If you order $40 worth of shit, you get the $50 shit bag for $10, lol… but ya, I kinda miss the $5 ones. I will say this - the later IRKs ($10-$100 with credits) have given had way cooler stuff in them.
@tru335 YMMV on the way-cooler-stuff factor. The reveal threads have been fairly full of Regret interspersed with a lot of “eh, it was OK” and the scattered “I Scored!” reports. OTOH, a hamburger that was two bucks back in 2015 is likely to fetch $5 or more today, so the inflation from $5 to “effectively $10” is just part of the overall trend toward “make the money not go as far for those that have the least, and increase the rate at which it flows in the only permissible direction”.
@tru335@werehatrack The last several IRKs have been crappier than usual. Crappy enough that even though I’ve bought over $40 worth of stuff, I’m still hesitating on the $10 IRK.
@blaineg@shadowkate@tru335@werehatrack several ORKs ago I got a set of Cuisinart Annondized pots and pans and they are the F-ing bomb and don’t know how I have lived this long without them. Totally worth getting inked!
The bonus Xmas one this past year was pretty special… Because it was a bonus. Made it extra fun even if nothing super high value in it. Most have had one item in them that make the irk worthwhile if not spectacular.
I don’t begrudge them raising the price as everything has gone up but to tie you getting one to having to buy shit that you don’t need and don’t really want is not right. Who ever thought of that scam has ruined what was once a very interesting and exciting way of getting one.
@Felton10
Completely agree. I’m trying to get rid of crap from my house not bring more unwanted stuff in. Majority of the time, I just buy the irk bc I don’t need anything from the mehathon. The past 4 irks have been nothing more than hand sanitizer, box of paint, phone rings, phone car chargers and phone cases. I gave up on this last on.
@Felton10@Star2236 If you don’t bring the crap into your house, then it just goes to a landfill instead. They’re going to keep producing the crap anyway, regardless of whether or not anyone buys it, because that’s how our economy works. So you might as well put the crap inside your house because then at least you can have it.
@Felton10@ShotgunX
That’s why I can’t bring it in to begin with. No more buying irks until I know that there’s something useful and decent in them. He has appreciated some of the cool stuff I’ve got bc he uses it to but the rest is just clutter to him that needs to be gotten rid of. I don’t like to just throw it in the trash bc it lands up in the landfill but trying to find people who want the shit is hard too. That’s why I need to take a break until it’s worth my wild.
@danpritts@f00l I don’t think that it’s the fastest machines or connections, as I’ve got some of the small # offerings on my iPhone.
Maybe it is the faster reflexes, and luck!
Bring them back pls
@SirChris93 I so should have got the tattoo
… I came close a few times when offered.
If you order $40 worth of shit, you get the $50 shit bag for $10, lol… but ya, I kinda miss the $5 ones. I will say this - the later IRKs ($10-$100 with credits) have given had way cooler stuff in them.
@tru335 YMMV on the way-cooler-stuff factor. The reveal threads have been fairly full of Regret interspersed with a lot of “eh, it was OK” and the scattered “I Scored!” reports. OTOH, a hamburger that was two bucks back in 2015 is likely to fetch $5 or more today, so the inflation from $5 to “effectively $10” is just part of the overall trend toward “make the money not go as far for those that have the least, and increase the rate at which it flows in the only permissible direction”.
@tru335 @werehatrack The last several IRKs have been crappier than usual. Crappy enough that even though I’ve bought over $40 worth of stuff, I’m still hesitating on the $10 IRK.
@blaineg @tru335 @werehatrack Same here. I asked my 15 year old if it was worth it. They of course said yes.
@blaineg @shadowkate @tru335 @werehatrack several ORKs ago I got a set of Cuisinart Annondized pots and pans and they are the F-ing bomb and don’t know how I have lived this long without them. Totally worth getting inked!
@blaineg @shadowkate @tru335 @werehatrack I’ve only had one I truly regretted. The rest have been somewhere between “meh” and “pretty cool”.
The bonus Xmas one this past year was pretty special… Because it was a bonus. Made it extra fun even if nothing super high value in it. Most have had one item in them that make the irk worthwhile if not spectacular.
@werehatrack no way I’m giving you $5 for that old ass hamburger! It’s all shriveled up. And it doesn’t even have pickles.
@djslack @werehatrack Is it this one?
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-50262547
@djslack It’s seven bucks for a fresh one.
@djslack @Kyeh @werehatrack
BWAHAHAHAHA…
YES, IT’S GOT TO BE THAT BURGER!
at least for us who were willing volunteers who paid for that IP camera sent by mistake…
Just trying to help out.
I’ve usually gotten better then bad. Full luggage set. 1000$ worth of computer RAM. Sheet sets comforter sets comfy pants
@gr8mick1 $1000 worth of RAM?? Holy crap.
@Bretterson @gr8mick1 $1000 worth like the $1000 worth that I just recycled twelve years later?
I don’t begrudge them raising the price as everything has gone up but to tie you getting one to having to buy shit that you don’t need and don’t really want is not right. Who ever thought of that scam has ruined what was once a very interesting and exciting way of getting one.
@Felton10
Completely agree. I’m trying to get rid of crap from my house not bring more unwanted stuff in. Majority of the time, I just buy the irk bc I don’t need anything from the mehathon. The past 4 irks have been nothing more than hand sanitizer, box of paint, phone rings, phone car chargers and phone cases. I gave up on this last on.
@Felton10 @Star2236 If you don’t bring the crap into your house, then it just goes to a landfill instead. They’re going to keep producing the crap anyway, regardless of whether or not anyone buys it, because that’s how our economy works. So you might as well put the crap inside your house because then at least you can have it.
@ShotgunX @Star2236 But what happens when your spouse throws you out of the house because there is only room for you or the crap, but not both?
@Felton10 @ShotgunX
That’s why I can’t bring it in to begin with. No more buying irks until I know that there’s something useful and decent in them. He has appreciated some of the cool stuff I’ve got bc he uses it to but the rest is just clutter to him that needs to be gotten rid of. I don’t like to just throw it in the trash bc it lands up in the landfill but trying to find people who want the shit is hard too. That’s why I need to take a break until it’s worth my wild.
@Felton10
@ShotgunX @Star2236
Apparently she made her choice.
@Felton10
PERFECTLY SAID!
@Felton10 @Star2236 I get around this issue by not having a spouse.
I’m more in need of the return of $2 hamburgers than $5 IRKs.
@phendrick Wendy’s junior hamburger is $1.99 around here.
I disagree.
This newer way is FAR less infuriating. Keep it this way.
@haydesigner
They could do both
Yeah, I literally never got one under the old regime.
@danpritts
Until a few years ago, I used to be able to land them even using a cell browser, although it was getting more rare
I think back then the lot releases were like 200 or so. Maybe you had a chance
Then they went to smaller lots (maybe 30?) more frequently, and I could never get one. I just gave up even trying.
If they are going to do that small lot thing when speed counts, and all that
Basically, only the people with the fastest machines and fastest reflexes and fastest are going to get them
If they do, larger lot releases than ordinary people with ordinary reflexes, stand a chance
@f00l… but they have done both
@danpritts @f00l I don’t think that it’s the fastest machines or connections, as I’ve got some of the small # offerings on my iPhone.
Maybe it is the faster reflexes, and luck!
I SURE DO MISS THE THRILL OF THE CHASE!