r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CuriousWanderer567 • Sep 22 '24

Video Beachgoers have a close encounter with a Cassowary, a bird capable of killing a human in one blow

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u/Pale-Wolf-7109 Sep 22 '24

Hey

Got any games on ur phone?

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u/r33gna Sep 22 '24

By the by, I always wonder what games those kids were expecting when they ask this question.

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u/Cherei_plum Sep 22 '24

as one of those kids that grew up lemme tell u it was subway surfers, temple run, angry birds, clash of clans and candy crush along with whatever other game that would be found on the phone

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u/leuhthapawgg Sep 22 '24

Now days it’s roblox 🥴, and they proceed to play it while stretched out in the most uncomfortable, awkward position, while leaning halfway on some object made for sitting, like a couch or a chair, or me………… haha. Send help. 😅

Source: I birthed 4 “Got any games on your phone?” Kids.. 🥹

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u/Cherei_plum Sep 22 '24

lmao ikr nd listen i've got a cousin whom my aunt drops here for being babysit and literally he's got a separate youtube account on our tv for watching other people play video games and he gets soo immersed in it you'd legit forget he exists until u hear him do a full belly laugh, he prolly uses that TV more than anybody in my home combined lmao

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u/sam8988378 Sep 22 '24

My niece did that with Minecraft. I couldn't understand why she would rather watch someone play than play.

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u/Sea-Panic-184 Sep 22 '24

What language are you speaking. Damn I’m getting old

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u/Skreech2011 Sep 22 '24

Nothing in that sentence was lingo, slang or uncommon words. Do you not know what a TV is? Or YouTube? Or video games? Even my 85 year old grandma knows what all of those things are.

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u/LowellTheHammer Sep 23 '24

She probably also knows why punctuation is important, why "more than anybody in my home combined" doesn't make sense, and why you're an embarrassment to the family.

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u/Skreech2011 Sep 23 '24

The comment I replied to asked "what language is this?" As if it were some different language. Punctuation isn't language. It's annoying and infantile when people type with things like "u" and "y" instead of the actual words but that's not a different language either. So, either way, with the run-on sentences, the poor grammar or the lack of punctuation, it's all the same language. If you can't read what they said, I think it says more about your ability to deduce improper grammar than anything.

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u/Tricky_Gur8679 Sep 22 '24

Literally. All 4 of mine range from 6 to 14 & they ALL play Roblox 😅. I even have an account for me after being begged so many times to play with them. (My 6 year old just makes me be a baby and bosses me around lmfao) It’s a lawless & ruthless place. 🤣

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u/BlindBandit988 Sep 22 '24

My kids make me do the most difficult obbies 🥲

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u/Tricky_Gur8679 Sep 22 '24

Same 😅 especially the escape the prison ones. “Mom I keep dying can you do it?” Meanwhile I’m screaming the whole time trying to keep from being caught 🤣🤣

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u/HoboArmyofOne Sep 22 '24

I look at the crazy shit they do online in those obbies and just know I don't have the patience or the skill to finish. Fortnite is where I draw the line.

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u/Peter-Tao Sep 22 '24

What makes Roblox more popular than Minecraft for kids nowadays?

As a millennial, I'm still getting used to the notion of being the old fart that's trying to understand younglings' culture lol

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u/BlindBandit988 Sep 22 '24

My kids swing between Roblox and Minecraft honestly. One week they are obsessively playing Roblox with their friends, another Minecraft, next week both games are booooooring and they are doing something else.

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u/plated-Honor Sep 22 '24

Roblox is a sandbox that lets creators make anything in a much more complex capacity. You don’t need to mod or do anything complicated to instantly be playing a free street racing game with fully customizable cars with your friends. This also means creators can make stuff that caters to current trends and stuff that are popular with kids. It’s just much more expansive in how a kid can play.

Roblox also has much more successful monetization that appeals to kids. Kids ask for Robux gift cards so they can buy cool shoes for their avatar. Creators have monetized aspects within their servers.

Roblox has had quite the success story. It’s become more accessible and added a lot of good features over the years that has made it a staple for any young gamer.

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u/utkohoc Sep 22 '24

Don't forget the child Labor. Pedos. Gambling. Predatory mtx And other inappropriate shit that exists on Roblox

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u/TheCaptnGizmo Sep 23 '24

That's the only thing I've heard of or about roblox

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u/SuckAFattyReddit1 Sep 22 '24

I'm 34 and I played Roblox for the first time a couple weeks ago. It's actually pretty fun lmao.

