I do believe it was a 4001 Diode soldered between pins 5 and 7; got everything but HBO…
Used to have all my friends over for the WWF pay-per-views.
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dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
My dad got these black market cable boxes from one of his less than reputable friends way back when. We got literally everything, including full porn channels that weren’t scrambled. They were technically blocked by my parents, but the family pincode was well known.
I used to watch the porn channels and never could figure out why they were so… Meh for me. Turns out, very gay. Lol
Once my parents split up we didn’t have those boxes anymore, and I used to watch Cat House and went through the same “why is this so frustratingly close to being good” experience lol
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Entropywins@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Quick question…was straight porn like ew gross or just not interesting? I find your porn story really funny and hope I don’t offend by saying so.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
No, not gross. Before I knew I was gay it more frustrating than anything. Like, I knew this was sexual, I knew I wanted to enjoy it, and I knew it made me horny. But it wasn’t enough to cross than line into, like, getting me there and being enjoyable. It wasn’t until I found my brother’s porn magazines that I really enjoyed porn, and that was because of the guys in it, and a few erotic stories in them written from women’s POV. I still didn’t realize I was gay or that it was the guys getting me there until one day, when I was like 13/14 and I had a blackberry. I found a site that had nude pictures of celebrities (some blog, not like a dedicated site), and there were (I’m assuming fake) nudes or Kirk Cameron on a boat. OMG, I got off so hard, and then went into full panic when I realized what that meant. Spent the next few years trying to figure out how to undo it. Lol.
hpucks@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s a really interesting story but …
Kirk Cameron?
Mike Seaver from Growing Pains?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
The famous right wing Christian extremist? Nude?
Yeah that sounds about right
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
Yup. Had a major crush on him growing up (though I didn’t recognize that’s what it was, exactly), and then found that pic. Lol.
I have a bit of a type. Well, like 100 types, but one of them is definitely the cute slob or schlub type. Think smells the armpit of a T-shirt before putting it on while listening to green day. Lol always does it for me