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How do you feel about the removal of tokens from arcades ? (sh.itjust.works)
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Im probably in the very very small minority of people who still love and go to arcades. Its such a great place to meet like minded nerds. We are lucky to have 2 really awesome ones in town, one of which has a lot of good old machines, and they repair them too. They have some new ones that are OK too.

Anyway, I dont like that they changed to the dumb card thing. I get it (efficiency, capitalism, it was bound to happen) but it removes another visceral experience in society that was so fun.

Anyway, my old man rant!

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 17 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

The only thing I hate about the cards is that most arcades that use it (not all tho) do that bullshit where the cheapest game is an odd number of credits, but you can only buy an even number of credits so you are paying a minimum of $5 for a maximum of a $3 purchase, leaving you with $2 you can't so shit with.

Fuck this practice, and fuck the son of a bitch who invented it.

[–] MrMeowMeow@mander.xyz 12 points 22 hours ago

Off topic rant: county fair rides. My town has a decent-ish county fair every summer, and this past year my son was finally old enough to go on rides. Nothing crazy, but he kept seeing the Ferris wheel when we would drive by, and really wanted to go on it. My wife looked up ticket prices online, and saw that it was 2 credits a person to ride, so that would equate to I think like $6USD for the three of us to take a five minute ride around the wheel. We show up to the fair, and in order to use any ride credits whatsoever, every rider has to have their own ride bracelet. Those cost $2 each. Each bracelet had to be loaded with a minimum of $20 worth of ride credits. Meaning that for my family of three to ride the Ferris wheel one time, which should have cost $6, we would be paying $66. Luckily, my little boy is an absolute trooper, and didn’t go into a conniption fit when we told him we weren’t going to do any rides. But seriously, it blew my mind. It seems like companies are just extracting every possible penny from cherished childhood memories. Don’t even get me started on mall Santas haha