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if you have kids in your life it might be a good idea to check out these retro
gaming handhelds:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1irg60f9qsZOkhp0cwOU7Cy4rJQeyusEUzTNQzho
TYTU/edit?gid=0#gid=0
they're great for long car trips, or going camping, or staying at grandma's
house for an extended period of time, and other interesting times like that.
I hear Anbernic has a sale going on today.
Also I recommend going for one that runs Linux if possible, the Android ones
are less hackable and therefore less reliable.
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@user-1218
sadly no, I only have one that's a legit gameboy. And I realized that puts it
at 5. 6 if you could my 3DS too.
so two handhelds capable of linkage, and they're the wrong generations! T.T
The others are Anbernics
https://anbernic.com/
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@user-1218
They're Linux handheld consoles from China. I have 4 different types. This
brand is the most durable and reliable I've found. They can play everything
before PS1, a couple N64 games, and about half of the Nintendo DS games.
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║ gift ideas for a 12 year old (or cool zoomer) - flash drive with emulators │
║ that WILL run on any computer and about 12 ROMs chosen randomly rather than by │
║ following "best of" lists. │
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║ one for every one of their friends │
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║ they're *flash drives* they're *cheap* and *reusable* │
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║ every kid needs one │
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║ some had more than one, for different contexts │
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║ it's SO IMPORTANT WHY DIDN'T WE TEACH THEM THAT │
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║ ugh failures of a dropout no *thank you*. │
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║ but, like... pocketknives? same damn thing. Every kid needs a pocketknife. Not │
║ every BOY, thank you, but every KID. It's important to know how to handle │
║ something vitally important - they know what it feels like to get hurt. │
║ (scrapes and tumbles, you know how kids are) │
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║ ... oh, your kids just sit on their ipad all day? they don't know anything │
║ about jumping between trees or clambering over rocks? │
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║ at least they can swim, right? │
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║ oh, damn, just realized I'd sink like a rock. stupid illness that makes me pee │
║ my pants. sucks that the only counter to it makes you sink >.> │
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useful for long car rides, especially if you want to watch several kinds of
media at once like a bunch of soccer games or security cameras at your fifteen
houses or the livestreams of a bunch of friends and you can't fit them all on
your tiny-as-heck phone screen.
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║ Growing up, I started with 3 video games - Super Mario Deluxe, Dragon Warrior │
║ 1&2, and Asteroids. For the gameboy color. Then, a year or two later (what │
║ felt like forever), Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. │
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║ Classics. I was so lucky. Not because it was more expensive than my peers, but │
║ because I had *the right games*. │
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║ Others joined later, Tetris, Mario Kart, Star Fox, etc... But having so few │
║ that were so good for so long made me *adore* them. I would play for about an │
║ hour a day, any more would cut into my imaginative play-time. │
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║ I did not dream of games. But I craved their moments. │
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║ These days, I play games for so long that I dream of them. In my most │
║ vulnerable moments I treat them like my baseline state, rather than a │
║ prescribed appointment of delight. │
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║ I miss wandering around without thinking of my objective. The games seemed to │
║ change, rather than progress. They felt alive to me. I never beat them, │
║ because I didn't need to. │
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║ I'll raise my kids the same way, if I ever having any... │
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taking my 3ds everywhere just incase someone else is my age
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highly, highly recommend having a smart phone and a dumb phone at the same
time. The smart phone can be wi-fi only so you don't have to pay for it,
just... have it around in-case you need it. Use it for things like playing
Magic Survival or messaging from bed, but use your flip phone for all the
phone-related activities like calls and texts.
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@user-95 back when games had more value because you only had like, 6 of them
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║ When my family would go on roadtrips, I'd hide under a blanket in the front │
║ seat with my laptop and power inverter just to hide from the glare. │
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║ My mom would play audiobooks, usually fantasy stories, and my sisters would │
║ watch their portable TVs. Like, dvd players that you could carry on top of │
║ your lap. Not laptops, but little purpose-built devices primarily intended to │
║ be used to watch DVDs, or rather movie files that were printed on a disk. │
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║ And yes, it's disk, not disc, thanks for asking. │
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║ anyway it was pretty nice I have fond memories of jugging a gas-station snack │
║ while also swapping circular cartridges - most games required the game's CD to │
║ be inserted in order to play the game. │
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║ which is just... a nonsensical restriction if you think about it hard enough. │
║ I mean, like, can you imagine if you needed to insert your windows disk │
║ anytime you wanted your computer to turn on? Just... write the disk │
║ information! To disc! Save it so that you never need the crude piece of │
║ plastic again! Then pass it to your fr │
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video games yay!
