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ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Who didn't play with one?

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Who didn't play with one?

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ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    This was a key factor in developing my young immune system.

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      Green tasted the best

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        Tastes

        It hasnt changed

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The original photo is here is a pale imitation. The OG you’re looking for is The Rollercoaster by Anatex Enterprises (of Los Angeles, CA).

    Five unique, color differentiated wires of balls out, rail-riding, gravity-driven wooden bead mayhem. Though the blue wire barely counts. Its banal path is curt and uninspired; clearly an afterthought in both design and execution. F-tier. Green and orange make the entire experience worth it though.

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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      A true connoisseur

    • ickplant@lemmy.worldOP
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      My god, it even has a watermark.

    • jacktherippah@lemmy.world
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      Monsieur.

    • ehrenschwan@feddit.de
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      I’m from Germany and I could swear this was the one in the waiting Room of my pediatrician.

    • son_named_bort@lemmy.world
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      That’s the one that was at my pediatrician’s office. I played with others at other doctor’s offices but they weren’t quite the same.

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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    I remember being 13 years old in the doctor’s waiting room feeling awkward for wanting to play with it as I thumbed through a boring, 11 year old Reader’s Digest.

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    Pediatric Dentists:

    I’ll take one of those roll coaster things and a box of small toys you can choke on. Gimme a couple of those old Highlights magazines too.

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    This was the original rollercoaster tycoon game.

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      When I was a kid I loved pretending the blocks were rollercoaster trains. I also loved rollercoaster tycoon, so that’s spot-on.

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    Hot take: they intentionally put these in Grown Up places that have a lot of kids so their filthy curious hands only fuck with the shiny blocks, and not with the TV remotes and the fax machines

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    I bought on of these, but my kids never played with it. However, at the pediatrician’s, it was the most interesting thing ever to them

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      It was the most interesting thing in the waiting room. Not the most interesting thing in your house. I’d say that’s a good thing.

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        It is also a good demonstration how realtive our happyness is. It is all about expectations.

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          Gotta make them more unhappy so they can appreciate the little things

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            I mean somethimes for modern western people, putting things into perspective WOULD actually help.

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      They only liked the one that was covered in sick kid germs.

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    Hell, I made them. When I was a teenager I worked at a company called Educo that made these. The machines the old guy invented that bent the wires up were crazy.

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    deleted by creator

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    I think those are actually crazy expensive

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    Gotta ensure you have repeat customers

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    Only at the pediatrician’s office.

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    Who didn’t play with one like when? Like ever? Or just today?

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      Ever… bonus points if you played with one today.

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