Random Thoughts Thread

[AznKhmerBoi]

I dont clean the board with windex, i just use it on the sticker and whatever residue left on the plastic.

windex.

Why don't you have a seat over there.

[Hobie-wan]

People who disassemble and reassemble every cart purchased:

Is it just me... or are NES/SNES games easy to screw/unscrew but Genesis games are a pain in the ass?!

Since the threads are a lot bigger they do have more of a grip on the plastic of the shell. Genesis carts do make that 'crack' when the screw that hasn't moved in 20 years breaks free and starts to turn, where Nintendo carts do not. Pretty much all console cases will do that though since the screws are bigger there.

Dont get me wrong whenever i purchase a game cart i usually give it a thorough cleaning with windex.

*starts looking for the special nail board*

I dont clean the board with windex, i just use it on the sticker and whatever residue left on the plastic.

*stops digging*

Just be careful near the labels, especially if they aren't super shiny line NES/SNES ones. You don't want to end up with a blue tinted wrinkle somewhere on the label.

[DinnerX]

I generally use water on labels. Most labels don't take well to cleaners in my experience but are slick enough I can gradually get whatever goo is on them off with just water.

[AznKhmerBoi]

^ Hint dont ever use low grit sand paper. I used it once in low lit lighting to get off those annoying silver sticker that blockbuster or whatever put on. It worked getting off the silver residue, but after taking into better lighting i found the area of the cart that i sanded smooth and rough texture like its originally intended to.

Pros- got the annoying very sticky silver residue/sticker off

Cons- in good lighting you can see that portion of sanding smooth lol.

[Dylan]

Lol, well congrats man! Are you in highschool or college?

Grades are in, passed all of my classes. Never thought I'd be so happy to see a C.

I'm in college. I didn't get hardly any Cs in high school, but my high school study habits didn't translate well into college.

[BoringSupreez]

Lol, well congrats man! Are you in highschool or college?

Grades are in, passed all of my classes. Never thought I'd be so happy to see a C.

I'm in college. I didn't get hardly any Cs in high school, but my high school study habits didn't translate well into college.

Lowest I ever got in school was a D, in music theory. Taught me never to take classes in areas I know I'm not talented in.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I failed a bunch of classes when I was younger. Got suspended from school several times. Even kicked out of college at one point. I had quite a troubled youth, and a bit of a troubled adulthood unfortunately. Been trying to get "back on track" the last few years, so to speak.

The irony is that I'm always lecturing to schoolchildren about the importance of grades, hard work, etc.

[brunoafh]

I did quite well in high school with a final GPA of around 3.3 and an SAT score around 1300, but unfortunately I've been too lazy to go to college all these years, and watching them whizz by while I accomplish nothing is quite depressing.

[BoneSnapDeez]

It's never too late. I'm in college now @ 29.

[Xeogred]

Ditto to that. 3.0 GPA, got an endorsement in my game design class along with a few others (did a huge speech in front of hundreds which was crazy, but I did well. Guess I can do that, but I hate smaller classroom-like crowds)... and yeah, now I'm gonna be 25 this year and only like half way to associates, and just about instantly hating all the jobs I land. Shit sucks, simply put. AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!

It's never too late. I'm in college now @ 29.

Yeah... I mean some chick at my work is taking classes and stuff, she's 31 or something. I don't know if I have the energy in me to handle a full time job and some classes though. But living at home has pretty much drained me completely by this point. Gonna try to get out with a friend sometime this fall and turn my life around I hope.

Also random thought: Is there any jobs out there that don't have overtime, or am I in the wrong country?