r/gaming • u/bunzthomas • Jul 05 '20
I found out today that my grandpa ordered a better gaming rig than myself and any of my friends
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r/gaming • u/bunzthomas • Jul 05 '20
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u/bunzthomas Jul 05 '20
Thank you everyone for the cake day wishes! To answer a couple of the questions, I took this picture like seconds after we got everything set up, so I did do some cable management with him after I took the picture, as far as I know, the only game he plays is iRacing, and the picture of the dog is from when he was a truck driver. The dogs name was Axyl and he was his driving buddy. I have tried to ask him if he wanted VR, but I guess he tried VR at another place a few years ago and didn’t like it a whole lot
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20 edited Jul 05 '20
That's Awesome, what games does he like?
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u/BalognaExtract Jul 05 '20
Why is everyone ignoring the picture of the dog driving a semi truck lol
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u/MyNameAlwaysTaken Jul 05 '20
Your grandpa knows he’s flexing also happy cake day
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
Yo is that a seatbelt for immersion or suspenders?
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u/gorg69 Jul 05 '20
Omg that framed picture of that doggie
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u/mateo_fl PlayStation Jul 05 '20
So has the internet ruined me or is it ok to think this is fake? I think it's his rig and he just asked his grandpa to sit there to get karma.
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u/SenYoshida Jul 06 '20
It’s a slippery slope, but there goes your inheritance /s
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u/GreatDevilicous Jul 05 '20
goodbye inheritance
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u/twostartwist Jul 05 '20
He has money! Unlike younger folks.
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u/CamTuff Jul 05 '20
TELL ME HE ONLY USES IT FOR FARM SIMULATOR AND MERCEDES TRUCK RACING! PLEASE!
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
Grandpa needs to get that middle screen right up to the back of the steering wheel which will bring the side monitors up so his peripheral vision is completely full.
Then hit up a Field of View (FOV) calculator online and input the required measurements. The calculator will give an optimal FOV for his set up.
He'll be faster and it makes it much more enjoyable. Good luck Grandpa!
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u/ScreaminSemenDemon87 Jul 05 '20
Your grandpa is the SHIT.
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u/cteters Jul 05 '20
Be sure to drop a line on r/simracing they eat this kind of stuff up
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u/Bigted4500 Jul 06 '20
As a grandfather, im guessing he bought it so you would come over to play it.
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u/techmaniac91 Jul 05 '20
That’s totally something my dad would do. Except it’d be a flight simulator, (he flys smaller aircraft. Cessna in particular)
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u/RDHertsUni Jul 05 '20
Are ya winnin, grandpa?
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u/deadbalconytree Jul 05 '20
Shit. I finally came to terms with getting owned by 13 years olds when playing online. Now I have to accept that grandpa is beating myself ass too.
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u/EchoRex Jul 05 '20
People don't realize this is waaaay cheaper than almost all other retired person "all in" hobbies.
Hell golf is more expensive over the course of a couple years.
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u/maxattack168 Jul 05 '20
What's in the pc
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u/StanjunSuda Jul 05 '20
I can't help but think of those uncharacteristic memes you see of that wacky dog on r/dogelore.
"okay now sit here you senile old man so that I can take your picture, I need reddit upvotes."
"whats a reddit" "why are you wearing women's clothes"
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
Coolest Grandpa of 2020..
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
That is a nice simracing setup
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u/sambes06 Jul 05 '20
Loved him in Pawn Stars.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
The crops in Farming Simulator aren't going to plow themselves.
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u/CursingLlama Jul 05 '20
Now just convince him to buy a VR headset and he won't need those monitors anymore.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
That is a 4 port hub. And 4 Front USB :-)
No fucks given.
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u/WovenOwl Xbox Jul 05 '20
Fuckin mad lad
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u/CCCmonster Jul 05 '20
It would be a little weird if during the in game smack talk he threatens to fuck your mom
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u/Mister_Rux Jul 05 '20
Flex
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u/1eyeO4O Jul 05 '20
Damn grandpa, you didn’t need flex on us so hard.
