Jun 19, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 9 segments
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It's the handhelds.
A lot of
consoles.
Yeah, there's just a ton of shit out at that point.
And it's like the precipice of it, too.
Like Sega CD was still new.
The 3DO, all that stuff.
But yeah, I thought it would be fun to...
The way I approached it was I just looked up what an average American income was for a 40-year-old man in 1993.
And according to the National Center for Education Statistics, it's about close to $34,000 a year.
The most depressing thing about this whole project is finding out that in today's money, that's about $72,000.
So more than twice, which is fucking pathetic and sad.
But anyway, that is where I got my information.
So if you take $34,000... and divide it by 26.
Say you're, you know, a regular jag off, you know, just working a regular job.
Uh, that means you're paid biweekly.
So that basically gives you $1,307.69.
Uh, I'm not being pedantic enough to ruin this with taxes and other nonsense like that.
It's just a thought.
We have
no health insurance, and we're tax frauds.
We're just bums blowing all this cash on video games.
We get paid under the table.
Yeah, we're bookies somewhere.
No, I don't know.
It's the handhelds.
A lot of
consoles.
Yeah, there's just a ton of shit out at that point.
And it's like the precipice of it, too.
Like Sega CD was still new.
The 3DO, all that stuff.
But yeah, I thought it would be fun to...
The way I approached it was I just looked up what an average American income was for a 40-year-old man in 1993.
And according to the National Center for Education Statistics, it's about close to $34,000 a year.
The most depressing thing about this whole project is finding out that in today's money, that's about $72,000.
So more than twice, which is fucking pathetic and sad.
But anyway, that is where I got my information.
So if you take $34,000... and divide it by 26.
Say you're, you know, a regular jag off, you know, just working a regular job.
Uh, that means you're paid biweekly.
So that basically gives you $1,307.69.
Uh, I'm not being pedantic enough to ruin this with taxes and other nonsense like that.
It's just a thought.
We have
no health insurance, and we're tax frauds.
We're just bums blowing all this cash on video games.
We get paid under the table.
Yeah, we're bookies somewhere.
No, I don't know.
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