somebody shoot me

What a surprise, Alex is on my jock again...

DUde I'm sorry I included you on a list of the 987 people who have posted "bubble burst" threads this decade. If I remove you from the list will you stop stalking me?

Most people have a little more of a sense of humor about being on that list.

I live in fear and terror of that day. It's kept me up at night for over 20 years now.

When will a bubble burster actually be right and the bubble bursts? How can I avoid retribution and my ultimate comeupance? When $500 TZs are raining from the skies, where can I go to hide from the storm?

In my darkest moments, these are the thoughts that I cannot drown out, nor flee from.

Pray for me.

As everybody has said a million times, you'd just be better off buying apple stock or a sports almanac.

Not sure how many pins you can fit in a time traveling delorean.

People are obsessed with imaginary impending price bubbles because they are frustrated by pin prices and want to buy cheap games, as simple as that. Trust me, I understand it, but they think they can wish it into existence with these bi-weekly threads.

They can't. There's 20 years of proof that these arguments are simply wishful thinking.

The "bubble" may burst, but it'll be accompanied by a complete financial and societal meltdown that has you foraging for food to feed your loved ones and fending off attack from hordes of feral children and other Mad Max types who know you have toilet paper. Bringing home a $400 Fish Tales will not be on your agenda as the gangs of mutants attack your homestead and try to traverse your moat of radioactive waste in hopes of stealing the world's last can of edible cocktail weenies from your cold, dead hand.

The "bubble" is of your own making; it exists because you want pinball machines. The only way it "pops" is if you don't want pinball machines anymore, in which case who cares anyway?

Why people suddenly think that everybody in the world besides themselves will wake up in two weeks and decide they don't like pinball anymore is beyond me.

You've been sayin this for over TWENTY YEARS.

Give it up.

I meant the "royal" you, not the Bubblehead you!

hahha yes....

It really just goes to show you how much of fallacy continually comparing pinball to methods of transportation is.

Planes / cars have NOTHING to do with pinball machines, except that I guess they are both nouns. I would dare say pinball machines are almost the exact opposite of a car or a plane.

They don't move anywhere under their own power
You cant use them to travel to florida
They don't have engines
you don't need a license to use one
you can move them with a hand truck
they don't require gasoline
You can't pick up groceries with them
they don't emit exhaust
They can be kept in your basement
You can ship them for $300
you can see them in arcades and bars

The list goes on and on. Why in God's name would you try to compare them in any significant way, shape, or form? At least the usual suspect - jukeboxes - has coin mechs and doesn't leak oil!

These threads continue to claim active accounts. They are the widowmaker.

You just can't fly too close to the bubble burst sun. You'll get burnt!