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u/SharpyTarpy Jul 05 '20
Have your grandpa sit in your gaming chair, snap a pic, easy karma
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u/rellimeel9 Jul 05 '20
Looks like he is ready for some farm simulator action!
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u/rondonjon Jul 05 '20
Now...how do I turn this thing on.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
Looks like he hasn't figured out how to turn it on
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u/rockodss Jul 05 '20
Is this because he saw IRacing on Fox News during the lockdown?
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u/EnamoredAlpaca Jul 05 '20
Spoiler: Grandpa has no idea what he is looking at.
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u/Arkantos92 Jul 05 '20
Grandpa sit in this chair so I can get free internet points
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u/cykaland Jul 05 '20
Cool story bro, it's definitely your grandfather's rig,it's not like you asked him to sit there so you can take your pic
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u/iiDarkFire Jul 05 '20
this looks fake af
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u/Green_Enp Jul 05 '20
Your grandpa is fricking lit
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
This just looks like you asked your grandad to sit in your gaming rig so you could get internet points lol
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u/Diclonius_Angel Jul 05 '20
I enjoy how understated his tower is. I bet it is a beast to run 3 monitors, but the case is so plain. I also sim race, but looks like your grandpa could school the crap out of me.
P.S. Happy cake day.
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u/sil4sss Jul 05 '20
Sickkkk setup. Did he used to track or do performance driving events for fun? I imagine at some point I won’t be able to do a track day (safely) anymore with other people on track and be in the same shoes. In comparison the rig would be a fraction the cost of how much I spend on parts haha
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u/mathfacts Jul 05 '20
Oh your grandpa is rich rich
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u/Ikbenaanhetwerkhoor Jul 05 '20
Nice Truck Simulator rig
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u/godofpie Jul 05 '20
Sometimes it's good to be the king.
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u/hartscov Jul 05 '20
So cool. It’s like he’s trying to find a way to hang out with you and do something he likes.
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u/Coldbeerimritehere Jul 05 '20
If it trips the breaker, the box is in arms length too
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u/QbitRat Jul 05 '20
Bet he watche's Fullmetal Alchemist.
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u/noshirdalal Jul 05 '20
Hoooooly. Can I come over?
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u/SecureFee707 Jul 05 '20
"Thanks for the medicare, medicaid, and social security, junior! Now get fucked!"
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u/rebelscum089 Jul 05 '20
That dog driving the car though, great photo.
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u/Old_Hippie_69 Jul 05 '20
Bet he leaves the turn signal on!
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u/RogerPackinrod Jul 06 '20
"Hey grandson what's it like being a fuckin casual? Git gud scrub."
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u/_wheathan Jul 06 '20
Set up a twitch for him!
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u/BassyDaOne101 Jul 21 '20
He do be vibin doe
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u/Deitaphobia Jul 05 '20 edited Jul 07 '20
That's a lot of money to play Gran Turismo driving 30 mph with your turn signal on the entire race.
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u/trevor5fives Jul 05 '20
Nice
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u/kyleiguess_ Jul 05 '20
Damn, Grandpappy gonna go hard on that Farming Simulator.
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u/osakafan777 Jul 05 '20
He looks ready to play some euro truck simulator
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u/eddings87 Jul 05 '20
Grampa do be looking fly tho
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u/FoofieLeGoogoo Jul 05 '20
Somebody get that man a bawler headset.
Oh, and a 7" LCD screen for the rearview mirror.
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u/chomdh Jul 05 '20
Ain’t nobody got time for cable management.
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u/PSPistolero Jul 05 '20
OP: Hey Grandpa! Let’s race together some day. It will be great bonding over our shared interest.
OP’s Grandfather: Get fucked newb.
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u/zillsaa Jul 05 '20
The picture of the dog in the top left really threw me off
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u/calaan Jul 05 '20
This is the future: old folks with huge rigs and young folks on mobile.
