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Is Pinball Helping You Relive Your Youth? Poll Included!

By o-din

5 years ago


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    “Are you reliving your youth through pinball?”

    • Yes, my life sucks now, so memories of my childhood are all I've got. 17 votes
      13%
    • No, I had a horrible childhood, so why would I want to do that? 3 votes
      2%
    • No, living in the past is lame. 21 votes
      16%
    • My inner child controls everything I do 35 votes
      26%
    • I'm too cool for that so I try to avoid any game that reminds me of my childhood 0 votes
    • I went thru that for about a year, but now I'm over it 5 votes
      4%
    • I'm still in my youth so no need dwelling in the past 25 votes
      19%
    • Yes, the 80s never really ended 27 votes
      20%

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    #43 5 years ago
    Quoted from o-din:If so, you might consider snapping out of it and waking up or before you know it, you may look in the mirror someday and realize that you are just another antique.
    Or perhaps, it's already too late.

    I don't get this mentality of this post at all. Sorry, but what is wrong with reliving your youth?
    Yes pinball helps me relive my youth. The glory days of hanging out with my best of buddies after school. Hanging out on the weekends in the mall arcades. The Time Tunnel, Space Port, bowling allies and skating rinks. That excitement of getting the triple pop when you break the high score. Yeah I'm old, The first pinball I've played were EM's and the fist video games I played were black and white. Well actually the first ones were EM's but wouldn't call them video games. Although only half my games are ones I played in my youth. The half are new games or games I never really played. Meaning anything from 1986 on up. Anytime I play one of those older games I feel like I'm 12 years old again. Nothing wrong with that.

    #49 5 years ago
    Quoted from o-din:

    Nothing wrong with it that I can see as long as you get over it before it consumes you and you forget that those days are gone forever and there is no bringing them back. Then you end up an old man living with dreams of days gone by and nothing to look forward to.
    That, my friend, is a means to your end. Or should I say, that is a means to an end that is not for me. And I'm probably near the same age as you.

    Just to be clear. You are still talking about pinball and not ex-wife's?

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