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https://www.northshorecare.com/incontinence-products/personal-care/body-wipes/n
orthshore-supreme-quilted-wipes/northshore-supreme-heavy-duty-quilted-wipes-x-l
arge-case600-1250s
speaking as a person who uses these kind of wipes often, they can be used as a
"portable shower" in a pinch. Can you think of anyone you see around you who
might want to feel a bit cleaner, but can't afford a home with a shower?
It's also hot. If you go camping, these can help with sweat. Somehow they
always feel cool.
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@user-192
would love something like that...! Also, joystick for flight games
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@user-30 weird suggestion but I had a dream about this game last night and I
thought you might like it. It's old and on the Gamecube but if you're into
retro stuff you might dig it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Kingdoms
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@user-883
you don't have to move somewhere to live out of a hotel for a week or two. It
just costs money and time.
don't have money? don't have time? good, do what you can do where you are.
... you're somewhat of a special case though because of all the valuable
technology you have. Honestly you personally should work in a museum. I wonder
if there are retro computer enthusiast museums in Hillsboro, the capital of
semiconductor design? I bet someone there might have something for you to do.
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brb gonna take a nap and play some video games for a couple whenevers, hope I
was useful
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everyone's all like "oh we need to help the homeless people end their drug
addictions so let's punish them for having high levels of certain chemicals in
their blood feces and urine" when really what we should be doing is getting
them a Linux gameboy like an Anbernic
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A pocket-sized notebook and mechanical pencil is the most useful thing I've
ever owned.
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byyyyyyye more video game time I guess
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https://seths.blog/2025/04/how-to-win-an-argument-with-a-toddler/
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*video games are better than ruminating*
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whoa, cool! So with one of these you can flash any ROM you want onto the
cartridge and it should play any GBA/GBC game you uhhh legally own and have
pulled the ROM from? If so that's pretty neat
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If it has a USB-C charger there's a pretty reasonable chance that you can't
trust it.
money is useless, but it can still get you things, so that's nice. don't get
used to it though.
If you have kids, take them out to the park. Or to get pizza. Icecream will
do. Let them see the bright side of you. The fear that you haven't yet turned
into energy is something they shouldn't yet see.
Be honest. Be truthful. We are multifaceted, for every person has a bright
side. You can find yours in an afternoon if you spend it watching the leaves
in the trees.
Money is useless. Dollars can buy things online and pesos can pay for light
labor. But that's about it, at least where I live.
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note to self: children are an exception, they are more important than anything
else.
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https://www.realworldincon.com/helpful-items
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everyone's all like "ew touchscreens in cars" but the moment someone says
"what if phones were gameboys" everyone's all like "girl they don't have the
right hardware radios built in for cellular communication, plus do you really
wanna be tied to wifi" and I'm like "yeah so peer to peer" and it's like "what
use is it if you gotta stay within 100 feet of them or whatever" and I'm like
"... I dunno probably somethin'" and then they walk away in a huff because
they're too busy for my child-style games. Meanwhile girls have never heard of
Streetpass on the Nintendo DS mixed with Scuttlebutt on the ocean and carried
into and around port
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@user-1153
nope, I just use my desktop and flip phone. I live in an apartment.
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VIDEO GAMES, amiright?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EKV2nSU8w
don't let your your children use YouTube
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Joystick required
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let your children grow, yes, but still challenge them. test them. see where
their spirit flows to. give them situations, and give them choices to resolve
them.
there's no greater gift an elder can give than experience.
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children should be raised in museums, not classrooms
they should visit parks, not fenced in playgrounds.
they should eat with family, at festivals, in restaurants, and under the stars
they should sleep content, knowing that their next day will be greater than
the last.
children should be treated like people, not frustratingly loud and messy
little brats
children are to be nurtured like a sapling, not harnessed like a machine
I'll never have kids, but I can dream.
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gonna play more video games, currently have 11 tabs of written posts open in
my browser...
(okay a few of them get a little off-topic, but hey I have ADHD what do you
expect of me)
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@user-1227
If you need one, you will be given one. Do what makes you feel right. If I
were you, I'd buy sunscreen, 5 hour energy, AAA batteries, and silicone
lubricating oil for, uh... bikes
"Clean, Lubricate, Protect"
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