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[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

I like a nice pair of bongos.

[–] crowbar@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago

It is nice though

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

Ahnold: "milk is for babies; I drink beer!"

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dude sprang for the WaveBird and what I assume is delivery pizza, how many more luxuries should he have?

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago

That looks like a Little Caesars box, so definitely the low end of to-go pizza.

Also, he took the time to decorate with the Konga drums, so its totally luxurious!

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Man, I wish my life were that simple again.

That looks so fucking relaxing, like I have nothing to do for the rest of the evening, and no pressing concerns as I sip my chocolate milk.

Only thing I would change: out that TV on a milk crate so your neck isnt strained even more than it is from sitting on the floor.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

But when we were young and had set ups like this we also had invincible bodies.

Or rather, what felt at the time to be invincible bodies. Now I'm at the part of life where the bill for that comes due.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I threw my back out the other day.... By turning over in bed.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

The old joke about wondering how you can "sleep wrong" and then finding out.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That was exactly my setup when I struck out on my own.

GameCube, wavebird, bongos, Twilight Princess. PS2, Guitar Hero, mod chip, case full of burned games. Single twin size mattress on the floor.

Those were the best days of my life.

I had two DVDs. Napoleon Dynamite and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

No internet, no telephone. I wanted to be creative and I didn’t want distractions. I wrote most of my songs in that little window.

Screw it. I never share my music. Here’s one of the songs I recorded.

https://mega.nz/file/MwdwTaAC#ZkyRIAnntCA6tq_sw06y64A2ljX7sldMhKKY0A3a0Bs

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This song slaps, did you do all the parts yourself? Are you still making music?

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I really do appreciate your comment. You put this stuff together and think it won’t ever be heard, so it feels good when someone likes it.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Yeah I do. Not as much as I did then. I really appreciate the comment.

I did do all the parts, but I had originally recorded the drums on an old cheap Yamaha electric pad thing. I met someone online years ago who remastered the recording and redid the drums.

I’ve shared my music like 3 times in the last decade. I mostly just do it for me and for my people when I kick the bucket, in case they want it. I know my son does. He wants everything, even all of the hours and hours of recordings where I was trying to come up with something.

I’m really glad you like it. I’ll share a few more.

https://mega.nz/file/E00nzD7C#DGOB4O51EalvIREhqAepIe98jvrVIeagR8jcPbmNGgk

https://mega.nz/file/100ShDoD#j5iFTXWk8sSQLVVs1LO9g_ovWoZnslB2sdIbe3x5mk8

And here are a couple more recent songs.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CFfWzOw387w

https://youtube.com/shorts/-b1EuBlsPEk

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[–] segabased@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OOP missed the mark on this one. This is serene. Like you moved out either for the first time or transferred to a new city and brought only the things you love before you fill your house up with trash

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[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 74 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is amazing

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 day ago

My thoughts exactly! This man is living the dream!

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 15 hours ago
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

My bro got out of army and moved 6000km to a new job in a new city in a new country. His setup was:

  • clothes
  • couch for sleeping
  • monitor on cardboard box
  • keyboard on smaller box
  • back to the wall

He worked like that until the Stuff arrived.

[–] YaksDC@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I guess I am too old, my first thought when I see this picture is "my poor back". 😂

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, my response was "needs a comfy seat, something to put the TV on so it's eye level, and something to put the pizza and drink on so they're within arm's reach".

But otherwise this is peak. I had a space in my parent's basement like this with an old couch and dresser that had been headed to the dump, along with the big family CRT when they upgraded to LCD. Add some Bionicle and other Lego to fidget with and inject that nostalgia into my veins.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

That's some clean carpet.

[–] BenThereDoneThat@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

It’s missing the milk crate stolen from behind a dunkin donuts serving as a tv stand

ITT: A lot of guys going "Ah man this was first days in my first apartment out on my own. Good times."

Chocolate milk, GameCube, and me!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago

People mocking other peoples happiness & low environmental footprint is weak af.

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

This is what happiness looks like.

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I ended up renting a room as an adult, not because i'm bad at adulting but because the value of my wage has been destroyed and i basically learned that if i have a desk + chair for my pc and a bed/sofa mix...i am golden.

I just need a computer and no one bothering me (which was an issue at the time as 2 others were quite a burden. One was addicted to hard drugs and the other was a petty criminal who was always in trouble with the police to the point they came looking for him on a daily basis.) Other than the constant noise and not being able to sleep...yeah i'd settle for a minimal life with maximum peace and quiet.

I really do not care for society, i never asked to be put on this planet.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

+1 for Pokemon Colosseum.

Isn’t that like the black sheep of Pokémon games? And one of my favorites: I’m feeling majorly nostalgic RN.

Another +1 for a wireless GC controller. This is a man of sophistication and culture.

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago

Colosseum was great. Maybe it was a different version but I remember you could import your pokemon from the gameboy games so it was just gym battles with much better graphics. Also yeah. The (wavebird?) controller was the shit back then. Your friend having one meant they had rich parents.

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[–] slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

There is remote controls for game cube?

Yeah, I loved my wavebird back in the day.

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[–] Kyrrrr@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm in my thirties so I too crave this scenario but what I really wanna talk about is the amount of people mentioning sitting on the floor hurting their back. Sedentary lifestyles and/or the constant push for more labor has wiped out something humanity has done for thousands of years.

I feel weird for fixating on this but it's a little sad a lot of people are losing the ability to just sit on some grass and exist

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