Merlin

Dad.
Spent many years writing music and playing video games. Now I mostly write code and emails.
Shine on!

[Merlin @BrandonKinross]

@JohnPippett @oldstackjournal Many teachers pranked too with this in the 90s. We would leave a floppy in PCs that when turned on, would run and create random folders with 'bad' words, all with included alt-255 ascii as a blank space. They could never delete them due to the ascii.

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@normalcreature9 For me it was a mix of shy and embarrassed. I hated my own birthday parties as a kid and being the center of attention, singing happy birthday to me was embarrassing. Looking back I was in my own head much more than I realized in the moments.

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@lukebfox1 You could fire a missile, and jump camera and watch the guided missile pov fly to and hit it's target. Blew my mind as a kid. Ahead of its time.

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@AlexDelarge6553 Sloan

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@shoe0nhead I tell people all the time , having kids and experiencing their first and core moments is the closest to reliving my own one can get. In a life we only get to live once, I am lucky to live some of it twice.

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@MadelnCanada What do you mean, it's tradition to lose this immediately after one use and move to scissors or a serrated steak knife where you saw the tip off. We might know what it's used for, but we've rarely seen one.

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@GamewithDave Couldn't find pitfall or colecovision in the gifs. Guess I'm that old now. Had to google this shit.

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@JasonKPargin

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@bourbon_karalyn Strangely, the only toy to survive my dog the longest is the cheap rubber chicken from Walmart. We remove the noise maker, fluff, and you're left with a super rubbery/floppy chicken. I think less resistance to a bite keeps it alive longer. "Tuff toys" get demolished in minutes.

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@Rick_Pescatore I was diagnosed with cannabis hypermesis about 15 years ago by a doctor and I'm certain they did because I had a weed leaf tattoo and it's all they could come up with for my symptoms. It wasn't until years later I figured out it was actually due to a form of anxiety.

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@Mericamemed As someone who has worked field level bars during stadium concerts, this would have saved fingers some nights. Opening ice cold cans every 8 seconds for 2 hours straight will mess you up.

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@mysongbird2 Is this what the kids these days call 'Aura farming'?

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@BoneheadsPage Was in Toronto yesterday. Thank you for a fucking awesome show. There's a special energy about this tour that makes it feel like a fever dream. You all want to be there and it's like a gift. 2 hrs of non stop oasis gems. Songs I've always wanted to hear live. Mega.

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@SouthDallasFood I always ask for extra onions on any mcdonald's burger I order, under the hope that the customization helps ensure it's fresh made and not sitting there, but not come off as annoying cause just onion. This changes things. Lol. They gotta go get onions from another container now.

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@Caspersight Beautiful, man! Bob Ross in the house. Makes me want to paint again too seeing this. I love painting mountains. Went on a Bob Ross binge years ago where I learned over a couple months watching him. Shit helps calm the soul.

[Merlin @BrandonKinross]

@mattrife Nostalgia can be heavy but feels like my own doing. But deja vu messes me up, it feels sudden, jarring, inturruptive. It's nice to think maybe you are actually living that experience again when feeling it suddenly and intensely - at least the you in another reality/dimension.

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@Caspersight The first to have an impact was Jurassic Park for me. They were testing the new Dolby surround 5.1. I came back from the washroom during a T-Rex scene. Whole theater was shaking. Running back to my seat like.

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@Caspersight Truly captured the essence of the ghosty-wosties.

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@LongMcQuade (In this economy? Lol.) $375.

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@Caspersight Lol. I catch myself always commenting on 'graphics' first on a game. Its a generation thing.
But in serousness and imo, let them focus on game depth and story, because that has suffered more than anything. Bring back good single player experiences.
Shoutout to Bauldurs Gate 3.