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Pills & Pacman

the_syco · 2009-06-05 08:49:25

In the "Dance & Electronic & DJing" section, with 236 admitting to having taken pills, the following quote came to mind... "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian…

05-06-2009 8:49am

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In the "Dance & Electronic & DJing" section, with 236 admitting to having taken pills, the following quote came to mind...

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

Funny 'cos it's true :P :pac:

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#2 05-06-2009 9:06am

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Heard this quote years ago... Think its an urban legend though...

Edit: Actually.... Read this.

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#3 05-06-2009 9:13am

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el_weirdo wrote: »

Heard this quote years ago... Think its an urban legend though...

Edit: Actually.... Read this.

Actually, aye. Seems it's by Marcus Brigstocke.

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#4 05-06-2009 10:04am

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I recall Robin Williams making that remark in 1 of his shows too.

- Drav!

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#5 05-06-2009 10:18am

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Dravokivich wrote: »

I recall Robin Williams making that remark in 1 of his shows too.

- Drav!

Robin Williams is generally recognised as the biggest plaguiriser in stand-up. Umpteen stories about his underhanded and blatant theft of lines evident after a cursory google search.

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#6 05-06-2009 10:24am

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I think someone has it as their sig on boards.

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#7 05-06-2009 10:27am

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Insurgent wrote: »

I think someone has it as their sig on boards.

Yeah, I've seen it too.

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#8 05-06-2009 10:32am

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jimi_t wrote: »

Robin Williams is generally recognised as the biggest plaguiriser in stand-up. Umpteen stories about his underhanded and blatant theft of lines evident after a cursory google search.

I never said he was original, just mentioned that he too had also said it, while alot of other posters above also referred to other people making the same statement.

- Drav!

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#9 05-06-2009 10:33am

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What I love if the fact OP felt the need to make the important words of a 2 line sentence bold, in case we didn't see the funny bit.
Thanks OP.

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#10 05-06-2009 10:34am

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WAKKAWAKKAWAKKAWAKKAWAKKAWAKKAWAK... what?

Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.

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#11 05-06-2009 10:45am

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Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

What I love if the fact OP felt the need to make the important words of a 2 line sentence bold, in case we didn't see the funny bit.
Thanks OP.

I was afraid the pill crunching numpties wouldn't figure it out.

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#12 05-06-2009 10:49am

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Everyone has taken pills.

well everyone I know anyway

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#13 05-06-2009 10:53am

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the_syco wrote: »

I was afraid the pill crunching numpties wouldn't figure it out.

clearly you don't know what your talking about and have lacked the experience of the affects of such chemical's, it is something you have to try to understand...
Did you know the inventor of xtc still takes it and he's 87 can't remember his name tho..

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#14 05-06-2009 10:54am

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the_syco wrote: »

In the "Dance & Electronic & DJing" section, with 236 admitting to having taken pills, the following quote came to mind...

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

Funny 'cos it's true :P :pac:

Well i never played Pacman.

Flaw the first!:pac:

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#15 05-06-2009 10:56am

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What about Super Mario Brothers?

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#16 05-06-2009 10:58am

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WindSock wrote: »

What about Super Mario Brothers?

Nope, didn't really play that either. But i do like mushrooms.

I mostly played "Streets of Rage" ( might explain something ), Gods ( might explain the superiority complex) and "Megalomania" which might explain why skilled mercenaries are currently crossing boarders all over the world as we speak.

First you get the sugar and all that.

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#17 05-06-2009 10:59am

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Snow-Monkey wrote: »

clearly you don't know what your talking about and have lacked the experience of the affects of such chemical's, it is something you have to try to understand...
Did you know the inventor of xtc still takes it and he's 87 can't remember his name tho..

Be surprised if he could too!

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#18 05-06-2009 11:03am

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Zadkiel wrote: »

Be surprised if he could too!

go into hmv pick up gangs bye tony thompson it s short chaptor on xtc... it syas it in there interesting tho its really hard to make and can blow up to

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#19 05-06-2009 11:19am

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Dragan wrote: »

Well i never played Pacman.

Flaw the first!:pac:

there's also no repetitve electronic music in pac man, just a jingle at the start of each level, and a chomping sound. so the whole analogy is flawed.

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#20 05-06-2009 11:36am

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WindSock wrote: »

What about Super Mario Brothers?

We would all be living as lovers with our brother?

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#21 05-06-2009 11:55am

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Ecstacy, fcuking horrible whore of a drug.

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#22 05-06-2009 11:58am

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#23 05-06-2009 12:21pm

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did anyone hear the story of the fella who was wheelchair bound until he took ecstasy?

it was in the paper a while back

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#24 05-06-2009 12:39pm

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120_Minutes wrote: »

there's also no repetitve electronic music in pac man, just a jingle at the start of each level, and a chomping sound. so the whole analogy is flawed.

Besides, "repetitive" only really covers minimilist techno.

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#25 05-06-2009 12:39pm

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Snow-Monkey wrote: »

clearly you don't know what your talking about and have lacked the experience of the affects of such chemical's, it is something you have to try to understand...
Did you know the inventor of xtc still takes it and he's 87 can't remember his name tho..

The guy who invented MDMA died in the First World War, you're thinking of Alexander Shulgin.

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#26 05-06-2009 1:12pm

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Insurgent wrote: »

I think someone has it as their sig on boards.

It's been my sig for years, some cnut has stolen it recently though

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#27 05-06-2009 1:18pm

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CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

It's been my sig for years, some cnut has stolen it recently though

I hope you get the hypocrisy

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#28 05-06-2009 1:25pm

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WindSock wrote: »

What about Super Mario Brothers?

Mushroom Kingdom? One way ticket please

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#29 05-06-2009 1:27pm

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CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

It's been my sig for years, some cnut has stolen it recently though

You've barely been a member for 2 years, so how could it have been there for "years"?

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know where the "Hi, I'm pacman... I let drugs turn my life into a maze of destruction..." quote came from? (used in a defective audio tune called Psychomp)

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#30 05-06-2009 1:36pm

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WindSock wrote: »

What about Super Mario Brothers?

I'm convinced Mario is Soviet propaganda.
a)He looks like Stalin
b)He acts as a working man hero overthrowing an evil king
c)the contant flashes of red

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#31 05-06-2009 1:51pm

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loveissucide wrote: »

I'm convinced Mario is Soviet propaganda.
a)He looks like Stalin
b)He acts as a working man hero overthrowing an evil king
c)the contant flashes of red

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xQ-ns5whw

I can't embed it =(

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#32 05-06-2009 1:54pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjEDX-2M7Qk

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