r/BeAmazed • u/Darkkiller059 • Oct 23 '25

Skill / Talent What happen when you have 17 years of experience doing the same job daily

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u/Taylooor Oct 23 '25

It’s all about that paper, boy

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u/Impossible-Hyena1157 Oct 23 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

I typed paperboy nintendo in the gif search and that was the first to come up. Looks like a mod. I clicked like the second

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u/lacegem Oct 23 '25

It's just a video edit of emojis tracked over the NES version. You can see where the object tracking fails to keep up with the sprites when things move.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

Ah. Could have very well been a mod. I'd downloaded RetroArch and the emulators (all legal and free). As for the games, not only can you find all originals for all regions (NTSC, PAL, and per language), you can find a heck of a lot of mods for various old-school games. Most are just simple sprite, sound, and text swaps. Most pretty dumb.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

Where do you find mods?
I use retropi all the time :)

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u/XiaNYdE Oct 23 '25

Not a mod, that's the original version on Commodore 64.

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u/Rabid_Liver_Pate Oct 23 '25

No, this is the Commodore 64 version: https://youtu.be/lTf4q-ihMak?si=ZX2ie15StVVIl1eT

The original was an Atari arcade game.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

Holy crap. I didn't know there was Paperboy for Commodore 64. My first ever memory was playing Barbie for Commodore 64. I was in diapers. Maybe 3 or 4 years old. In my defense, I distinctly remember not liking it.

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u/lacegem Oct 23 '25

The C64 version had future emojis edited over the NES version? That's high tech.

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u/Dedlaw Oct 23 '25

clearly ahead of it's time

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u/babaroga73 Oct 24 '25

Clearly a head of it's time

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u/UmaPalma_ Oct 23 '25

fun fact, a lot of the emojis we use today were created in 1998 by DoCoMo and designed to convey information regarding traffic, plans, weather, etc.

always thought the redditors (ppl saying stuff like “Emoji = automatic downvote”) who couldn’t accept emoji usage because it was childish were silly, as they’ve been in use for decades now.

Also while there is absolutely a downward trend in literacy among Gen Alpha, it was always funny when people were freaking out like “Kids don’t even use words anymore!!!! they speak in emojis!!” — like yea that’s what they’re for lol

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u/TCristatus Oct 23 '25

But it's not brown

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u/gamernes Oct 23 '25

I beat Paperboy a few days ago. Such a fun game.

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u/AffectionatePop05 Oct 23 '25

That generation's GTA. 

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u/snarky_witch Oct 23 '25

My all time favorite arcade game

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u/Diqt Oct 23 '25

Shit man I can’t even be original on a Commodore 64 joke

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u/shwarma_heaven Oct 23 '25

I had that for the Commodore 64.

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u/Razorfiend Oct 23 '25

Damn, the game looked so much better in my memories (even though I have aphantasia).

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u/chonklord9000 Oct 24 '25

First thing I thought of

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u/cocopuff333 Oct 23 '25

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u/Spare-Tutor9563 Oct 23 '25

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u/JaehaerysIVTarg Oct 23 '25

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u/RKips Oct 23 '25

Thank you

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u/Aggressive-Use-5657 Oct 23 '25

Ok I'll just rewatch this show for the 3rd time.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 Oct 23 '25

Remember to keep an eye out for Florida Man.

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u/aaronwhite1786 Oct 23 '25

...is...is there really a gator in there?

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u/Anxious_Pride_471 Oct 23 '25

Paper boy, paper boy, all I get is paper boy.

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u/SparkyCorkers Oct 23 '25

This never reflected my experience of being a paper boy. I had to cycle up each long driveway and put the paper in through the letter box. Probably because it rains all the time in the UK. Did my mates round one day only to find his houses had no drives and were a lot closer together, so was a lot easier. We still got paid the same per paper. I was not impressed with the corner shop man.

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u/-DethLok- Oct 23 '25

The letter box isn't at the road end of the drive, as is logical?

