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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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Apparently the story goes that this 20-25 year old bottle was found in 2016(?), which went viral online, and Nintendo wound up sending the guy an unopened SNES anyway. (Plus a bunch of other stuff)

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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In the summer of 1980 RC Cola was giving cash prizes from the bottle caps of glass bottles. None of it was serious money. I remember five, ten, and twenty five cent winners with maybe a dollar thrown in there every once in a while.

It was pretty exciting for me to find a quarter under my bottle cap. That would buy a candy bar at the time, so sugar rush bonus!

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I love the idea of that, but it does not sound very sanitary at all lol.

Edit: Actual quarter or something you could redeem for a quarter?

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh no. The amount was printed on the underside of the bottle cap. You had to pull out that little plastic gasket to see it. Then you'd exchange the bottle cap for whatever coin from the cashier.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That makes much more sense, lol. But also, I grew up in the 80s, so the crazy way also checks out.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It would check out even more if Coke had changed their receipe (let me finish) to reintroduce cocaine back into the formula.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The way a few people I know are addicted to Coke, and only Coke, I'm not entirely sure that didn't happen.

[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Coke addict here. Also tried Coke. Definitely coke in the coke.