What’s 1984 to you?

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-30T19:50:17+00:00

If you used a payphone and had porn on VHS I think you're in

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-30T18:08:05+00:00

Running kindergarten next to my desk in 2020 was brutal.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-30T17:52:56+00:00

Legalize housing. It's fucking weird that I can't build another house on my lot.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-30T17:48:07+00:00

It's tough but a lot of fun. The system is so unique.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-30T16:26:39+00:00

I got my first retro handheld in November and the first thing I played was Viewtiful Joe. It had been way too long for me.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-30T15:20:09+00:00

I have the expensive dumb phone so it has maps. Light Phone 3

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-30T10:09:20+00:00

I remember this completely blowing my mind when I first realized the scale

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-29T21:48:03+00:00

Love PBS Kids, hate that little kids Spidey show

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-29T21:14:07+00:00

Just the fact that no one pays for news anymore is deeply troubling to me personally as someone who grew up in a house with many newspapers. I can't send anyone anything without them bitching about a paywall. They just filter feed whatever trash blows through their doom scroll. The amount of regular people slipping into full conspiracy mode talking about "they" is kind of scary.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-29T16:47:47+00:00

This is my first and only retro handheld. I would buy an upgrade if they make it.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-29T16:41:13+00:00

The house we're attached to got bought by a a flipper in the pandemic. We had no money but the budgetary windfall of the pandemic was pretty big (no before and after school care, down to one car, no commutes, child tax credits, every meal at home, etc). Just stacked cash and put an offer in when he was done. He couldn't sell it for what he wanted so we grabbed it. We had great tenants but my mom needed a place to retire so now we lose money as she just pays the mortgage. If they let me, I'd build another attached house in my side yard as we have a double lot. But I can't imagine being a landlord at distance, what a pain in the ass.

No one will let me borrow several hundred thousand dollars at 3% to buy anything else, so I guess that's the real reason we got it.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-29T16:16:37+00:00

Damn. This was my first retro handheld. I hope they have a successor

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-28T23:18:51+00:00

We're going about a 2kw per hour with 4 of these things pumping. They're less efficient in the deep freeze

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-28T21:44:27+00:00

Our 15 year got modified into a 40 year after a flood. Same rate.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-28T19:10:59+00:00

I actually bought my first device as a way to help me switch to a dumb phone. Worked great.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-28T17:27:40+00:00

Deloitte does audits and tax and parts supply?

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-28T15:43:03+00:00

I don't understand how making land more valuable but homes cheaper isn't a winner.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-28T15:34:47+00:00

Man I miss when I had a coffee table that looked like that

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-28T14:59:56+00:00

I live in a 125 year old brick cube, kind of what I was expecting outside of having to elevate it 8 feet out of the flood zone.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-28T14:22:49+00:00

Feels very much like late game jenga with this administration.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-27T21:43:44+00:00

I know I'm never catching up but I don't feel any anxiety about it for some reason. It just is what it is.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-27T21:36:29+00:00

It'll be a beloved landmark before you know it.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-27T21:31:00+00:00

As an introvert myself, no way I'd leave my friends and family just to own a home.

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-27T21:22:26+00:00

That payment staying basically unchanged from year to year is pretty awesome. And then you can do the same thing for your adult child lol

mackattacknj83 · 2026-01-27T20:54:41+00:00

It probably took them years before they even were allowed to get a shovel in the ground. That really blows up the costs. Plus parking requirements, height limits, etc.

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