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The only problem with that setup is the grease from the pizza box getting on the carpet.
Balance it precariously on top of a too-small box, you heathen.
A too-small box such as the GameCube.
You have been unsubscribed from game night invites.
Nah fam
I remember reading that Nintendo designed the SNES with a hump to help prevent people from setting food and drinks on it since the NES made a great table for things to spill on. Guess they gave up when they designed the Gamecube!
First design decision was probably to improve the design, second one was when they realized that the bad design made more money when people needed to replace consoles.
I was going to say maybe it’s because you can stack flat consoles and a lot of entertainment stands are easier to access the front from than the top, but you still had to access the top of the flat GCN.
That’s why they vent out the sides, like a open air convection oven
This hurts my back.
Neck too from when you eventually lay down to deal with your back pain.
Then tailbone, from when you try to awkwardly prop yourself up into a hybrid position.
Then neck again when you go prone.
Then back again when you hide in a box
snake? Snake?
SNAAAAAAAAAAKEE!
But at least you’ll get some nice hemorrhoids from sitting on the floor
Yaaaaay…
That wireless controller is a bit pointless if you’re sitting 1.5m away from the screen. Gotta give her that.
It’s called a WaveBird!
And you had to sit that close or else a cordless phone or other wireless device might interefere with the signal and stop registering inputs.
Cordless… phone…?
Haha you’re old! (and so am I but never mind that)
Wavebird is the GOAT. Best name, best controller. Personally, I never had interference problems that couldn’t be fixed by changing the channel on the controller and even that was pretty rare.
Now you can move the pizza directly in front for the perfect loading screen snack with no obstacles!
I am a man, and I see many problems with this:
- the TV is at least two sizes too small
- WAF is a non-factor, so there would absolutely be some oversized speakers beside that tv
- my ass isn’t lying on the floor, when a couch would be far more comfortable
- the couch would make floor pizza too far away, so there would be a “coffee table”
A couch? A coffee table? OK, King Louis XIV. The rest of us will make do with a floor gaming chair.
I’m not sure you realize how much heavy lifting I’m making the quotations around “coffee table” do.
Two cinder blocks and a rough sawn plank.
That’ll do.
I think you underestimate how much construction materials cost. Ikea is cheaper.
Costs? These materials are easily found roadside or elsewhere. The blocks have chunks missing or are uneven, so a matchbook or folded cardboard helps level out the wobble for the weather-soaked grey plank.
I know as I’ve done just that.
In my first apartment I did that with stolen milk crates and found planks.
Also a lot of construction sites are kind enough to leave a pile of free construction materials somewhere on the site, like they are saying, “we have extra so help yourself! 😁” I try to only help myself at night, because I’m considerate enough to avoid getting in the way of the actual construction.
Ikea furniture is easily found roadside too…
Valid point. So I guess it just matters what you find. Make use of anything available.
I really like this philosophy and it sticks with me even today as I try to use whatever I have at hand. I am reluctant to toss anything with some modicum of useful value. I am told this makes me a packrat. I don’t mind.
I too create my own furniture out of mostly-empty pizza boxes
(kinda-related story time: I used to live in an apartment with 4 other gay furries [the sitcom writes itself] and we very often ordered in from dominos. Like so much so our delivery guy seemed to take a genuine interest in how we are doing. But after I spent a day making the kitchen spotless, and the next day it looked as awful as before I touched it, I stopped giving a shit. Of many factors, it was silently decided that the one taking out the trash was the one who lost the game of jenga with the garbage. So skill and precision were needed whenever you were adding to the stack that was as high as an adult (or more), as the actual garbage bin for the apartment complex was like 500 feet away and 4 stories below us. Multiple trips were necessary, even if you bothered to use trash bags to simplify the excursion. I wish I’d have taken photos, this was a challenge where boys became men.)
Neah, get some milk crates and a used futon!
NO! Never a used futon. I once got a used futon. It had stains on it. After a while, I was told what the stains were.
After a while, I was told what the stains were.
“Evidence”
Ehh but they’ve got a wavebird, so you know they’re already ballin.
Or they were very specific for their birthday request
Yes, this looks like back pain.
Clearly it is a young man’s place. A more mature man would have a second hand recliner and a bottle of alcohol to wash down the bitter taste of divorce.
The recliner would be ugly as hell (I still have a second hand one from years ago) but so comfortable that it would suck the soul out of you if you laid down in it too long.
And there’s bourbon in the chocolate milk.
Just some plastic chair, table and pillows would be enough
Yeah, this is more like what would be acceptable 20 years ago.
Imagine shitting on someone’s way of life because it’s not your own
Well they are playing with a cube and look at the viewing angle of the TV. Eat that pizza and stick it under the Tv so your neck doesn’t get sore.
Hard agree. I once when moving in a friend asked where they were going to mount their tv. They said “Over the fireplace… There’s not really anywhere else to put it.” End of day the “fireplace” (shit electric thing it was) was ripped from the wall and chilling in the garage.
Friends do not let friends play video games at shit veiwing angles.
Or it could just be a humorous joke that everybody enjoys, except for that one miserable douchbag who insists on ruining everybody else’s fun because mama didn’t love them enough or whatever your problem is.
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I’m not hungover yet, but I will be in the morning.
The “one miserable douchebag” in this scenario is I assume the target of this particular brand of bullying? I somehow doubt that a lack of motherly affection is the root cause…
I am grateful to Fairlife for making single serve choccy milk that isn’t owned by Nestle.
Yeah but its owned by Coca-Cola
If it isn’t Nestle, it’s Coca-Cola. If it isn’t Coca-Cola, it’s Keurig Dr Pepper. If it isn’t Keurig Dr Pepper, it’s PepsiCo. Late stage capitalism sucks.
Choccy plant-based milk is easily better tho
Oat milk is the superior milk. I will die on that hill.
The Donkey Kong Bongos accessory on top of the TV is just…chef’s kiss. Perfect.
My wrists never truly recovered… and it was worth it
It’s called interior decorating
That video is titled “The Forgotten Accessory.” Since when was it forgotten? I guess you can throw that onto any video for clickbait.
https://youtu.be/aZ77AXeOwNY?si=L9vT_5eY4Elw7jH-
It also reacts if your laugh is too high pitched.
Japanese girls learned this the hard way.
The only thing wrong is that there is carpet. Also, I miss those days of freedom. I never appreciated them when I had them.
90s childhood: that carpet, Sega Genesis/SNES, cathodic TV, some gaming or Sports Illustrated paraphernalia, Pizza & some shitty pop.
But fully agree that back then, it felt like it would last forever. Nostalgia is strong with this one.
Ate Lavish Meal +12
Pizza and chocolate milk?
I mean I like them both, but together?
I just like flexing on lactose intolerant people.
I miss ice cream.
Takes me back to school lunches
Did that the other day eating lunch with my youngin at their school.
Was definitely not as appealing as I near my 40s. But back in the day that shit was fine
Even got the Choccy Milk to wash it down? Thats fuckin decadent
Is there a c/malelivingspace anywhere on Lemmy?
MaleLivingSpaceCircleJerk
The problem I see is there are bongo drums but I don’t see a copy of donkey konga
Is that a little Caesars? Hell yeah.
This is how detective Halligan lives.
It’s better than what the druids were serving at dinner…
Do you know how hard it is to get meat right off the bone like that. Halligan was damned lucky to get a bite. Also I dont think he particularly cared.