PJ Vogt

Something you need to understand about this community is that Dave & Buster's offers its customers a sort of soft gambling experience. You compete there for tickets that you can exchange for valuable prizes, like a Nintendo Switch. And in the subreddit, people mainly obsess over ticket-maximizing strategies and brag about the valuable prizes they've won.

One typical thread I saw, quote, cashed in five emoji barcode balls for 20,000 tickets and got the foot massager. Another, first time hitting the super bonus. A third, my favorite, plaintive. How long does it take to get the birthday reward? No mention here, not one, of the anomaly.

One typical thread I saw, quote, cashed in five emoji barcode balls for 20,000 tickets and got the foot massager. Another, first time hitting the super bonus. A third, my favorite, plaintive. How long does it take to get the birthday reward? No mention here, not one, of the anomaly.

One typical thread I saw, quote, cashed in five emoji barcode balls for 20,000 tickets and got the foot massager. Another, first time hitting the super bonus. A third, my favorite, plaintive. How long does it take to get the birthday reward? No mention here, not one, of the anomaly.

None of these people had noticed they weren't allowed to whisper into their iPhones the name of the place they most loved. I was not yet making progress, but at least I now carried the question with me because socially it was the most powerful search engine query I've discovered. At dinner, at drinks, if conversation lulled, if I wanted to steer things in another direction, I'd pull my phone out.

None of these people had noticed they weren't allowed to whisper into their iPhones the name of the place they most loved. I was not yet making progress, but at least I now carried the question with me because socially it was the most powerful search engine query I've discovered. At dinner, at drinks, if conversation lulled, if I wanted to steer things in another direction, I'd pull my phone out.

None of these people had noticed they weren't allowed to whisper into their iPhones the name of the place they most loved. I was not yet making progress, but at least I now carried the question with me because socially it was the most powerful search engine query I've discovered. At dinner, at drinks, if conversation lulled, if I wanted to steer things in another direction, I'd pull my phone out.

It was a superpower. Want to see a secret almost nobody else on earth knows? The anomaly would provoke a flurry of voice noting, and then feelings of wonder, which would melt into feelings of paranoia, a one-two you often encounter in America. So many conspiracy theories about Apple, Tim Cook, Dave, Buster, phones listening in on you, which again, I just was not ready to buy any of these.

It was a superpower. Want to see a secret almost nobody else on earth knows? The anomaly would provoke a flurry of voice noting, and then feelings of wonder, which would melt into feelings of paranoia, a one-two you often encounter in America. So many conspiracy theories about Apple, Tim Cook, Dave, Buster, phones listening in on you, which again, I just was not ready to buy any of these.

It was a superpower. Want to see a secret almost nobody else on earth knows? The anomaly would provoke a flurry of voice noting, and then feelings of wonder, which would melt into feelings of paranoia, a one-two you often encounter in America. So many conspiracy theories about Apple, Tim Cook, Dave, Buster, phones listening in on you, which again, I just was not ready to buy any of these.

But I had no counter story to offer in return. The first clue, which I would not understand until much later, was hidden inside a story.

But I had no counter story to offer in return. The first clue, which I would not understand until much later, was hidden inside a story.

But I had no counter story to offer in return. The first clue, which I would not understand until much later, was hidden inside a story.

Which I heard on a Barstool Sports podcast called Pardon My Take.

Which I heard on a Barstool Sports podcast called Pardon My Take.

Which I heard on a Barstool Sports podcast called Pardon My Take.

It's video, so you see the hosts dressed like pretty standard Intelligros. Casually, comfortably, one is wearing indoor Ray-Bans. And then there's the titular Buster, Buster Corley.

It's video, so you see the hosts dressed like pretty standard Intelligros. Casually, comfortably, one is wearing indoor Ray-Bans. And then there's the titular Buster, Buster Corley.

It's video, so you see the hosts dressed like pretty standard Intelligros. Casually, comfortably, one is wearing indoor Ray-Bans. And then there's the titular Buster, Buster Corley.

Buster connecting on video from his home, a man in his late 60s, looking a bit like a fitter off-season Santa Claus.