The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

Amazon Prime Day a few years ago: "I hope there's some cool computer gadgets or gaming stuff!"
Amazon Prime Day this year: "Ooh, crockpot 54% off!"

[Norgy]

I have found that there is a limit to how many crockpots you need. I ended up with three.

[Josquius]

[Syt]

 

[Grey Fox]

Amazon Prime Day a few years ago: "I hope there's some cool computer gadgets or gaming stuff!"
Amazon Prime Day this year: "Ooh, crockpot 54% off!"

I feel it. I bought coconut fiber scrubbing pads. 

[jimmy olsen]

Now that's dedication

https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3kxbneasjs42s

in 2013 I saw a man get a 100,000 hour probation on the SomethingAwful forums and today I saw him come off probation and immediately pick up the same argument, quoting a reply from 2013, absolute next-level hater, I can't even imagine, my man is the Count of Monte Posters

[Admiral Yi]

 

Everybody needs a hobby.

[Syt]

PC Gamer also had an article about this. Apparently the guy has mellowed out a lot and just made the post as a joke.

[Josquius]

Now that's dedication

https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3kxbneasjs42s

in 2013 I saw a man get a 100,000 hour probation on the SomethingAwful forums and today I saw him come off probation and immediately pick up the same argument, quoting a reply from 2013, absolute next-level hater, I can't even imagine, my man is the Count of Monte Posters

I mean, at that stage it seems the only sensible thing to do.

[Sheilbh]

Starting to get hyped for the Olympics

[Josquius]

I remember back in the day when the Olympics was hyped months in advance and saw the TV channels doing big blocks of programming around the host country.
They don't seem to have done that for a while.

[Tamas]

Yeah I remember it being a massive deal. I guess there are far more distractions nowadays.

[Norgy]

Could be that we need a more corrupt IOC again.

[Sheilbh]

I remember back in the day when the Olympics was hyped months in advance and saw the TV channels doing big blocks of programming around the host country.
They don't seem to have done that for a while.

I remember a lot for 2012 obviously, but also a fair bit for Rio though timezone was a bit of an issue for watching loads.

I feel really bad for Tokyo because theirs was very weird in the middle of covid.

Less than when I was younger but that may just be because I was younger Sport's one of the few things that I think still gets huge linear TV audiences - though I think the BBC rights are worse for the Olympics now than it used to be so they don't have the whole red button for literally any sport. Not sure of the details.

[HVC]

Yeah I remember it being a massive deal. I guess there are far more distractions nowadays.

We need the USSR again. Olympics aren't fun unless they're the Cold War writ small.