Both TV and controller survived.
My brother was always scared the TV would accidentally crack and implode while he was watching TV. I kept telling him that it would take a direct strike from a baseball bat or dropping it off the roof of the house to do that. Tube TVs were STRONG.
TV screens today flutter when you touch them.
Those screens are really just thin glass sandwiches.
And they’re sharp too. When replacing a TV backlight I didn’t think about using gloves when lifting the panel. Welp, it can cut the skin a bit. If it slipped as I held it, that would have been fun for sure…
Anyway, the correct course of action is probably suction cups. Especially with larger panels. And a second person too. This was just a 32 inch panel.
I’ve seen too many videos of people launching Wiimotes because they weren’t wearing the strap. The Wii was around right as CRT was on its way out so I wonder how many LCD and plasma panels died this way.
Many. And many a wayward grandma or wandering child caught a Wiimote to the face.
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I used my ps5 DualShock without washing my hands and it broke
I thought those were quite robust, i heard of one being submerged to a depth of 3840 meters and surviving
That was actually a Logitech F710.
That would be a titanic effort …
I’ve had two DualSense controllers for almost 2 years now, and they get heavy use.
Absolutely no problems. Thought one was starting to get drift, but I opened it up and it just had a hair stuck under the stick of the left joystick.
I had a Nintendo Switch for less than a year and every joycon I got (the original 2 that came with it + two additional pairs) all got massive drift issues within a month or two. It was the main reason I only had the thing for a year.
It sucks so much that it was just a result of being cheap. Replacement Hall-effect sticks seem to function just fine, people say, but you don’t expect to need to crack the warranty sticker within mere months. :(
I remember people on the Nintendo subreddit defending Joycon drift by saying you need to use vinyl gloves to avoid dirt.
I really hope this is a joke. If not, wtf?
It was an age without outlets for information. If you wanted to have a chance at figuring out that secret sauce to get to the next level or beat that boss, there was magazine or back issue roulette. There was admitting you suck to your cooler richer friends to beg them to tell you how to beat it. There was the tiny chance that the official guide you had to special order might mention the thing. Then there was the dialup internet where loading to the nipples of a single image took longer than most boys, and by the time the whole image loaded 1 in 3 was holding a self serviced d-pad controller of their very own. Times were different, and so were the frustrations. If you wanted to learn, you went to the library on the other side of town. People read newspapers for information and it had classified-craigslist that was like paying Twitter by the word to try and sell your broken junk. Those of us that didn’t rage, blew on our cartridges like we were making a magical wish to a genie.
Wow, this is quite incredible. I point out someone’s lack of emotional control/stability, and you seem to think that implies that I am the one who is a child. I lived through the magical before times, friend, and I still didn’t conduct myself like this.
Do you always argue for your own perspective? I subtly indicated that this was not how I act, and I did not try to justify such behaviors. I simply stated a softening perspective of how people are a product of their environment and the perspective benefits of the present information age. It is adding real world abstracted complexity to something phrased in idealized binary simplicity that might make someone with a troubled childhood self-conscious or uncomfortable and instead bending perspective to nostalgia. It is a kindness with empathy for people I know that have changed and turned their life around, and for those with potential because binary labels and oversimplification can be harmful.
If you think that justifies that kind of behavior you might have some issues as well.
This is remarkably accurate, although to be fair, newspapers actually reported news back then, rather than journalistically fellating a group of shadowy billionaires. Different times.
Did they tho?
You’ve never seen a rager? That’s almost mild.
I suppose I just don’t associate with people who have such low emotional control and stability. I don’t play with those who scream or are toxic in chat, and I certainly wouldn’t have associated with anyone like this back in the split-screen days. That behavior is quite absurd and indicates a larger overall problem.
You’re not wrong, but you’re falling for a frequent foible of my own - not to put too fine a point on it, but you’re coming across a bit superior.
Perhaps people should feel inferior for behaving this way. It appears this behavior has been normalized and is found acceptable amongst certain groups. It isn’t and shouldn’t be.
This is fun. I’m trying to agree with you while explaining that we don’t have to be pricks about it, and you’re just doubling down. I love this comedic chemistry. Can we heckle things together?
I understood you, I’m just not that concerned, in this case, if these folks are offended. People who act like this or punch walls or get in road rage incidents are a danger to those around them and should be called out for their shitty behavior.
Alright, I’ll come off it. I just saw you walking in one of my shoes and thought I’d put in a friendly word… For the good of your sole. 🫣
Maybe he is superior?
I tried operating under that assumption, it didn’t work out
I used to get mad and chuck the controller at the NES. Imagine my surprise one day when I broke the cartridge door off. Fucking Battletoads.
I had this off brad PS2 controller with a small neon strip in it. I cracked the plastic around the handle in rage one day and it shocked my hands if they got sweaty after that. Still was my favorite controller even if it occasionally fought back.
Just gonna leave this here
Ah yes, the OG rage quit. Love to see it.
My confusion on the last sentence is with the inclusion of both “still” and “always”.
Either one would make sense and give flavor to the post about what you’re talking about.
“It still worked” meaning the TV/controller worked after being thrown around, a astute commentary about the durability of controllers and TVs compared to the original consoles.
“It always worked” seems to imply that doing this ritual completed the objective of calming the rage.
Both is just confusing me
Still can also be used to mean “despite that” as in “i threw it around and it still always worked” = " i threw it around and deslite that, it always worked".
Now, just to be clear:
The controller worked.
The TV has to be replaced every single time.
Not really. Those CRTs were tough as hell. Their only true enemy was giant magnets.