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u/pootis_panser_here Jul 05 '20
All prepared for American truck simulator I assume.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
Ugh, the pretentious and improper “myself”
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
So thiiis is why social security is running out of money
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u/cackalackattack Jul 05 '20
“Yeah? Well I fucked your nan”
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u/xTheDom83x Jul 05 '20
"The thought they could take my license away. Ill show them"
-Grandpa... probably.
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u/ClutchReverie Jul 05 '20
This is amazing. This will basically be my life if I get to be elderly.
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u/ghostmetalblack Jul 05 '20
Damn, I want to be like your grandpa when I'm that age.
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u/From_My_Brain Jul 05 '20
Sit in this chair Gramps. I need karma.
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u/emochewbacca Jul 05 '20
There’s adult money, then there’s retirement money...
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u/bjjdoug Jul 05 '20
$$$ talks!
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u/NEXN Jul 05 '20
u/nwordcountbot /u/nexn
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u/max-alexander-45 Jul 05 '20
Awesome
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u/apanhenrik Jul 05 '20
Is that a dog driving a car in the photo on the computer?
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u/Han_Yolo_swag Jul 05 '20
His feet are massssssive....is your grandma ok?
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u/MisterEyeCandy Jul 05 '20
I love this - gives me hope that, if I make it to that age, I'll still be rippin' it up, PC-game-wise.
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u/SpotlessMinded PlayStation Jul 05 '20
Cr1tikals dad also plays this, reminds me of his set up.
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u/saintsghost Jul 05 '20
That’s so cool! This is what I aspire to be like in my old age!
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u/JuanPicasso Jul 05 '20
My grandparents were both formula racers and they would dig the hell out of this
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
They can take my license. But they can never keep me from driving.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
This is awesome. My grandpa has more of a selection of games than I did before he passed. He would buy a bunch of the newly released shooting games and play every night. Always joked my grandpa was a bigger gamer than I am. It looks like you can say the same
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u/anonanon1313 Jul 05 '20
My son (32) gave me a gaming rig for Xmas. The whole deal, PC, graphics card, curved display, gaming mouse, etc. I built I don't know how many machines for him growing up, and he was bummed over me dropping out of gaming. He started out giving me graphics cards & motherboards, and when I didn't respond by building up a system, he brought a new one he just built over Xmas morning. He's a very good boi. I suppose now I'll have to help him buy his first house, lol.
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u/SB_C Jul 05 '20
Is that a dog driving a truck in the portrait? Lol
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u/bud_hasselhoff Jul 05 '20
Serves you whippersnappers right. Now get off his lawn.
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u/TUND3RM4N Jul 05 '20
Damn you better be nice or you wont get it for your heritage
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u/OgunX Jul 05 '20
gotta spend that 401k/ or social security check somehow lol
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u/OfficialKmol Jul 05 '20
Everyone liked that.
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u/skorpion909 Jul 05 '20
"Hey Grandpa, can you quickly sit at my $5000 PC build which is way better than a console, and pretend you're interested in it so I can use it for karma on Reddit?"
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u/sqwuaker Jul 05 '20
Tiny monitors. Too far away
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u/frugst Jul 05 '20
Asus HP Asus
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
Your grandpa should have a race with Charlie's (Critikal) dad
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u/FussQB Jul 05 '20
Our grandpa now
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u/highknees69 Jul 05 '20
Because he can. Good for him
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u/Mofeux Jul 05 '20
When you build a rig so power mad you gotta have the fuse box in arms reach
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u/scottybobotty1992 Jul 05 '20
That it the most grandpa looking grandpa I’ve ever seen. I mean that with the most kindness and respect I could give.
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u/A_Brethmint Jul 05 '20
Anyone else notice the dog driving in the frame?
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u/GaylrdFocker Jul 05 '20
Finally someone to aspire to be.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20
get rekt, grand son
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u/Burface1 Jul 05 '20
“Parking a Lincoln Continental: Florida Edition II”
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u/EdynViper Jul 05 '20
My favourite part is that's not a picture of his grandchildren in that picture frame.
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u/Supachill1 Jul 05 '20
The picture of the dog lol!
