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Cake day: January 10th, 2024

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  • I never had one. My parents rented one from Blockbuster once when they saw you could play Cruisin’ World on it. I went to watch a movie with mom and afterwards we went to Target and as we passed the electronics section she looked at the prices and said maybe we could get one later. We got home to find that my younger brother and sister had fought each other until they were bleeding, over whose turn it was to play (Cruising World was a single player game, I think, or the rental only came with one controller). That ended all hope of a video game system for years.

    I’ve thought off and on over the years about getting a used one, or one of those Analogue 3D systems. There were so many fun games to play with friends on there.




  • Post as quoted in the article from the group’s X/Twitter account:

    Gmemecoin,

    We’re aware of the stunt that took place early this morning, when one of our community members entered the Punch enclosure at Ichikawa Zoo in Tokyo dressed in our mascot costume and carrying a teddy bear version of himself.

    First and foremost, we are endlessly grateful for the cult we have built together and for a community that continues pushing boundaries and creating standalone virality out of thin air.

    You’re built different.

    That said, with our Season 1 Create to Earn campaign going live tonight, we want to remind everyone to respect local laws and never put yourselves, others, or any animals at risk.

    Wild energy is part of the culture, but safety always comes first.

    We have reviewed the footage from several angles, and we are happy to confirm that no monkey was touched or harmed during the stunt. From what we can tell, the sole intention was to give Punch a fresh new teddy bear to keep him company.

    To the team at Ichikawa Zoo: please check your DMs. We would like to donate ¥1,000,000 toward improving the monkey enclosure and supporting the incredible work you do caring for these animals.

    We hope you’re as hyped for Season 1 as we are.

    Quoted tweet for context.

    Memecoin Mode.

    EDIT: ¥1,000,000 ≈ US$6,300 or €5,400

















  • I can’t read the whole article because of a subscriber login, but the author is complaining about the looming imposition of a hard salary cap in baseball, in response to the Dodgers’ spending.

    Have other U.S. sports been ruined by a salary cap, though? I found baseball kind of boring back when the Yankees were constantly winning by dramatically outspending everyone else. Moving the dominance from the nation’s #1 market to the #2 market doesn’t seem particularly interesting. It feels like we see more variety in winners—and smaller market teams—in other leagues. MLB has had more variety in recent years, perhaps because moneyball became a more popular way to compete, but if we go back to one team outspending everyone else and constantly winning, then it feels like things get boring again.