sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 2 days agoAds used to be different 💔sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down17
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minus-squaremassacrelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoInsert Obiwan Meme: Babbage’s… now there is a name I haven’t heard in a loong time.
minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIs it real? Somebody else mentioned it too and I’ve never heard of it
minus-squaremassacrelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoIt was a toy/gaming/computing place. Reminds me of “EB Games”, “Kay Bee” and “Waldenbooks” era of US Malls. It definitely existed and you know it now as Gamestop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop#Babbage’s_(1984–1994)
minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWild, okay they were almost bought by Electronics Boutique though. Way better name though. Babbaj. Bubbuhge. Babababa. Neat.
Insert Obiwan Meme: Babbage’s… now there is a name I haven’t heard in a loong time.
Is it real? Somebody else mentioned it too and I’ve never heard of it
It was a toy/gaming/computing place. Reminds me of “EB Games”, “Kay Bee” and “Waldenbooks” era of US Malls. It definitely existed and you know it now as Gamestop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop#Babbage’s_(1984–1994)
Wild, okay they were almost bought by Electronics Boutique though. Way better name though.
Babbaj. Bubbuhge. Babababa. Neat.