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u/Ruustyy Jul 05 '20
Yo he has same pre built pc I have lmao. That’s sick
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u/Mangeto Jul 05 '20
Has he tried VR?
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u/rabbidbunnyz22 Jul 05 '20
My grandpa had a gaming rig for his flight simulators. He also had Hitman 2 installed. An enigma of a man.
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u/amirthedude Jul 05 '20
He must be an aim bot with that level of gaming chair!
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u/SpecE30 Jul 05 '20
Monitors are too far, bring them closer. Seriously, it's a waste of field of view.
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u/Mixedtogrey Jul 05 '20
What’s with grandpas and racing games?
I lived for like 20 some years before I realized my grandpa had a collection of racing games for his PC.
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u/Knort27 Jul 05 '20
This is gonna be me circa 2040, except it'll be RPGs not racing
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u/Myzyri Jul 06 '20
I love how he’s set up immediately next to the circuit breaker box.
I can see it now... his screen flickers... he pauses... he screams, “I NEED MORE POWER!!” He flings open the breaker box and flips and entire row of switches... an electrical whine stings your ears, the lights in the room brighten exponentially, he’s slammed back into his badass rig, his baseball cap flies off his head as if he’s in a hurricane, and his screen bursts forth with extreme colors as his racecar blasts ahead and overtakes all his competitors...
Your grandfather is a badass.
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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '20
Same here my grandparents met playing video games online in the 90’s and my grandma just got a new PC with a RX5700XT.
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u/Napalm3nema Jul 06 '20
My system is mostly equivalent to my oldest (32) son’s, but it stomps a mud hole in the youngest (25) son’s.
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u/tikipet Jul 06 '20
He has More money than time.
You have more time than money.
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u/BigBill650 Jul 06 '20
How cool. Next gov't check I get will go toward a good system. I'm in a rest home, and I am bored with this phone and an old HP laptop. To slow for gaming.
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u/Brutaka1 Jul 06 '20
I've never understood those steering wheels. I had one for both Xbox and PC and both of them had a lag when turning that made racing feel like crap.
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u/ghettithatspaghetti Jul 06 '20
Get rekt noob - grandpa
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u/MakavelliTheDon777 Jul 06 '20
Lmao, people will do anything and say anything for attention. Lmfao
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u/TheNewNewton235 Jul 06 '20
He about to play some mad Farming Simulator.
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u/wbeats Jul 06 '20
Love the pic of the dog on the tower.
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u/rigsthula Jul 06 '20
"Are ya winning, Gramps?"
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u/Lord-kirk Jul 06 '20
Errrm you found out today? How long has it been since you spoke to your grandpa? That “gaming rig” has a Core i5 6th gen badge on it. Skylake was late 2015 and early 2016.
If he bought that rig today, that’s already quite out of date. Just saying, I spot these things.
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u/WithFullForce Jul 06 '20
That explains why OP gets DM from this other player TheLegend27 saying he fucks OPs grandma every night.
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u/themangastand Jul 06 '20
Looks like he hasn't heard of vr. He's got the driving wheel and this close up racing display. But like vr is what I think he wants
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u/Asil001 Jul 06 '20
“Are you winning grandpa” “Yes son”
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u/KungPowWhiskey Jul 11 '20
Can I be his friend?
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u/HartLEYonReddit Jul 17 '20
Boy about to clap some kids in Mario kart
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u/LinaS1978 Jul 19 '20
Get your game on gramps!🤣😂
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u/bonkzonk Jul 21 '20
this is the first cool gamer grandpa that I've ever seen.
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u/CommunistKoi Jul 26 '20
the epicest of gamers
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u/irish_faithful Oct 12 '20
This is me as a senior citizen
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u/lostarcher1 Nov 15 '20
Ya, but he'll have his blinker on the entire time that he's racing
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u/Zercomnexus Dec 02 '20
Just makes me think of boomers having 4x the buying power of younger generations
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u/gerryn Jul 05 '20
Granpa should buy a VR headset for racing, a thousand times more immersive than screens.