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  • Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the worst financial decision you've ever made?byThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
    3 days

    Not worst, but it’s been very hit or miss on Kickstarter. There were some good things that came from it buuut…

    1. Coolest. Yes I did end up getting one, but never used the cooler itself. The only thing that got use was the Bluetooth speaker, which I used so much it killed the battery. When I was getting ready to move, the coolest was in pristine condition but the internal battery (for the blender and phone charging) was completely shot, and I had newer better coolers so I set it by the curb.

    2. Andromium Superbook. This was supposed to be a netbook sized device that you plug your android into turning it into a “laptop”. Nothing ever came from it, reports of being a scam or someone embezzled the money.

    3. Polygons. Measuring cups and spoons which are a single piece of plastic that can “fold in” to different measures sizes. These seemed kinda slick but “production issues” blah blah “suppliers” yadda yadda, still nothing after a decade.

    4. Bears vs Babies. A card game which turned out to be boring and shitty.

    5. Nuvi Sleep Mask. A sleep mask which pairs to your phone that’s supposed to help sleep by setting up light pulses etc. I could never get the app to work so a total bust

    6. Flyte socks. Fun “bold” colorful socks. Stitching tore putting the damn socks on

    7+. Various comic books. Backing a couple and finally reading them…you can tell why they had to seek funding on Kickstarter and otherwise couldn’t find a publisher for these stories.

  • Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the worst financial decision you've ever made?byThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
    3 days

    Same here.

    I had an old paintball gun I bought off someone in highschool but never got the chance to play, until after college on a weekend out of town trip so I had to borrow everything. About 8 years later a friend decides to get back into it after his divorce so we played a couple times and I swore I’d wait until we played a few times before investing money into newer, better gear. Then I got a new marker, hopper, mask, tanks, and all the trimmings. We played once (1 on 1) then he vanished forever when he started dating his would-be wife. I never touched any of it again.

    I didn’t get into DnD until COVID, and know how I am with things, I decided to get 1 set of cheap dice, borrow a PHB and start small. After several sessions and a solid group my dice addiction hits, I buy PHB, DMG and MM off eBay, custom mini and make my own dice box. Then I start getting into DMing, buy tons of minis, DM gear, paints, more dice etc etc. Me and my gf break up, the DM (a coworker of mine) went turncoat and I was gone from the group. I tried finding a couple new games after I moved but no luck.

    So now I got all this shit sitting on shelves in my basement

  • Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's a scene from a video game you'll never forget? Post a screenshot.byThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
    3 days

    I love when Boss was with…I don’t even remember who…but they were singing Biz Markie Just a Friend.

    This hits even harder at the end of 4 when the entire cast is singing it (poorly) and towards the end all the other voices fade out and it’s just Michael Clarke Duncan singing it out. For those who don’t know, MCD was did the voice of Benjamin King, one of the main villains in the original Saints Row. He did some VA for SR4 but passed away early on and Terry Crews took over the role. Before he died, one of the things MCD was able to record was him singing Just a Friend.