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Did you ever buy that toy you wanted as a kid but didn't get? (jemmy.jeena.net)

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I myself wanted one of those remote controlled air planes. I thought that's the coolest thing ever. Once I grew up and had the money, I never bought it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I'm working on it, slowly.

I used to love all kids of weapons as a child. As in, from kindergarten on up. My mom was very anti-gun, didn't like the idea of me having knives and swords, etc., and my dad went along with it. I know that I put an AK-47 on my Christmas wish list at one point.

I got my rifle, shotgun, and archery merit badges my first year at summer camp, when I was 13.

Now I'm... A little bit older. And I'm still adding to my gun collection. I don't have as many knives as I want because my wife doesn't like knives, but she's fin with guns. I just competed in a match last weekend--I didn't do very well, but I had a lot of fun, and didn't do anything dangerous!--, and I've got another one coming up in 3 weeks.

I still don't have an AK-47 (or any other Kalashnikov variant). But that's mostly because it turns out that they're not really very good.

EDIT - I took longsword classes for a while, and loved them, but the closest HEMA to me now is about an hour and a half. Oh well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t have as many knives as I want because my wife doesn’t like knives, but she’s fin with guns.

Any reason why? This is a strange view to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ex-boyfriend tried to stab her to death.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oh. Yep that'd do it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Inside every person there is a child that never got That One Ting™, and on behalf of that kid I say; do it!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I still don't have a Lego star destroyer (though the one I really want is the Venator), so no

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

yep. all the video games i had always wanted, like epic mickey and mario sunshine. now i still havent played them lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah! I think I still have the exact same tastes as when I was a kid. I always wanted a dirt bike and now I have one, and I always wanted a fast computer with a good sound system, which I now keep relatively up to date. Maybe my kid self would be disappointed that I don't have a fast car though!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Nope. I realized that I didn't even want it anymore so no point. I do pay attention to my current wants now though - gotta find that balance, Zen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I got myself a Gameboy colour yesterday. I posted about how expensive they were a bit ago on reddit and I got spam downvoted by a bunch of Scalpers lmao. Another reason not to use Reddit. I got a blue teal one and grabbed some games today and it felt so amazing to feel and see in real life, a gameboy game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Finding a functional Armatron has been difficult.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Armatrons were pretty neat but I can definitely imagine why functional ones are nigh impossible to obtain, I would imagine all the plastic gearing inside either chipped away by careless use and worn down over years

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