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Post by lanceboyle94 on Feb 23, 2011 21:46:35 GMT -5
- Marijuana (not much, only a small leaf, but I know what pot looks like) If that were on a copy of NARC it would be totally ironic |
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Post by Feynman on Feb 23, 2011 23:50:08 GMT -5
I would probably shit myself if I found a live spider in... anything I wasn't expect a spider in. A dead one would elicit a yelp and a leap. Ike's 3:2 ratio is terrifying. It makes me never want to buy a used game ever again. I remember one day during a particularly nasty heatwave where I had a full sink of dishes in the kitchen that I had put off doing the previous day. I moved some out of the way and damn near had to change my pants when I discovered no fewer than FIVE hobo spiders lurking in the corners of the various items of tableware. I had never seen them come inside before, and I can only assume they were drawn to the sink because of the small pools of water it contained. There is never any circumstance where finding a pack of large spiders in your sink is a pleasant experience. |
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Post by thethird on Feb 24, 2011 0:04:36 GMT -5
We don't find groups of spider's in my house that often, but we have a strange, strange type of spider found often in the specific area of town where I live that, I'm not exaggerating, are the size of your hand. They look like tarantulas. My brothers and I actually held council on the best way to kill one of these things the first time we saw one, hanging off the ceiling. In the end we decided on knocking it off the ceiling with a broom, and then sucking it up with the tube end of a vacuum. We then watched it spin around the vortex in the middle, flailing for dear life, living for a few minutes as it was shredded to pieces.
It was pretty fucked up.
I feel bad for spiders.
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Post by Sac (a.k.a Icaras) on Feb 24, 2011 0:44:22 GMT -5
I never had any desire to open up the old cartridge based games I own. And now...I think I never will  |
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Post by X-pert74 on Feb 24, 2011 4:53:18 GMT -5
That is fucking disgusting. I've never found any bug parts in any games of mine, but I have purchased a lot of used games. It worries me to think that there might be some inside my collection somewhere.
I did once find a cockroach in my room, but when I went toward it, it was running while next to a cable connected to my fan, and my lifting up the fan moved the cable and knocked the roach on its back, causing it to be stuck. It was like a turtle being flipped on its shell. So I took that opportunity to smash it over and over again with my shoe. I'd hate to think about what would happen if I had let it get away.
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Post by vetus on Feb 24, 2011 7:27:46 GMT -5
And to think of I was feeling bad about a little dust on my videogames cases or on my consoles. Not anymore after reading this article. But this is a good reminder to take care of them more often and not once in a while if I don't want to have similar experiences after a few years.
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Post by shelverton on Feb 24, 2011 8:18:20 GMT -5
I'm 110% arachnophobic so I'm actually cringing in my seat as we speak. Sweden is thankfully blessed with no spider monstrosities, or any other huge bug for that matter, but there is one particular kind that can be spotted every once in a while, especially in basements, old houses and near water. It's fat with looong legs.. at least in comparision to what else is out there. I know it's harmless, but that is not the point... It's effin terrifying and I imagine it sitting in dark corners, plotting to jump at me, giving birth to millions of babies in an orifice of its choice  I have no problem with snakes or anything else, it's just spiders. In the highly unlikely event of a spider living in my video game collection, I shall have a minor heartattack. |
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Post by Wildcat on Feb 24, 2011 10:15:41 GMT -5
Man, this thread is great. Well, not great in what's happening, but in an awesome response way. When I worked at a consignment store briefly as its game tester, I can't even begin to tell you how many consoles I had to throw out because they either didn't work, smelled funny and/or were coated with strange liquids. Controllers were another issue, as a bunch of them (particularly third party stuff) were trashed, but were sold in anyway. A high ratio of them were Genesis consoles and Gamecubes. XD But I have seen what people can do to gaming stuff, and it's depressing as hell. And the games - man, I didn't know you could scratch discs as bad as some of the ones I've seen.  |
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Post by shelverton on Feb 24, 2011 11:08:38 GMT -5
Reminds me of a documentary I saw about people with hoarding issues. There was this young guy who lived in what can only be described as a garbage dump, except worse. On the floor was a copy of Star Ocean The Second Story (disc only) which they had to throw away because of the state of things in that room. The place was toxic with germs and nasty things. This guy was obviously not well in the head, so it's not really the same thing. But still. Star Ocean |
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Post by Ike on Feb 24, 2011 11:24:09 GMT -5
Genesii and Gamecubes are made out of some kind of indestructible plastic. I've seen those things covered in every manner of ... substance and still play like they're fresh out of the box. Here's the Halo "fanart" I was talking about. It's very sweet:   |
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Post by America Young Fusion on Feb 24, 2011 11:29:44 GMT -5
If that was me, there'd be another thing in that cartridge. My vomit. Onyx?? More like Ricky Martin! |
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Post by shelverton on Feb 24, 2011 11:48:40 GMT -5
"i'll be praying that you and your mom do well in your quest to stay clean"
To me that sounds like they're doing drugs or something. Maybe "stay clean" means something else? Cute card, though.
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Post by susanismyalias on Feb 24, 2011 12:36:17 GMT -5
I would probably shit myself if I found a live spider in... anything I wasn't expect a spider in. A dead one would elicit a yelp and a leap. Ike's 3:2 ratio is terrifying. It makes me never want to buy a used game ever again. I remember one day during a particularly nasty heatwave where I had a full sink of dishes in the kitchen that I had put off doing the previous day. I moved some out of the way and damn near had to change my pants when I discovered no fewer than FIVE hobo spiders lurking in the corners of the various items of tableware. I had never seen them come inside before, and I can only assume they were drawn to the sink because of the small pools of water it contained. There is never any circumstance where finding a pack of large spiders in your sink is a pleasant experience. \ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  And now I'm never doing dishes again. Time to invest in biodegradable dinnerware. |
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Post by thethird on Feb 24, 2011 12:44:46 GMT -5
That card seems really depressing to me. He's got a pic of master chief and it says "LITTLE SHADOW" but then at the bottom he states that everybody is just a shadow compared to Jesus. so it's like "hey pal, happy birthday, here's a pic of that halo game that's all the rage. he's pretty cool isn't he? but he ain't as cool as jesus and never will be. stay clean, peace, see you in half a year"
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Post by llj on Feb 24, 2011 16:07:12 GMT -5
I have had the odd 3 or 4 tiny, tiny, mites around my game consoles area (you can only see them if you look closely) during the late summer months. I live in an apartment where half of it is "below" ground, so insects can come in through the soil. Needless to say, I am a bachelor who's still in "that" phase of his adult life, so I have had to deal with all sorts of little nasties while living here. I'm used to a handful of spiders sitting in some corner, as long as they aren't too big they are tolerable and even useful. Infestations still freak me out, though. This summer was particularly hot up here in Canada, and there were many attempted break-ins by a couple of armies of various insects.
Since my carts are stored on a shelf, they really can't get in there, but I wouldn't be surprised if spiders or mites crawled into my disc cases on the carpet during that period of the season.
Thankfully, this winter has been quite cold and it should help control the bug population this coming summer, unlike last year where we had a mild winter.
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