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I was in an electronics store that doesn’t exist anymore, like Radio Shack or Circuit City. I was just in there to look around, wasn’t intending to buy anything, when one of the clerks approaches me and asks if they can help. As a joke, I asked if they had a Lappy 486, one of the computers Strong Bad used to check his emails in Homestar Runner.

The clerk smirked. “You’re in luck, we still have one in stock.” They unlocked a glass case behind the counter and pulled out a box. It was $450, which I could not afford, but I bought it because it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. “This thing doesn’t exist,” I reassured myself, “Once I’m done messing with it I can probably sell it on ebay for twice that.”

I go