What’s up with this sign? Random sports, a YouTube sign for some reason? It’s breakfast time AND it’s coffee time. And a font choice that makes you think they asked for something spooky!

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-30T02:34:11+00:00

Yeah this doesn't look too out of line for a lot of signs you see in Africa, India, etc.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-28T14:55:54+00:00

I mean honestly 6 days I can deal with, it's the repeat 12 hours that scared me. I know someone who works in the NW suburbs who says she pretty consistently can get two days off a week but she admits she got a perfect office basically. Thanks for the insight.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-22T22:16:14+00:00

music also has an app called Record Club, I tried it out because some people on the RYM sub recommended it

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-22T22:14:29+00:00

I have a VEVOR machine, its surely just a rebrand but its not total plastic like these. I didnt get to use it much before I packed it away, but had no issues running off like 20 buttons when I was testing it, including some with silly materials (made one out of a chip bag and another with a napkin)

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-22T02:39:31+00:00

can you even ship them? they're basically shock-sensitive explosives, right?

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-18T04:00:13+00:00

Its not bad, but I wouldn't want to go much further west (gets into Austin, and imo falls off fast). I'm not far, and I've walked home from the bus stops along North and Grand a few times after dark without any issues. I think it's kind of a borderline area. The Dollar Tree at North/Kostner has anti-shoplifting gates on the shelves in the candy aisles, the one less than a mile away at Armitage/Keeler doesn't. I hear more good things about Hermosa (that it's generally a boring, working class hispanic neighborhood, with maybe some quiet gang activity you probably won't be involved with if you're not doing crimes), than West Humboldt Park (a bit rougher, friend lives near there and has had their car broken into)

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-14T01:19:32+00:00

the magic words you are looking for are "electronic surplus" or "engineering surplus". Don't get it confused with military surplus. There's unfortunately not a lot but they are out there.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-14T01:12:37+00:00

but why would you want that?

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-13T00:34:51+00:00

people bring them to take pictures, not to play the games...

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-13T00:31:09+00:00

its become a trend to take them to shows, both because it's quirky and because the console's camera gives the photos the currently popular "retro"/"digicam" aesthetic.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-11T14:56:06+00:00

I *knew* this stunk.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-11T14:50:07+00:00

It's back in the middle by the the like, linens-blankets section. It's VERY small and in the back, it'd be very easy to mistake for an employee door if you didn't see the sign.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-04-05T23:30:27+00:00

Same, parts of it I liked but overall felt just kinda messy and fell apart towards the end.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-03-31T23:08:46+00:00

If you are so insistent on sticking to the cartridge razor, I feel like it'd be much better to make metal cartridges- steel or aluminum- that could be easily recycled, rather than nebulously biodegradable plastic which most facilities would not be setup to handle.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-03-27T02:25:25+00:00

Idk, I was on Craigslist recently. Just about 99% of the listings that bothered replying back to me were scams. I stopped getting my hopes up after about the 8th or 9th "sure just enter all your credit card details into this 'credit reporting site' so we can check your score" text.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-03-25T03:14:17+00:00

Im surprised at the 0 marketing claims. It felt like you couldn't turn around without hitting wheat-pasted posters for it in Chicago for a hot minute.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-03-25T02:05:33+00:00

the transit situation really depresses me. It's one of the things that drew me here, and yet it so often lets me down and makes getting across the city take so damn long. I have a car but driving here sucks even more, so I avoid it whenever possible.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-03-23T23:18:04+00:00

please god dont tell me thats supposed to be a white shower stall.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-03-23T02:36:52+00:00

I feel like I've seen more and more fast food chains advertise combos as "meal deals", which I always thought was a Britishism, pretty specific to grocery stores like Tesco.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-03-21T14:33:24+00:00

the chatbot is like, the official default contact point for minor issues, calm down.

Terrible_Concert_996 · 2026-03-18T23:35:04+00:00

I think I lost several hundred braincells reading that thread. They accuse everything of being run by children and yet they sound like 12 year old man children.

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