{"id":580,"date":"2022-10-17T22:12:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=580"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:16:37","slug":"my-backpack-is-covered-in-neat-o-nerd-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/my-backpack-is-covered-in-neat-o-nerd-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"My backpack is covered in neat-o nerd buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I get a lot of comments on the buttons covering my backpack. I appreciate it when somebody has something to say about a button they’ve identified as something they know and like so that I can have a meaningful interaction with somebody, but if they are a boring person and just commenting on the amount of buttons only because they noticed that I have a lot of buttons and that most people don’t have a lot of buttons on their backpacks then they’re just wasting my time as I’m not usually interested in interacting with normies since it depletes my Energon cubes or something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A very long time ago, my cousin Bethany gave me a button that simply says, “Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.” I think this was back in college. It just slowly increased from there. Many of the buttons I’ve purchased on my own, but several were given to me, particularly by people who were kind enough to just want to add to the collection. Over time, I’ve lost some buttons, unfortunately. I won’t show them all, but here are some I’m particularly fond of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a button for Mugen Senshi Valis by Tokuma Soft for the Nintendo Famicom. While I don’t care for this Famicom port, I do like the PC Engine a lot and the Megadrive version somewhat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These buttons are for a game called Pac-Man. Perhaps you have heard of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is Mai and her fabulous tits from King of Fighters 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few years back, Village Vanguard stores at shopping malls had plenty of Sega Megadrive merchandise. There were these blindboxed enamel pins. Here are Puyo Puyo, Tant-R (a spin-off from Bonanza Bros), Sonic the Hedgehog, and Bare Knuckle II (aka Streets of Rage II for the NA Genesis). I’ve never played Tant-R before, so I sent this pin to my friend Brian. That’s what friends are for: pushing stuff you don’t want onto others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is Reimu from Touhou Project and Lum from Urusei Yatsura. Reimu was given to me by a former coworker named Eddie several years ago. I think the color may have faded a bit? Not sure. If you don’t know who Lum is, I hate you and I’ll never be your best friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More King of Fighters: Here are pixelated Athena and King buttons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My friend Lou gave me these enamel pins: the Vic Viper from Gradius and Oopa Oopa from Fantasy Zone. He found these at specialty pop-up stores in Tokyo, I do believe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyhow, I have many other buttons and pins on here: Uglydolls, Peanuts, Rilakkuma, Blue Impulse, Darius Burst, Star Trek, the Flatwoods Monster, Tamiya, Hasegawa, and other pins. If you don’t know what any of these are and just want to comment that I have lots of buttons because you’re a normie and find it weird that others aren’t normal like you, then don’t talk to me by saying, “Boy, you have a lot of buttons on your backpack, bleh” because that drains my energy. So shut up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I get a lot of comments on the buttons covering my backpack. I appreciate it when somebody has something to say about a button they’ve identified as something they know and like so that I can have a meaningful interaction with somebody, but if they are a boring person and just commenting on the amount … <\/p>\n

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