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The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I'm almost certain I've moved a CRT or two that were heavier than that.
80s/90s kids remember being able to throw their controllers at the TV without fear. (Console games on a console tv to console the cold war anxiety)
Fuck, I never would think to throw my controller at the screen!
I also don't ever throw my controllers in general. Why would I want to break them? Lol.
When you're a small child and you get extremely frustrated about dying to the same boss one too many times in a row, you have to vent that somehow.
It only happened once, I got so frustrated I bit the controller and threw it. You can still see the bite marks. (I was at most 11 years old.)
I love my kid-gamer self.
I was really bad at games, but I would always chalk it up to "I'm just a kid and it's okay to be bad."