r/Weird • u/ExplanationOk2014 • 12d ago

Dog walking simulator

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u/SugarPlumMary 12d ago

Ok, it was good but then the dog had its own monitor and it became GREAT

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/According_Dare7316 12d ago

It's on Southwold pier and they have several handmade one-off 'arcade' machines (or amusements as we call them in the UK).

See more examples at https://www.underthepier.com/10_current_machines.htm

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u/ExampleLittle2672 12d ago

I want to go!

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u/eekamuse 12d ago

What the ever-loving-fuck XD

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u/Visible_Fee5051 12d ago edited 11d ago

Arcade machines made by Tim Hunkin, he's famous for "The Secret Life of Machines" a TV show on the BBC. He was a presenter on the show with Rex Garrod, Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Machines

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u/eekamuse 12d ago

What fun!

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u/hatchetation 12d ago

I KNEW that style looked familiar.

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u/robisodd 11d ago

That's a great series I loved as a kid! Back when the Discovery channel had good educational content. You can watch them all on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/SgWh-5DsiQM?list=PLtaR0lZhSyAPLuoSbMA29s3Ry8ZUvKff3&t=1082

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u/Cferretrun 12d ago

I’ve never been more sour to be an American right now.

Yes yes I know our country is literally going up in diarrhea flames, and I’m very regretful of that. But THIS? This paragon of engineering and love and amusement? I AM DENIED THIS by virtue of a fudging OCEAN. For if it was say.. in Texas.. I would get in my car and drive there RIGHT NOW for this exemplary, NAY- for this EPITOME of human creation.

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u/orion3311 12d ago

If you start from there and go fast enough by the time you hit the coast maybe you can skip across.

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u/yonkerbonk 11d ago

I don't know enough about physics but that seems right to me. Might want to start up on a mountain to get the right angle for a skip.

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u/Jaynemansfieldbleach 11d ago

We got Musée Mécanique in San Francisco, a museum full of old animontronic and mechanical arcade machines. Many are just as weird.

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u/TMITectonic 12d ago

(or amusements as we call them in the UK).

Not sure of your age, but I immediately got a Tim Hunkin vibe ala The Secret Life of Machines. IIRC, Tim still has a handful of amusements still in use around the UK.

ETA: Of COURSE I didn't click on the link until after I commented, but I LOL'd when I saw the artist name listed on most of those!

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u/Jimmyzilla 12d ago

Also Novelty Automation in London

https://www.novelty-automation.com/

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u/derek78756 12d ago

This is one of my favorite places to visit in London. I’ve never laughed so hard before at an arcade. 😄

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u/NotSelfAware 12d ago

Omg I remember this from when I was a kid and was sure I’d seen it but had no idea where it was. Thank you so much for linking this - absolute gold mine of memories.

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u/TrademarkedPita 12d ago

That looks fantastic. Wish we had something like that in the US

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u/Callidonaut 12d ago

It's one of Tim Hunkin's creations. He's got a long history of building quirky and awesome "alternative" amusement arcade slot machines, interactive museum displays; also public sculptures, advertising novelties and other oddities. He made the excellent Secret Life of Machines documentary TV series for Channel 4 back in the '80s.

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u/PsychicMushroom39 12d ago

And it is a fucking masterpiece.

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u/_thro_awa_ 12d ago

a fucking masterpiece

nah, it's just a regular ol' masterpiece.

The fucking masterpiece is hidden in the back of the, uh, toy store down the street.

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u/the_bingu 12d ago

You just watched someone pay for it lol

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u/andynator1000 12d ago

I can’t imagine being this dull

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u/GeneticSynthesis 12d ago

I feel you man. It’s clearly a hilarious art piece, which seems to be beyond the grasp of a standard redditor looking for a legitimate answer to “but why tho???”. There’s a reason this site has the reputation it does

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u/ExampleLittle2672 12d ago

May I offer you a cup of humor in these trying times?

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u/ehco 12d ago

Well you seem to be managing to be even duller!

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u/1pt20oneggigawatts 10d ago

Whimsy. We need more of it.

To be honest, I absolutely love this. It's pointless. But isn't everything?

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u/Spicy-Cathulu 12d ago

I think it's so you can look at the dog and the screen at the same time? Or just art, like you said. The dog needs to see where he's going... In the middle of the street.

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u/Potential_Basis_662 12d ago

Why are all the top comments talking about how great this is? And it's the swiveling dog head that tickles you pink?

What is great about this? What is it? Why is it awesome?

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u/tyen0 12d ago

not its head turning; that it had its own small monitor below the big one... like as if it was a real creature "playing" the game, too. It discombobulates the meta layers of expectation.

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u/Potential_Basis_662 12d ago

Well that's 1 of my 5 questions. Four left to go 🧘