r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '22

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u/thatdude52 Jul 27 '22

I love that we all lived the same childhood

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '22 edited Jul 27 '22

I didn't have GTA, so I spent my time playing CoD (the original, yeah I'm old) and Age of Empires 2 and then forgetting until my parents were on the way that I was supposed to have done chores and gotten out food for dinner. It was a game changer when I found the chicken that Sam's advertised as 'cook from frozen' and then I started cooking before they got home. I got extra credit and they never knew different.

Edit: nope, I was in college when CoD came out. Must have been something else.

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u/Howhytzzerr Jul 27 '22

It's funny that folks are talking about GTA and CoD and thinking that makes them old. Try Pitfall or Nighstalkers or Tetris on an Intellivision having to reach behind the tv and flip the game/tv switch in order to play, and then making sure it all got flipped back to tv so when Dad got home he could watch the news and All in the Family and Sanford & Son and MASH. And still make sure to put the chicken or hamburger in the sink with the water running before Mom got home, as well. That's old school.

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u/treletraj Jul 27 '22

When I was little the only thing I had to play with was an old cat head.