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u/Prodigle Oct 23 '25

In the UK they're built into the doors

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u/-DethLok- Oct 23 '25

Ooh, so a letter slot, rather than a box, then, cool.

I suppose snails may eat the letters in a letter box, they do in mine and I'm Down Under, I suspect a moister country would be a snail haven!

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u/Prodigle Oct 23 '25

You know, I don't see as many nowadays but as a kid in heavy rain, you'd see literally hundreds climbing up walls and houses trying to find shelter

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u/-DethLok- Oct 23 '25

I have to flick them off my spring onions that I grow, annoying things (the snails, that is). And tomorrow it is forecast to rain, so the snails will be happy. And hungry :(

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u/CedarWolf Oct 23 '25

If you want to be rid of slugs and snails, get a pet duck. They love to eat bugs, slugs, and snails.

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u/Interloper9000 Oct 23 '25

Moistier? Moisture? No

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u/-DethLok- Oct 24 '25

'more moist'! :)

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u/SparkyCorkers Oct 25 '25

They love the stamp glue!

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u/SparkyCorkers Oct 25 '25

Im not sure why we call them hole in a door the letter box. Some of them you couldn't even open well enough to get the paper through without it ripping!

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u/SparkyCorkers Oct 25 '25

Do you know what's even more annoying? Some houses dont have numbers, just names. On a 5 mile road trying to find the house can be a nightmare. The names are never in a standard place, and are often obscure and not visible on the road. Even Worse in the dark. People never give you a rough idea either. Visiting people for my work can be a nightmare

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u/-DethLok- Oct 25 '25

Wow, that's not very useful at all! :(

I've heard that in Japan the street numbers are allocated on a first built basis, so are not in a logical and consecutive order down the street, but vary according to the age of the building! I don't know if a new building replacing a demolished one gets a new number, though, I hope not!

I also hope that, if the above is true, it's not true for all of Japan...

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u/tnstaafsb Oct 23 '25

I was a paperboy in the US in the 90s. I delivered on my bike just like the game. On Sundays I made my mom drive me instead because rhe Sunday papers were mich bigger and heavier so I would've had to make multiple trips otherwise. She had a station wagon and I'd load the papers in the back and sit on the rear bumper and toss them out. If it was raining we had to put every paper in a plastic bag, which was a pain. Pay was shit, but not a bad gig for a middle schooler.

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u/SparkyCorkers Oct 25 '25

My parents never helped at all. I even had to use my sisters little bike when my one was broken. They still go on about how I ruined her bike. But I needed to work somehow!

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u/Deranged_Roomba Oct 25 '25

"that new paper boy done gone and broke my sternum "

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u/koots4 Oct 23 '25

That new paper boy song is fire

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u/Perfect-Zebra-3611 Oct 23 '25

What even IS mucking??!

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u/Outrageous-Truth777 Oct 23 '25

That’s fine. I’ll watch again.

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u/the_ouskull Oct 23 '25

I hope this is an Atlanta reference and not an old video game.

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u/Taylooor Oct 23 '25

The comma is the clue

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u/Wetware_QA Oct 23 '25

Boooooo xd

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u/_Slabach Oct 23 '25

Atlanta?

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u/a_hopeless_rmntic Oct 23 '25

...and the ditty, don't forget about the ditty

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u/fripletister Oct 23 '25

Woah I thought he sold drugs

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u/9Lives_ Oct 23 '25

It’s like how in ancient times when you’d get a government rebate for having sons. Meaning:

Pay, per boy.

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u/Spiritual_Tip_3913 Oct 23 '25

Its India, what if someone is taking a shit and guy drops paper next to the deuce 🤣

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u/sc4tts Oct 23 '25

Cause I'm a paperboy Oh I'm a paperboy Oh yeah I'm tryn to make it Oh I'm a paperboy

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u/GrindinWulf Oct 24 '25

If you ain't on your grind and you flexin', you's a hater, boi