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“Oh, those little straps on the controllers? Yeah, don’t worry about those.”

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Just remove them just in case.

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35 points

Choking hazard

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28 points

I think those are in the back pocket

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14 points

Oh yes! Well spotted!

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2 points

No, that’s a handkerchief indicating openness to specific fetishes.

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11 points

“Dad the game is telling me to put it on my wrist”

“Yea only if you’re a coward”

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49 points

For real though: it’s easier to convince the wife if the old TV can be sold to make the space and get some money to put towards the new one. TVs can last for decades and it’ll be a long time if you’re waiting for it to get “broken”.

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TVs can last for decades and it’ll be a long time if you’re waiting for it to get “broken”.

Don’t worry, they’re making them cheaper and less reliable by the minute!

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11 points

TVs can last for decades and it’ll be a long time if you’re waiting for it to get “broken”.

Ummm…who wants to tell him?

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He is correct tho. Unless we are talking about some more expensive tvs. Ironicaly more expensive tv dont last as long Beacuse they have more cutting edge experimental technology ( early OLEDs for example ).

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The joke in the comic is that they are playing a wii game without the controller straps. The kids will probably whip the controllers into the TV, breaking it.

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Maybe if you’re paying the Samsung/Sony/LG premium

But the cheap brands most people buy like TCL and Hisense, cut corners everywhere they can so that they can hawk a 75" “4K” TV for $400. They usually die in < 5 years and it’ll probably be, at least one of, the LED backlight strips. They’re damn near almost made to be “disposable”

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old TVs last forever. After our decade old one finally bit the dust My family got a fancy ass huge 4k Samsung one and it died in like 3 months. No physical damage, it just stopped turning on 🤷‍♀️
Replaced it with a cheap 1080p one from Walmart and it’s been doing well.

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24 points

I miss my LG Plasma. Sold that dude with the house because it was super heavy and I was too lazy to unbolt it from the wall. Still regret that decision.

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I thought the punchline was that the Wii still works, so it hasn’t been replaced either lol

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7 points

We played that board game island thing in Wii Party last night. Rock solid, after … 16 years? Wii for life, people.

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I have it on good authority that if you don’t Wii for too long you die.

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Just brought ours back out for Tanks in Wii Play. Solo, or VS, that game is still great

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Yes. 100%

Serious question 'cause I am out of touch with modern society: Does the Switch still have party games for groups of 4 like the Wii did?

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5 points

Mine still works. It survived two wives and four kids (and me).

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VR might work better.

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Can confirm.

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