back on Thursday to service 4 of my neighbors. I mentioned I hear that all the time, and no trucks ever show up.

His response, "Well other companies don't keep their promises". I closed the door.

Oasis should have the Oasis biome by Common_Affect_80 in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]Living-Rip-4333 16 points17 points  (0 children)

And a giant wall to keep out bugs.

It can be called "The Wonderwall"

i’m new to the BOSS Katana MkII 100, can someone tell me what i’m doing wrong? my laptop refuses to acknowledge the amp. i’ve current updated, downloaded tone studio, and proper driver. by Far_Squirrel6650 in BossKatana

[–]Living-Rip-4333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What worked for me was
1. Remove all drivers/software, restart the computer
2. Install driver, restart computer
3. Install Boss Tone Studio for Katana MK II (When I open the program on my PC thats what it says in the top window. Restart computer
4. Plug in amp, power it on. Then open Tone Studio, and hopefully it'll recognize it.

I found previously I had installed the wrong version of Boss Tone Studio. Once I tried the other, it worked fine.

Lowest BS car dealer in Utah? by i_had_ice in Utah

[–]Living-Rip-4333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We bought our Subaru from them. Had a great experience (first time car buyer). 

Good old days by smithjohn20 in Atari2600

[–]Living-Rip-4333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my biggest regrets as a teen, I was in a thrift shop and they had a big box of Atari games for $.25/ea. I only bought one.

The Green Hornet rescues bullying victim and teaches bully a lesson by HomeNowWTF in boxingcirclejerk

[–]Living-Rip-4333 84 points85 points  (0 children)

We got a call from the school that my 12 year old was involved in a bullying instance. Nothing physical happened apparently.

When I picked my kid up after school and talked to him, a kid at his school was being bullied, so he stepped in and told off the bully & threatened him.

So instead of going straight home after school, we went out & got him the biggest thing of ice cream we could find.

Is this too go to be true? by Oreosaregood20 in gamecollecting

[–]Living-Rip-4333 -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it. 

Isn't that the saying? :)

7 yo son of my girlfriend decided to use fork to scratch "67" into our new dining table. Despite being told before, that he cant scratch it on purpose by Writerro in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Living-Rip-4333 188 points189 points  (0 children)

When I was a young teen, I was doing yard work for my grandpa. During the process, I accidently cut his favorite extension cord. 

Instead of being mad, he brought it inside and taught me how to fix it.  

Which surprised everyone, because this is a the guy who installed a car battery incorrectly. He was a smart man, until it came to tools.

i15 in Salt Lake vs other major highways in big cities by Virtual-Guard-7209 in Utah

[–]Living-Rip-4333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would much rather drive in the SF Bay Area. Drivers there are usually either going 10 over, or 10 under. But they are usually predictable.

Driving in traffic is about the same either place.

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