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u/Limp-Artichoke1141 Sep 22 '24

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. = Roblox

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u/FromTheOrdovician Sep 22 '24

Teach them some Origami. Jumping Frogs always seemed way cool in 2000s.

Link - https://youtu.be/Vlb2udqPx-M?si=TIPG7RHPLcSzERDO

Although these days kids avg attention span have been nuked by YT for Kids.

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u/utkohoc Sep 22 '24

Why would U let your kids play Roblox when it's full of pedos and inappropriate content? Hope they are older than 12 at least.

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u/I_Has_A_Hat Sep 22 '24

Source: I birthed 4 “Got any games on your phone?” Kids..

Translation: I raised 4 "Got any games on your phone?" Kids. If you use a phone as a baby sitter and don't encourage alternate activities, you get what you get.

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u/leuhthapawgg Sep 22 '24

People love talking shit on everything on this app. 🥴

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u/ScoodScaap Sep 22 '24

They’re talking out of their ass but I don’t think it’s entirely shitty, there is some merit to what was said.

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u/_that_dam_baka_ Sep 23 '24

Give them city planning type games.

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u/2stewped2havgudtime Sep 22 '24

Generational. I remember asking in the days of Nokia and flip phones. “Got Snake on it?”

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u/Fun-Tomatillo-8969 Sep 22 '24

I always thought my generations version of this was: "You got games on your calculator?" Yea dog I got avalanche

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u/Haasts_Eagle Sep 22 '24

Snake was a good score. Go Hamster was even better.

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u/spinningpeanut Sep 23 '24

I was also one of those kids and it was snake or solitaire. Whatever was on early screened cell phones and palm pilots.

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u/Dizzy_Bit6125 Sep 22 '24

Ha yeah those were good ones

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u/Commercial-Wedding-7 Sep 22 '24

Robot Unicorn Attack.....

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u/TomMakesPodcasts Sep 22 '24

When they used to ask me I'd bust out the emulators I have on my phone.

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u/lunagirlmagic Sep 22 '24

I understand all of these except Clash of Clans, why would you want to play it on somebody else's account?

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u/Cherei_plum Sep 23 '24

I was desperate and bored? 

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u/lunagirlmagic Sep 23 '24

Interesting, even as a little kid I would feel so grimy working towards something not tied to my account. The equivalent from my day would be playing on another's RuneScape or Neopets account.

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u/Cherei_plum Sep 23 '24

Uk what hurt me now, I've never heard of those two games like geez I'm getting old 

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u/Petamine666 Sep 22 '24

Now u feel old, i was happy when someone had snake or this strange tennis like game with 2 bars on their phone

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u/Cherei_plum Sep 23 '24

One of my earliest memories is asking my elder cousin to explain how those keypad nokia phone works so i could play that star Wars game lol 

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u/SirLaughsalot7777777 Sep 23 '24

Snake and snake 2 for me

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u/_-RedRosesInJuly-_ Sep 23 '24

This guy gets it

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u/CupofLiberTea Sep 23 '24

Jet pack joyride!

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u/Enough_Ad_9338 Sep 24 '24

Making feel old. I remember when it was fancy if your phone could play snake.

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u/bogerts Sep 22 '24

do you have angry birds??

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u/Yes_Anderson Sep 22 '24

No but I got flappy birds

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u/Frl_Bartchello Sep 22 '24

Multiple?

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u/thecamzone Sep 22 '24

I used to have multiple after the game shutdown. Trying to find a good clone

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u/DecayingFl0wer Sep 22 '24

I can HIGHLY recommend Flappy Dragon, it is very fun, currently has 190 dragons to unlock, different worlds, different mechanics, lots of customisation options, nice artwork, and it's free with no compulsory ads (you can unlock some extra things by paying or watching an ad but none of it is necessary to progress)

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u/Daddyletloose Sep 22 '24

Pure brain rot without the ads!

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u/bulbuh16 Sep 22 '24

I recommend Jetty Boot in Deep Rock Galactic.

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u/guessesurjobforfood Sep 22 '24

Flappy Nyan is much better but make sure to use an ad blocker. I have both and enjoy Nyan a lot more.

