I feel like I do this a lot with podcasts. I started watching the Gus and Eddy podcast and finished it about a month before the last episode was released for example.
It could be anything though. An online game, an OS, a console, TV show, a forum, or anything else. I’m just curious what people have to say.
It also doesn’t need to be “dead”. It could just be a significant change where a chunk of the community left.
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Game of Thrones. I binged the whole 7 seasons right before 8 came out. I think I saved myself a lot of pain and wasted suspense. That ending was fucking embarrassing.
Sriracha. I’m thankful to have found some fresh bottles recently, but they’re hard to find
Huh I had no idea they paused production
vine
I got really into Star vs The Forces of Evil, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, and Adventure Time well after they each had ended.
Star really grated at the beginning. Rich girl having rich girl problems with rich boy. There was no tension, nothing.
Then they started introducing dark elements in there - monsters, her family’s dark past, the unspoken guilt of those they usurped. It got really good then
Battlerite and OmegaStrikers
Kind of like that, I got into them as they were thriving, since it was on beta/release, but they died very quickly afterwards and it is a shame because nothing captures that feel for me, I like short burst competitive games like that, but I guess people generally aren’t into stuff like that.
E: And actually one more like that, the goatest of them all tbh, just been so long that i forgot about it, but this is one that is an awesome idea for anyone looking for some fun friend group comp game:
This last one is a damn shame, because there really is nothing like it.
Do things count that I got into when it was already dead?
Sure I’d be happy to hear about them
Just about every anime I’ve been into. Transformers, the old Pokémon series, all the Saban content I’ve fangirled over…
How are animes dead?
They aren’t, just the ones I’m into.
Yeah, my bad. Didn’t sleep at all this night.
Burning music to CDs. Still fun to listen to in the car.
Oh me too, It’s so much fun. I’ve got a big binder of them in my car. I know nobody else who does, so I sadly can’t share my CDs.
Living
Ethereum mining.
I finally got a decent GPU in the beginning of 2022 and set up a basic rig. In September of that year Ethereum switched to the “proof of stake” model, rendering mining useless. I managed to maybe get a total of $200 worth of Eth in that time, and that was that. Taking into account the cost of electricity, my profit was around $100.
I still mine Ergo. It’s a PoW smart contract platform (like Ethereum) but it’s UTXO like (Bitcoin or Monero).
Lots to like about the chain. I turn some of my mined ERG into SigUSD (algorithmic stablecoin) and then loan it to a lending pool. Currently make 94%APR in USD that way. Been like that for several months.
With my track record, the moment I start mining again is when they fold.
Tumblr! I only joined shortly before all the wildly terrible business decisions killed it lol. Great memes from there would get cross-posted to my various platforms often enough for me to want to go, but I procrastinated until it was almosssttt too late…
Now we got a fediverse version though 😈
Ooh, neat! I didn’t know there was a fediverse version of Tumblr. Thanks for sharing!!
My life.
So many things…
Game of Thrones, right before the last season came out. Glad I didn’t have to wait for the disappointment.
Video games. I will wait 10 years to play a game I want so that the price goes down enough.
AFI’s Sing the Sorrow album, until I gave it a fair chance years later.
AFI are timeless poets. You could take their songs 100 years back in time and they’d still work.
I, I came here by day
But I left here in darkness
And found you, found you on the way…I got into ASOIAF maybe a year ago. I’m glad I was able to go into the fandom knowing what a train wreck the show was and also that it’s entirely possible the books will just never be finished, lol. I’m enjoying the shit out of youtube theory videos though!
I think that’s a much better way to start. Martin is clearly a discovery writer, but he talks like he’s a plotter, and the intricacies of the political machinations imply he’s a plotter, too.
He’s written such a tangled mess that it’s impossible to untangle everything. Plus, he’s made his millions, so there’s not much incentive for him to finish.
I started reading when book 5 was about “due” based on his expected release date he had previously announced thinking that book 5 would likely be out by the time I read up to that point. Over four years later book 5 finally released and I knew in my soul the series would never be finished.
That can be double edged. I just got into the trails series, and discovered that the early games are all collectable.
Toys-to-life video games. I went on a Skylanders spending spree less than a year before it officially died. $5-$15 figurines got sold at garage sales for $0.25-$3 each.
I had tons of fun getting into it and I was young enough that I could afford to waste the money, so I regret nothing.
Did they shutdown the servers or something?
The toys-to-life trend ended, as it wasn’t making enough money. The games remain playable, but they have no support and are old enough they they require hardware that I no longer have.
Sometimes on the news or social media, I’ll hear about some well-known musician, author, etc, who has died. There’s been occasions where I check out their material and suddenly become a fan.
Have you heard of Daniel Dennett? Check him out.
Pogs. 😉
I got some pretty cool holographic metal slammers right at the tail end.
I love that!
I have INNOCENT and GUILTY slammers with OJ’s face on them lawl
Oh, wow! I can hear Sublime playing on the radio!
Poppin Sugar Ray into my Hit Clip
