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Due-Ad-7308 t1_iu0fq4m wrote

One of the biggest twists with growing up during the console wars was that the Xbox and Playstation bros all grew up normal and the diehard Nintendo fans became weirdly hostile adults.

Tell this to anyone back in the 90's-2000's and they wouldn't believe you for a minute.

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Fake_William_Shatner t1_iu0kjc2 wrote

Tell anyone in the '90s that Biff from Back to the Future was going to be President and they would not have believed you for two minutes.

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nzodd t1_iu0tpnq wrote

I used to know a kid who just loved Super Mario Bros. 2. Played it day and night, just couldn't get enough. His name? Josef Stalin.

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yaosio t1_iu1rypp wrote

I knew a kid that loved Crusader Kings, Civilization, Europa Universalis, riding around on donkeys while drunk, and the working class. His name? Andrew Ryan.

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nzodd t1_iu0szm6 wrote

Pokemon Go to the polls directly to jail.

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Due-Ad-7308 t1_iu1bhh7 wrote

Just realized that "Pokemon Go to the Polls" was over 6 years ago what the hell...?

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ShanghaiBebop t1_iu1ngm9 wrote

Felt like a lifetime ago to me, before the universe went on the darkest timeline.

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yaosio t1_iu1s5ry wrote

6 years and things are worse than ever before. The final thread pulled from the tapestry of life was Harambe's death in whatever year that was.

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xTye t1_iu1xx83 wrote

You only gave a berry to your Pokemon on the gym?

Jail. Right away.

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NTFD t1_iu0u0ub wrote

Man, I was not expecting those ages when I read "Father, son" in the headline lmao.

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Timoxotus t1_iu0wu9w wrote

the incident was 2018

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abzrocka t1_iu1ed66 wrote

Aged 75 and 33, WTF??!

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bchanged t1_iu2n0u2 wrote

42 is not too old to have kids.

Source: am over 42

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abzrocka t1_iu2qhdg wrote

Not confused by the age difference between the two, moreover the actions.

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wrath_of_grunge t1_iu2suqk wrote

i dunno man. i'm 39 now, i can't imagine trying to raise kids at my age. my kids are almost grown.

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Jeramus t1_iu0v2f8 wrote

Pokemon go to jail. :)

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caged_jon t1_iu1r3zj wrote

Werner Herzog called it:

>"When two persons in search of a Pokémon clash at the corner of Sunset and San Vicente is there violence? Is there murder?"

An interviewer asked about -- and explained -- Pokemon Go to Herzog and this was his immediate question on it.

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TrouveDogg t1_iu1hszc wrote

This is hilarious. I'd love to have seen this and heard the dialogue.

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coeranys t1_iu26qfn wrote

Fuck you, Wesley Bell, there is nothing inherently childish about playing a game on your phone.

The rest of what they got up to though, for sure.

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purplepickles82 t1_iu0r1s7 wrote

Seriously wtf is this world coming to?

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tehmlem t1_iu0rg5x wrote

An objectively more peaceful and less dangerous era, provided we don't kill ourselves with the byproducts of rampant overconsumption. Our "crime wave" puts us well below the level of violent crime in the 90s which was itself well below the 70s which was itself an era with far less violent crime than those proceeding it.

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GoldWallpaper t1_iu1faji wrote

> we also just sort of neatly tucked it into a few big cities

Don't let Republican talking points fool you.

Here are the 10 states with the highest crime rates:

New Mexico - 6,462.03 per 100,000 people
Louisiana - 6,408.22 per 100,000 people
Colorado - 6,090.76 per 100,000 people
South Carolina - 5,972.84 per 100,000 people
Arkansas - 5,898.75 per 100,000 people
Oklahoma - 5,869.82 per 100,000 people
Washington - 5,758.57 per 100,000 people
Tennessee - 5,658.30 per 100,000 people
Oregon - 5,609.89 per 100,000 people
Missouri - 5,604.78 per 100,000 people
(Source)

Yeah, many cities are getting worse. That doesn't change the fact that they're not all that dangerous compared to previous years, or that rural areas aren't seeing the same types of increases.

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