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I thought I was making my man’s ugly gaming console look nice — I should never have touched it
New York Post ^ | Oct. 3, 2023 | Jane Herz

Posted on 10/03/2023 4:57:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway

TikToker Isabella Veronica Hardy couldn’t wait to show her followers the stylish makeover she’d given her husband’s gaming system — but wound up angering gamers everywhere when it was revealed she’d defaced a limited-edition PS4 console worth hundreds of dollars used.

“Wrapping my husband’s ugly PS4 in white to match my white aesthetic room,” Hardy wrote in the beginning of the video, narrating in a voiceover. She lamented that the Playstation, which she described as an “ugly, blue thing,” has been bothering her for months.

So, eight months pregnant and “nesting,” she decided to cover the offending article with contact paper. She began by cleaning off the gaming station, and then wrapped it with the paper.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Humor; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: gaming
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To: No name given

I meant to say thinking. My mistake.


41 posted on 10/03/2023 6:04:42 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Nifster

That’s right.


42 posted on 10/03/2023 6:05:04 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Nifster
There is no such thing as an ugly gaming console

I was going to post a photo of an ugly gaming console, and tried to pick one out, going back to the early days.

The Odyssey 100 was cool.
The Fairchild Channel F had great controllers
The Atari 2600 is iconic
The Bally Astrocade is legendary, and looks great!
The Intellivision is a strange shade of brown, and I am not big on the disc controller, but the Intellivision II with integrated Intellivoice was nice, and the original stands out on a crowded shelf.
The Emerson Arcadia is generic, but not in a bad way.
The GCE Vectrex with the portrait monitor was way ahead of its time and looks good even today!
The Odyssey➁ was the first one with an integrated full keyboard, and great looking joysticks.
The ColecoVision was partly designed by my father, and its efficient piano black is timeless.
The Atari 5200 is a bit on the bulky side, and the wedge thing is not for everyone, but the black with silver aged well. The Atari 7800 is even better.
I haven't even gotten to 1985 . . . I give up.
43 posted on 10/03/2023 6:21:46 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Yo-Yo

I am lost, what is the joke?


44 posted on 10/03/2023 6:24:52 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Just leave your guys’ stuff alone ladies. Or we can start touching your purses and stuff and make some changes too.

Darling, while you were out shopping, I polished your favorite suede boots...

45 posted on 10/03/2023 6:34:53 PM PDT by null and void (I am fine with liberal cities eating the results of their recipes. H/T ConservativeMind)
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To: Hatteras

I might take issue with that. If you’re not addicted to it, it no different than spending hours on FR. It’s a past time. As long as you’re take care of your important business, I don’t see the problem. The problem is this woman never asked. She just decided she didn’t like the look of the console and decided to change it. How would she like it if he went into her closet picked out her favorite shoes and dyed them because he likes white rather than beige. It’s common courtesy to ask. The console was his not hers. I’m guessing this is not the first time she’s done something like this and won’t be the last. It’s a boundaries issue.


46 posted on 10/03/2023 6:47:48 PM PDT by redangus
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To: Secret Agent Man

(Just leave your guys’ stuff alone ladies)

Thank you


47 posted on 10/03/2023 7:12:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

Had a buddy I went to grade school up through high school with and we remained close after. He had a son. The son graduated from high school and the grand parents had a little party for their grandson. Since he was heading off to college after the summer, Grandma gave him a study set with a calendar pad, desk lamp and trash can.

Being the crafty little gal she was, Grandma found my buddy’s box of old baseball cards (late ‘60s to early ‘70s Topps) in the attic and she decoupaged them to the lamp and trash can and up both sides of the calendar.

After the shock wore off, my buddy took it in stride, did a little research in the latest Beckett Baseball Card Guide and lamented that his son was the proud owner of a $4000 lamp and garbage can. 🤣


48 posted on 10/03/2023 7:35:28 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: nickcarraway

Beneficial suggestions, hope to ride more bicycle for distance, and walk for an hour each day.Thanks for the nudge, I do need to DO more things.


49 posted on 10/03/2023 8:36:21 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: doorgunner69
I am lost, what is the joke?

From the article:

TikToker Isabella Veronica Hardy couldn’t wait to show her followers the stylish makeover she’d given her husband’s gaming system — but wound up angering gamers everywhere when it was revealed she’d defaced a limited-edition PS4 console worth hundreds of dollars used.

“Wrapping my husband’s ugly PS4 in white to match my white aesthetic room,” Hardy wrote in the beginning of the video, narrating in a voiceover.

It's a frikkin' used game console, she put contact paper on it, and it'll peel right off again.

This isn't a big deal for people to get upset over.

50 posted on 10/04/2023 2:45:15 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Dr. Sivana

My ColecoVision has a “made in Pennsylvania” sticker on the bottom of it.
You don’t see that anymore....

I thought that the original big 5200 was a far nicer more expensive looking device than the 7800..
Same with the original PS4 compared to what came after.


51 posted on 10/04/2023 9:38:13 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: mowowie
I thought that the original big 5200 was a far nicer more expensive looking device than the 7800

The analog, non-self-centering joysticks were a deal-breaker for the 5200. Fine for space shoot'ems, poor for Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Kangaroo.
52 posted on 10/04/2023 9:42:23 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Dr. Sivana

They were very cool controllers but a flawed design.
I can’t tell you how many times I had to take them apart to clean the contacts.
No self centering didn’t help much either..


53 posted on 10/05/2023 9:59:12 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: mowowie

Whoops, I meant the original ps3 not 4..


54 posted on 10/05/2023 10:02:25 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: mowowie

Oddly, I found the Magnavox O2 controllers to be responsive and precise.
Also the GCE Vectrex controller, though
undersized, worked great.
The original Atari 2600 VCS joystick had too hard a throw for my taste.
The ColecoVision mushroom was unfairly maligned. The really cheapo Coleco Gemini controllers worked great, though the integrated paddles made an awful scraping noise.
Mattel Intellivision disc was worst of show (besides the 5200).
The 5200’s keypad buttons also were hard to push, and too small.
The ColecoVision had mediocre flat solenoids, but the ColecoVision SuperAction Controllers had great calculator style buttons (stick was NG for maze games, though)


55 posted on 10/05/2023 10:07:23 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Secret Agent Man
Agreed.

Even in a marriage there is stuff that is "His" or "Hers" and the other one does not touch without permission.

Is the concept of asking so very hard?

Apparently for this lady, it is.

56 posted on 10/05/2023 10:14:33 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Its because in marriage, women have the mindset that whats hers is hers, and whats his is also hers.


57 posted on 10/05/2023 3:20:56 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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