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Re:Roblox is a problem – but it's a symptom of something worse by bradlys on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @05:50PM (#46051813)
As if arcade games weren’t money hungry and painfully punishing purely to get more quarters out of children.
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Re:Roblox is a problem – but it's a symptom of something worse by pupppet on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @06:16PM (#46052000)
Arcades got you out of the house, they had a communal aspect to them, you played games together. Those quarters were well spent!
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Re:Roblox is a problem – but it's a symptom of something worse by cwmoore on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @05:58PM (#46051857)
I couldn't get a quarter out of my dad as a kid. Who's fault is the parents?
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Re:Roblox is a problem – but it's a symptom of something worse by vibrio on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @08:54PM (#46053288)
If I mowed 2 acres of lawn dad would give me a stack of quarters. It didn’t take me long to realize that a fraction of that mowing time spent playing Defender would consume those quarters. I still loved playing it, but valuable perspective.
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