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[–] WhoaDang@reddthat.com 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a real PS2 ad. It's a fake created a few years ago by an influencer named Shy Smith.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 months ago

Aww damn, I definitely thought it was real and in some video game magazine

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

I find this funny, since I used to hide drugs like mushrooms inside consoles. I figured it was the one place literally no one would think to look. Just unscrewed them, put a baggie inside in one of those empty spaces (there's always a spot), and put the case back together.

[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Rockstar used to go pretty hard.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

It’s likely they were trying to get the news riled up so they could cause a moral outrage that would attract attention to the game.

[–] deezbutts@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

All right I'll ask the dumb question here, what am I looking at? From what I can tell they are tiny empty bags

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Those type of bags are usually used to hold illicit substances, and typically only bought by small-time drug dealers.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And electronics hobbyists!

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] mPony@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

board game baggies usually have a tiny hole in them, to let the air out when you're packing the game away. not so great if you're muleing some molly to your weekly game of Wingspan

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

awww youve never bought street powders thats nice

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 3 points 6 months ago

The Bags that spare buttons come in, or how I used to get all my drugs.

[–] b000rg@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago

This game, appropriately, is where I learned there was such a thing as uppers and downers.

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[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

If ads were interesting and creative, I might have turned off my adblockers to watch them.

[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

PS2 is retro now? Damn, getting old really does sneak up on you.

I found my Green game boy Pocket and saw the 1989-1996 copyright.

It looks so pristine. 😭😭😭

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ps3 is starting to be referenced as retro now....

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

When ‘next gen’ (eg. PS5) becomes the new ‘current gen’, then the old ‘last gen’ becomes retro.

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[–] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (10 children)
[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's gonna be a fun night followed by a hard, sleepy day

[–] kwomp2@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Looks more like a few hours of cramping body and soul followed by 3 days of emotional hangover

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ehhhhh so this was in 2000. Your standard ecstasy pill (we’re assuming they’re not pipers; these don’t look shiny and they’re not shaped or outpressed) have between 70mg MDMA and 120mg (if they’re absolute fire.)

This would be about 400mg of MDMA total. While that is quite a lot, you’re not going to have a horrible time—I just wouldn’t do it in public because you WILL be a chattering mess. It’ll still feel amazing, though.

Source: oldhead, last time I rolled it was a total of about 450mg but spread out over hours and I was absolutely not in public, just writing naked with my partner)

[–] kwomp2@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was gonna add "these days" but didn't

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

Oh GOD I fully agree in that case. Rolls nowadays have up to 300-400mg in a single pill (sounds like you already know that, but I’m just saying this for context in case another reader doesn’t)

That’d be like eating a gram or more of Molly at once, and THAT is for sure not safe and not a good time.

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[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe ecstacy is actually dehydrating. Dancing at a rave for hours on end without drinking anything is though.

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can someone make a version of this photo, but its acetaminophen and the girl is just up-aged to how old she'd be now?

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

thyroid medication

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Everything reminds me of her..

[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I feel like it means: we are not like Nintendo, we make video games for adults (and children who want to play like adults).

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also, our games are as good as drugs.

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[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

I like the PS2 ad that pretended to be a PS9 ad

https://youtu.be/QP2wuDts3S4

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[–] namelivia@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

90s SEGA was the OG of this, we need 90s SEGA back

[–] catch22@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago
[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (9 children)

I miss that era. Companies didn’t mind a bit of edginess and weren’t afraid to market to adults. The console culture itself also isn’t what it used to be.

These days, gaming consoles all need to be safe enough for five year olds to play on them. And it’s caused everything to be just too bland and safe, both in marketing and the console itself. Can’t really have things like Xbox 360 Uno with the live camera feed and no moderation. Or the wholly uncensored COD lobbies.

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