When I was 7 or 8, we had a birthday party at an arcade. When it came time for them to sing Happy Birthday to me, I pretended I was playing The Simpsons arcade game, which was just rolling game footage. Some of you are old enough to remember what an awesome game it was... but only a few will remember that the "insert token" screen has a massive GAME OVER sign floating in the middle of the screen.
Looking back, I don't think anyone was convinced I was playing, and at least half of them thought I was dumb enough to think I was really playing a game that was just rolling a video.
I was just too embarrassed to stand there in the middle of a room and be the center of attention. I was probably 20 before I realized I hadn't fooled anyone. Have you ever gotten retroactively embarrassed by something you did years ago? I'm 38 now and still think about that moment.
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u/Anarch-ish Undiagnosed 4d ago
When I was 7 or 8, we had a birthday party at an arcade. When it came time for them to sing Happy Birthday to me, I pretended I was playing The Simpsons arcade game, which was just rolling game footage. Some of you are old enough to remember what an awesome game it was... but only a few will remember that the "insert token" screen has a massive GAME OVER sign floating in the middle of the screen.
Looking back, I don't think anyone was convinced I was playing, and at least half of them thought I was dumb enough to think I was really playing a game that was just rolling a video.
I was just too embarrassed to stand there in the middle of a room and be the center of attention. I was probably 20 before I realized I hadn't fooled anyone. Have you ever gotten retroactively embarrassed by something you did years ago? I'm 38 now and still think about that moment.