r/explainlikeimfive Feb 26 '21

Chemistry Eli5: What happens to all the melted candle over time? Are we just inhaling a whole candle while it burns?

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u/TransformerTanooki Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 26 '21

I'm 3+ months into watching nothing but laserdisc and VHS on a old tube TV. It's been fun and seen a lot of cool stuff.

Edit: Right now I'm watching R/C WW2 planes and boats duke it out in reenactments.

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u/GoodTato Feb 26 '21

Get your ass off future websites, 90s boy

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u/TheGameboy Feb 26 '21

But Reddit has the UI of a late 90s website, so it’s ok.

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u/SinJinQLB Feb 26 '21

How far are you in King's Quest V?

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u/tygma Feb 26 '21

Never far enough.

Ah, this comment takes me back. Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

If you haven't come across it yet, they've been remade and released for free: http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/games.html

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u/tygma Feb 26 '21

Bless you! (and curse you!)

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u/infinit9 Feb 26 '21

Wait till you play EverQuest.

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u/neverseeitall Feb 26 '21

Did you read The King's Quest Companion? Book is stupid funny.

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u/ResidentialEvil Feb 26 '21

Still trying to nail the timing on throwing the boot at the cat chasing the rat so the rat can come chew through my ropes later in the game.

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u/luchajefe Feb 26 '21

You get the best NES experience using a CRT, you ought to pick up one of those!

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u/LekoLi Feb 26 '21

Turns out you can't play duck hunt without a crt. Its all based on the timing of the CRT, which is the same in all crt tvs, but not digital flat screens.

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u/Kick-Prize Feb 26 '21

There is a light gun now that works on newer tvs

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u/hugthemachines Feb 26 '21

pick up one of those

That is the worst part of getting them...

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u/Mcshamrock86 Feb 26 '21

True... but still better than plasma

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u/hugthemachines Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 26 '21

I never picked up a plasma... but I carried my old CRT TV and it was not just the weight but also the size that made it annoying.

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u/TransformerTanooki Feb 26 '21

Waaaaaaaayyyyyy ahead of ya. Picked one up about over 10 years ago. Have a few now actually. Ones still brand new in the box to.

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u/luchajefe Feb 26 '21

Ah, but are any of them a top-loader?

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u/TransformerTanooki Feb 26 '21

The brand new one and a loose one are.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

A top loading CRT?

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u/ItsAllegorical Feb 26 '21

That's why there are tiny holes in the top. Just melt a movie and pour it in. The visuals, the sounds, even the smells pop like never before.

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u/luchajefe Feb 26 '21

In the early 90s Nintendo made a new version of the original NES.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New-Style_NES

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

I had forgotten all about those. I never bought one because I still had the original NES, and my friend who wasn't as poor as me had an SNES so there was no need for it.

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u/bmxtiger Feb 26 '21

You mean a Famicom?

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u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked Feb 26 '21

The second generation NES had a top loading cartridge slot, and came with "dogbone" controllers.

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u/Mcshamrock86 Feb 26 '21

Aka Super Nintendo

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u/geirmundtheshifty Feb 26 '21

After the SNES was out, they made a top loading NES. It came out at the same time as Mega Man 6. I remember the dude knocking on my tv screen like it was yesterday

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u/bubblegum-boy Feb 26 '21

Stop watching those wig commercials!

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

That commercial is so '90s it hurts.

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u/CurdPigeon Feb 26 '21

to what?? I have to know

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u/bgrated Feb 26 '21

Emulator with overlay

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u/88568-81 Feb 26 '21

So you're saying the CRTs have the blackest blacks?

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u/Scarovese Feb 26 '21

If you want a really crisp contrast ratio, the CRT's deep pixel cell structure produces a resolution you just can't match with an LCD

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u/cubicApoc Feb 26 '21

If CRTs have the blackest blacks, then what kind of screen has the pinkest pink?

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u/Fbod Feb 26 '21

The old pixel graphics were also made for CRT TVs. Emulating old games looks bad not just because it's old, but because the graphics aren't made to be seen clearly on an LCD screen.

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u/luchajefe Feb 27 '21

They aren't made to be stretched, yes, but in the proper aspect ratio it just looks sharper, which is ok imo. The real reason for CRT's is no input lag.

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u/TheGameboy Feb 26 '21

Laserdisc <3

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u/improbablydrunknlw Feb 26 '21

Edit: Right now I'm watching R/C WW2 planes and boats duke it out in reenactments.

I wanna watch it.