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[โ€“] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 61 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Getting static shocked by the TV screen.

[โ€“] ShadowCatEXE@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Reminds me of the time I had fun screwing up our CRT TV with magnets.

[โ€“] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Adjusting the tracking on a VCR.

[โ€“] Lavitz@lemmings.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Getting your finger stuck in the VCR because the videotape would not eject. You had to stick your finger in and poke the tape while mashing the eject button. Worked everytime. Also pushing rewind on a tape and walking away because someone forgot to rewind and you don't want to watch the video in reverse.

[โ€“] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

I think my family may have had a later generation VCR then yours, because I don't remember ever getting my hand stuck, and if you pressed the rewind button while playback was stopped (not paused) it would rewind at like 10x the regular playback speed.

[โ€“] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

And degaussing monitors.