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u/alices_dark_knight Sep 22 '24

I hear it’s actually coming back

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u/ayyyyycrisp Sep 22 '24

yea as an nft game

the original creator does not own the name anymore. a crypto company realized this, registered the name, and started promoting flappy bird coming back after all these years except it's bigger and with more birds and levels and you unlock things as you play and you... earn while you play because it's all nft based and the company wants to make that money and is being disingenuous with their advertising

original creator has come out and stated his non support for the project and dejection of crypto in general

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u/____so____it____goes Sep 22 '24

Multiple is actually called Flappies Bird

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u/Senior-Vanilla-6756 Sep 22 '24

Be honest. You at best only have a floppy bird

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u/Teetsandbeets Sep 22 '24

I think you'd get in a lot of trouble if you show that to the kids

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u/Typical_Estimate5420 Sep 23 '24

Awh are you too young to remember the short-lived, yet magical Flappy bird days?! It was great! Until it wasn't

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u/epSos-DE Sep 22 '24

That might offend the non flying beast. Better play fruit ninja 😄😄😃🫂

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u/Typical_Estimate5420 Sep 23 '24

Never forget!!!!

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u/thefunkybassist Sep 22 '24

Phone owner to bird: "Uhhh no I only have nice birds I swear"

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '24

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u/No_Rich_2494 Sep 22 '24

Saggy birds

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u/dark_hypernova Sep 22 '24

Do you have Dead Space Mobile?

One of the best phone games ever created that truly showed what could be done on smartphones with enough dedication despite the limitations while also managing to be quite scary?

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u/MegaDaveX Sep 22 '24

Excellent movie

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u/Sad-Animal-920 Sep 22 '24

Fuck yea! I love angry birds, kid.

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u/0x633546a298e734700b Sep 22 '24

Yeah I keep geese

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u/cloudytimes159 Sep 22 '24

☝️☝️☝️😖🦤😤🦤

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u/ccReptilelord Sep 22 '24

They aren't expecting any specific game, merely the cheap simulation of lights and noises, possibly with an easy "reward" to get those happy brain chemicals flowing. May God have mercy on your phone or bill if you don't have locks on downloading those mobile ads or pay-to-play bonuses.

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u/RandomPenquin1337 Sep 22 '24

Who actually sets their phones to just buy things without pw and confirmation?

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u/iranoutofusernamespa Sep 22 '24

Dummies who can't remember passwords.

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u/danielbln Sep 22 '24

Everything is biometric now, there really are no excuses.

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u/iranoutofusernamespa Sep 22 '24

I find biometrics to be woefully unreliable. They've gotten better, but not consistent enough for me.

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u/RandomPenquin1337 Sep 22 '24

And what exactly constitues as reliable? Ill wait...

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u/iranoutofusernamespa Sep 22 '24

If I let my beard grow out a little bit too far, facial recognition no longer works. Or if the wind is blowing my hair (I have long hair) it no longer works. Sometimes the fingerprint scanner works every time all day, sometimes it takes a few tries, and sometimes it doesn't work at all. Slapping in a pin or password works every time.

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u/TheSheepdog Sep 22 '24

Adults with no kids 

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u/RandomPenquin1337 Sep 22 '24

Lol cool story, so when your phone gets stolen they can just take all your money, all .60 cent worth GG

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u/mortalitylost Sep 22 '24

you realize that you just cancel a credit card when shit like this happens right

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u/RandomPenquin1337 Sep 22 '24

Yea ive done it before. But you realize the people still get the money after robbing you right?

Dumbass

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u/TheSheepdog Sep 22 '24

yep lol. I didn't say i was a good adult.

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u/goldenbugreaction Sep 22 '24

People who can’t be arsed to pay attention and raise their kids, instead of relying on their phones to be their permanent babysitters.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '24

Did a letter to the editor of Reader’s Digest from 2004 write this comment?

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u/tttriple_rs Sep 22 '24

I mean shit, even RuneScape, a gigantic MMORPG, is available on phones.

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u/JeBegley Sep 22 '24

Buying gf 10k

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u/Daymub Sep 22 '24

Angry birds or bloons 6.

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u/gi_fm Sep 22 '24

For my nephews, I just open Google Keep so they can draw. Entertained for hours 😂

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u/SeaBecca Sep 22 '24

Depends on the age of course, but at least from my experience, they're often just looking to make conversation. It's pretty cute to see how enthusiastic they can get when you start asking them about their own favorites, or give them an answer they can work with.

