My mother had a behemoth of a Panasonic console TV in her living room right up to the early 2010s. Still worked when we got rid of it, too, just finally decided it was time to upgrade. I remember, when we moved it, there was a half-inch-deep sunken area where it sank into the floor over the years, compressing the carpet.
I’m almost certain I’ve moved a CRT or two that were heavier than that.
80s/90s kids remember being able to throw their controllers at the TV without fear. (Console games on a console tv to console the cold war anxiety)
Fuck, I never would think to throw my controller at the screen!
I also don’t ever throw my controllers in general. Why would I want to break them? Lol.
spoilt kids tantrum -> brain goes into standby
When you’re a small child and you get extremely frustrated about dying to the same boss one too many times in a row, you have to vent that somehow.
It only happened once, I got so frustrated I bit the controller and threw it. You can still see the bite marks. (I was at most 11 years old.)
I love my kid-gamer self.
I was really bad at games, but I would always chalk it up to “I’m just a kid and it’s okay to be bad.”
Things made in the 80s never broke.
Except for the people 🥲
Yeah man! As a thing made in the 80s myself, I gotta tell ya, I’m feeling pretty broken these days.
But I don’t blame the build quality, I blame the 8 year old, that dude will be the death of me.
survivorship bias
My mother had a behemoth of a Panasonic console TV in her living room right up to the early 2010s. Still worked when we got rid of it, too, just finally decided it was time to upgrade. I remember, when we moved it, there was a half-inch-deep sunken area where it sank into the floor over the years, compressing the carpet.