YouTuber LGR felt 'numbness at how powerless I was' as his one-of-a-kind retro PC collection took a direct hit from hurricane Helene, but seeing most of the trove survive now has him eager to share it
YouTuber LGR felt 'numbness at how powerless I was' as his one-of-a-kind retro PC collection took a direct hit from hurricane Helene, but seeing most of the trove survive now has him eager to share it
Retro PC YouTuber LGR was relieved to find much of his collection intact, but told me that "more than ever that there's a need to redistribute a lotta this stuff" to ensure its preservation.
This dude is such a treasure.
62Agreed. Ive followed him off and on since the beginning. Love Clint ❤️
4I’ve been watching this fella since he started. Basically the only online personality who’s never put out shit that made me eventually think he was a poes. Haha.
Him and Red Letter Media are basically the only two channels that haven’t taught me to disdain their content 😇
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I watched his video doing a walkthrough of the damage yesterday. It's really sad. Not just his collection of all this stuff that he is so passionate about, but his whole house. So much damage caused by nature. I hope he's able to get things back to semi-normal soon.
41Same, fucking catastrophe. I wonder how many "only 100 good condition of these are left in existence" things got destroyed. We need an Endangered Species Act for weird retro tech or something.
20I believe he had a new in box Apple Newton that sustained a bunch of water damage. Not sure how rare those are.
7I recently volunteered at a community recycling drive where people could drop off old tvs and broken things. You would not believe the amount of valuable stuff people brought. An old lady had a box with an nes and about 15 games plus a PS1 and who knows what else. I asked her if she wanted to keep it as it's valuable, she said no. I left it in her trunk.
Next time I'm going to stand a block or so away with a sign asking for old computers and stuff, it's ridiculous how muxh valuable old tech gets thrown away.
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I have no clue how he's this quickly been able to have such a positive attitude and sense of humor about it. I'd be despondent in his shoes.
I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised; Clint always brings such enthusiasm and positivity to his videos. He's a go-to when I'm sick. He's like chicken noodle soup in video form.
5Probably being wealthy helps
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Can we talk about how he is directing people to not donate to him, but instead donate to help others in his area. Absolute Chad.
38Poor Clint... That must have been heartbreaking to see.
34That fucking Lamborghini laptop really hurts goddamnit.
14Oh, that's heartbreaking.
7That hurts in the same way as the time I saw someone on reddit say that an early 3d printer fire burnt their house down... and their cat.
6WTF. That took a turn. Poor moggy. I wonder now what he was printing.
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my wife won’t live in a house with any trees within striking distance. i can see why
0Your problem are not falling trees, but flimsy houses! A concrete or steel structure would have cut that tree in half. The roof tile would have been damaged but that's cheaper to fix.
0can't say i would argue! but when all the houses are that way, i can't really buy a concrete/steel construction house in any normal price range
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He's a thought: move away from hurricane territory. Seriously, wtf is wrong with people. You live in a disaster-prone region.
-21So you’re saying Asheville, NC is hurricane territory?
9The people affected by Helene aren't in hurricane territory
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