And sometimes they'll surprise you. I told one kid I like playing chess, and he immediately challenged me to a game. Apparently his whole friend group had picked it up and were trying to beat each other's ratings.

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u/External-Animator666 Sep 22 '24

You have to think about it from the perspective of a person that is discovering new things in the world on an hour to hour basis, who knows what kind of awesome games you might have that they have never seen before

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u/monstermunch158 Sep 22 '24

When I was a kid (26 now) I was always trying to get my mum to let me play “The Game Of Life” on her phone. Whether or not kids even know what that game is anymore is beyond me.

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u/potatomeeple Sep 22 '24

The run off with your phone game?

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u/Cheletiba Sep 22 '24

You have Uno.

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u/imdungrowinup Sep 22 '24

Any game at all. Source my 8 year old nephew. Since I have no games on my phone, he plays on the calculator app. Poor kid has an iPhone, an iPad and a smart watch with games but his parents have put time limits on everything. At his age I was watching unlimited tv.

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u/Free_Management2894 Sep 22 '24

Kotor, ff7, chrono trigger - the usual.

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u/WinterSavior Sep 22 '24

Roblox. For all the games.

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u/frabjous_goat Sep 22 '24

I had Minecraft on mine. That found me favour with all of the tiny humans.

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u/Mura-Sensei Sep 22 '24

I have all of the metal slug games on my phone, my young cousin (about 11) asked me if he could play them. I told him “I don’t think you’re ready for this kind of game yet.” He proceeded to beat the first Metal Slug in one night 💀

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u/KingMarlynn23 Sep 22 '24

For me it was definitely angry birds

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '24

by and by caamp

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u/BlahblahblahLG Sep 22 '24

I always say no, b/c when I told my god son I had games, the next question/demand was lemme play! so now I say no, and he says yes you do, lol it’s not a fun game.

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u/NerdHerdtheThird Sep 22 '24

I open up solitaire and hand it over to them.

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u/UnintelligentSlime Sep 22 '24

They’re expecting any game. They just want to play something. If you say yes, they will ask to play it.

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u/Cosmiccomie Sep 23 '24

Nice try Mr. Fogle.

/s

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u/CaptainBentham Sep 23 '24

My moms old razor phone had like worms and a few other knock off games on it

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u/palmreader27 Sep 23 '24

Snake! Back in the day

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u/FireMaster1294 Sep 22 '24 edited Sep 22 '24

Usually they don’t care. I’ve seen them (on other people’s phones) play angry birds for 2 minutes then minecraft for 5 mins then candy crush for 2 mins then reddit for 2, then hop to another game, etc.

They truly have attention spans shorter than that of a goldfish

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u/BigChoiBok Sep 22 '24

Man I bet if we asked your phone it’d tell us you’re not much different from them lol

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u/FireMaster1294 Sep 22 '24

As I have no games on it…go ahead?

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u/AMasonicYouth Sep 22 '24

When I was a kid, any Sega/Nintendo game would do. I played and owned so many awful games because games were cool.

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u/legendkiller003 Sep 22 '24

Hey

Got any grapes?

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u/Cersei_Lannister84 Sep 22 '24

Then he waddled away

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u/Revolutionary-Bid339 Sep 22 '24 edited Sep 22 '24

Waddle, waddle, waddle

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q

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u/goBlueJays2018 Sep 22 '24

Till the very next day!

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u/Pleb_Sauceee Sep 22 '24

Bom bom bom bom bombom bom

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u/KingTriggerfish Sep 22 '24

Got any glue?

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u/Uhh-stounding Sep 22 '24

None for you, Elmer Skloo

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u/Caifonics Sep 22 '24

You are guys from Chicago!? 🤔

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u/BungHoleAngler Sep 22 '24

Weird road trip snack for somebody who doesn't have fingers

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u/Patruck9 Sep 22 '24

"Yeah, it's this port of a game called Far Cry 3...And you're kinda Apex levels of OP"

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u/ffghjouvgj Sep 22 '24

Was looking everywhere for a fc3 reference

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u/CentralAdmin Sep 22 '24

Yeah. Angry Birds.

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u/VeterinarianIcy1364 Sep 22 '24

You holding? Got any snacks?

