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Shardikprime , in Tell me what it means

Macdonalds and burger king Pokemon toys were actually of decent quality

threelonmusketeers ,

Same with Kinder Surprise. When I was a young child, I got a flywheel mouse with multiple interlocking precision gears. I must have spent hours disassembling and reassembling it, instead and studying how all the pieces fit together. When I was an older child I got a single-piece plastic gorilla with green fur. It turned over in my hands a few times and probably threw it away.

Also, those Bionicle Happy Meal toys got me hooked on Lego Technic. Most addictive gateway drug ever.

Mishmash2000 , in Tell me what it means
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When you turned the TV on you had to wait a minute for it to 'warm up'. The black and white image would slowly emerge out of the darkness.

Shardikprime ,

And then it made that "warm up" sound, like a "klank!" Or something clicking inside the tv

ObviouslyNotBanana , in Tell me what it means
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Tamagotchi and a Walkman with skip protection

CeruleanRuin , in Tell me what it means

Using two VCRs to edit a video project for English class.

SteveDinn , in Tell me what it means
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Using pencils to manually rewind cassette tapes.

AdrianTheFrog , in Tell me what it means
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I actually know what this means, from getting my mom’s Atari to work on my grandmother’s TV

I think it was channel 2 for that one though, idk. We switched to using the flatscreen because of the annoying high pitched noise. (To the annoyance of all retro gamers who read this)

IvanOverdrive , in Tell me what it means

I love how the title is "Tell me what it means" and then 747 replies later, no one has done that.

Daerun , in Tell me what it means

TV had an end. After a last program or movie that ended after midnight, broadcast stopped and it only showed the test card.

Matombo , in Tell me what it means

When you bought a thing you owned it.

LemmyKnowsBest , in Tell me what it means

I remember when printers would print without being sassy & extortionate.

Shardikprime ,

Big caveat, printers have always been unholy hellish abominations that sense your fear and exploit it right before delivering that so important THING you need to print

Pulptastic , in Tell me what it means

Disk 13 of 18

Shardikprime ,

GOD-DAMN windows installation

FlyingSquid , in Tell me what it means

I think I see boobs!

https://i.redd.it/xd9yhc1c6uo81.gif

FlyingSquid , in Tell me what it means

This station now concludes its broadcast day.

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That's right. At a certain time of night, TV stations would just stop showing things until morning.

darth_tiktaalik ,
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I feel like even the concept of a tv station is a bit outdated despite technically still existing.

"Entertainment companies used to decide what shows were playing at 5pm"

Semi_Hemi_Demigod , in Tell me what it means
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Games used to come with books to read, and their anti-piracy measure was to give you a page number and tell you to enter the first word on the page to activate the software.

Of course, you'd copy that floppy and write the code word on the label for your friends.

Gloomy , in Tell me what it means
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Insects. At night there would be plenty of insects under every singe street lamp. The windscreen would be full of yellow goo after driving in summer.

Sharkwellington ,

Snow. It used to last the whole winter and not just 2 days here and there.

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