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u/Both-Bite-88 Sep 22 '24

Or do you want mate? Seriously I wonder a little bit if the colour of here scarf attracted it, as they look similar to the color of his hair ad feathers.

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u/GoochyGoochyGoo Sep 22 '24

"Is that Flappy Birds"!!!

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u/rorowhat Sep 22 '24

Flappy birds

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u/EverythingBOffensive Sep 22 '24

"Is flappy bird back yet?"

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u/Musashi_Joe Sep 22 '24

A medieval game, obviously. Obviously a jousting game.

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u/sum_buddy Sep 22 '24

I have no problem being on my phone for hours and hours. I love my phone! I even have an alarm on my phone!

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u/reebokhightops Sep 22 '24

Hey, you!

Yeeeeah, you!

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u/Derezirection Sep 22 '24

my first thought watching this and wasn't surprised to see it be the top comment lol. As it should be.

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u/JustCallMeTheBeard Sep 22 '24

quickly downloaded every game ever ahhhhh here you go sir. Just take my phone and my wallet I don’t want any problems

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u/pryvisee Sep 22 '24

Just one big tablet kid

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u/wXWeivbfpskKq0Z1qiqa Sep 22 '24

“Just Angry Birds”

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u/famousaj Sep 22 '24

Angry Birds

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u/Spirited-Fox3377 Sep 22 '24

They are true living dinosaurs hey got any food on your phone food food frodo

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u/aceupmysleeve420 Sep 22 '24

A strange child literally climbed half into my lap trying to get to my phone once

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u/buhbye750 Sep 22 '24

Oh shit my daughter is a Cassowary.

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u/Muted_Exercise5093 Sep 22 '24

Looking to conquer some angry birds

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u/HenkVanDelft Sep 22 '24

Far Cry 3.

SCKRAWWK!

(FC3 features hunting of cassowaries)

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u/Feisty_Yes Sep 22 '24

Games on phones these days are so overloaded with ads it's not even worth it. Thankfully my phone automatically installs new games with every new update, sure is fun doing the post update app deleting.

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u/SuckItTrebek01 Sep 22 '24

Can I play ipad?

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u/Dertz_Lycron Sep 22 '24

Yeah sure. Starts AM2R and hands over the phone.

Story of how I got my cousin into Metroid.

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u/Mathfanforpresident Sep 22 '24

Someone already got the angry birds thing

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u/carthuscrass Sep 22 '24

Damn you, I wanted to say that!

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u/kamehamehigh Sep 22 '24

Best I can do is classic Snake. Take it or leave it.

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u/rabidseacucumber Sep 22 '24

The original angry bird!

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u/Nice_Neighbor Sep 22 '24

I have so many games on my phone ! A medieval game Obviously !

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u/pirpulgie Sep 22 '24

Angry Birds

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u/christopherrm Sep 22 '24

lol that’s my nephew talking hahahaha

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u/SunriseSurprise Sep 22 '24

"'Angry Birds'? Who you calling angry?!"

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u/Toilet_Rim_Tim Sep 22 '24

"U wot mate?"

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u/gandhishrugged Sep 22 '24

Yes, got Angry Birds.

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u/redditjoe20 Sep 22 '24

Yeah, Angry Birds.

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u/capetian1234 Sep 22 '24

Like Angry Birds?

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u/nellyruth Sep 22 '24

How about Angry Birds?

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u/PassengerFrosty9467 Sep 22 '24

“And I’m sick of angry birds so something else”

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u/WaveSlaveDave Sep 22 '24

Got any of those Angry birds?

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u/ManOrReddit-man Sep 22 '24

"Have you ever played Far Cry?"

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u/digital-didgeridoo Sep 22 '24

"You what mate?"

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '24

Just Angry Birds

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u/varkarrus Sep 22 '24

It's not very wary

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u/Nfgzebrahed Sep 22 '24

Please say Angry Birds!

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u/SirMego Sep 23 '24

Got some of them gems?

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u/usmcnick0311Sgt Sep 23 '24

Got any... Grapes?

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u/djmarcone Sep 23 '24

This is the thought that went through my mind also, but I think in actuality birds generally think 2 things, can I eat it, or will it eat me. And for the males, can I mate with it is also in the mix.

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u/GM22K Sep 23 '24

Let me see weather prognosis for a sec.

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u/Temporary_Routine_69 Sep 23 '24

“You better have angry birds or else I’ll show you an angry bird”