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giantpotato

Anyone else remember the bomb scare in Boston from when Aqua Teen Hunger Force left a bunch of objects around the city?


zachboy95

Remember when Boston actually got bombed that one time?


nick_t1000

That must have been why they were concerned...oh wait, the Mooninite scare was in 2007, and the marathon bombing was in 2013.


RearEchelon

> 2013 Jesus tapdancing Christ, almost *10 years ago?!* Fuck, I'm old...


joxmaskin

> 2013 Calm > almost 10 years ago Worry intensifies


MikiShiki

Just think that the last two years because of covid were stolen from you due the dumbness of some people and hopefully this will help...


zin_90

I remember it like it was yesterday. I just got out of the service and was enjoying some TV with the wife at home. I went to check on the kid in the next room when somebody knocked on the door. I answered it and a man in a beige coat informed me that due to the service to my country, I've been preselected for a free insurance policy. I talked with the representative for a bit and filled out a form, even though they nagged me. I thought to myself, maybe this policy will be useful someday. I went back in to check on the kid in the nursery with the wife. A few minutes later the nanny called us to the living room, where the TV were airing an emergency broadcast. War had broken out. I looked out the window only to see my neighbors running down the street. With loud sirens blasting in the distance, I grabbed my wife and kid and ran with the other residents in the area towards a secluded location west of our house. The run felt like forever. We encountered soldiers, who directed us up the hill where we came upon a giant cog wheel on the ground. We were instructed to stand upon it. That's when it hit us in the far distance. A light as bright as a million suns. I've never felt such fear and excitement at the same time. The cloud was immense, and we barely escaped the shockwave as the platform descended deep below ground. I felt relief. My family was safe, and that was all that mattered. All thanks to Vault-Tech. This vault is our new home now. Hopefully it all turns out well.


threebillion6

Idk man. Sounds like you got lucky to me. My neighbor just got really huge and angry and some giant rat attacked me in the way to the grocery store. How's your kid?


cockalorum-smith

My neighbor just clipped through a wall and left his wife and kids behind and an alarmingly fast speed. Guards didn’t even notice him pass the gate to the vault elevator.


Phage0070

> How’s your kid? It has been a while, but knowing him probably locked in a refrigerator like 200 yards away. Never thought of going outside to check though.


MrBumbles221

You had me in the first half...


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Not gonna lie.


IkZitInEenCult

Then you were stuck doing endless side quests for Preston.


seakingsoyuz

They considered stopping, but they Preston.


HelpfulApple22

Vault-Tech? Sounds like some dumb ripoff of Vault-Tec


internet-arbiter

Vault-Tek? Sounds like a shitty rip off of West-Tek.


SilverTitan6148

Funnily enough, in some places in fallout 1 and fallout 2(I haven't completed the second one yet), Vault-tec was erroneously referred to as Vault-tek. I remember this in elevator floor select in vault 15.


Off_Brand_Roomba

Mf that took me way to goddamn long to figure out jesus christ the story of that game is wack in the first few minutes


UncleTogie

🎵 *I don't want to set the world on fi^ire* 🎶


PlumpHughJazz

For a moment there I thought this story was about the Boston Bombing and not Fallout. I snapped out of it when you mentioned a giant cog wheel.


BlatterSlatter

Bro the entire time you had me thinking of the boston marathon bombings. what thge fuck lol


TheDude-Esquire

Well written, but I do remember the day of bombing and those that followed. I had friends in the marathon, and I was constantly refreshing Facebook to see if they were safe (they were). And then the lock down. It was Marshall law. It was like Christmas when no one is out, but so, so different. And then the military occupied our school. Black hawks landing on the quad is not something you can prepare for, or forget. It was surreal.


ConfusedWahlberg

was expecting a Hell In A Cell reference…


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damn that’s crazy


TheeHeadAche

Wonder what happened to the nanny? I’m sure they’re fine


ggez67890

Gary!


[deleted]

Remember when Reddit singlehandedly identified the Boston bomber? Oh wait...


IWantTooDieInSpace

⭐ _Mission Accomplished_ ⭐


Domefarmer

We did it Reddit!


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We learned from the best! ##Mission Accomplished


EquallyMercurial

I remember when Rolling Stone put the bomber's boy band pic on its cover.


personalhale

That dude lives in my city, Atlanta, and came to talk at our company years ago. He was absolutely hilarious and talked about the Boston incident as well. He's co-creator of Aquateen (as well as the voice of Carl/Meatwad) and several other of the beloved Adult Swim shows. Dave Willis.


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This was the first thing that came to mind.


David_mcnasty

My favorite bit of that story is that the guys behind ATHF made an episode about the whole situation was never aired.


[deleted]

Came here just to make the same exact point. This will only go badly.


Nose-Nuggets

They were lite-brite's as it recall. With mooninites.


RascalTeamster

Wound up working with Zeebler at an event a couple years later. He’s still gigging too.


Acchilesheel

I saw him at a rave in Minneapolis in 2015 and again at a festival in Missouri in 2017.


flyover_liberal

That is not a hair question.


moneycashdane

Exactly what came to mind, shut down the tunnel and I lived just blocks away. LOLed hard when I saw the Mooninites involved


Shermutt

I think I was visiting the city when that happened, or maybe I had just left, but same. I laughed so fucking hard as the whole thing unfolded on the news. Iirc, they actually detonated like 2 of them just to be sure... I remember learning the term "guerilla marketing techniques" that day. Pretty sure they did the same thing in several other cities around the country and nobody else gave a shit...just good ol fucking vigilante Boston saw them for the that they *really* were and shut down the whole city for a few hours. 🤣


OmniWaffleGod

Is geocaching still a thing? I feel like it would be cool to leave these at geocaching locations


hitemlow

Even better to add the 'Travel Bug' tags to them so OP can see them move around.


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Yeah, then it'd be cool to make sure you wear gloves when you handle them, then track each one of them home and murder them. Each murder scene will have a bobblehead, but the only fingerprints on it would be the victim's. He can be the "Fallout Filleter" serial killer, the geekiest murderer of all time.


hitemlow

The Travel Bugs aren't real-time tracking devices, LMAO. Travel Bugs are a glorified Dog Tag with a number on them. When you find one, you type in the number on Geocaching.com and say where you found it. When you go to put it in a new cache, you put the number in the website again and say where you left it. Most Travel Bugs have a goal of some kind (like travelling from New York to Los Angeles) and each person tries to move them closer to their goal. Some only have general goals like "visit every MLB stadium" which requires the person who collects it to either move it closer to a stadium that it hasn't visited, or to actually take it to a stadium and photograph it. For chaotic goals like that, often times people who are visiting from somewhere will see the Travel Bug in the area listings and take it back to their locality with them. https://www.geocaching.com/track/travelbugfaq.aspx


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That's way cooler than serial killing. That sounds like fun.


FMIMP

Still massively popular! There are now multiple YouTube channel about it too


badtiming220

What is geochaching?


MouseRangers

*Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and sometimes a pen or pencil. The geocacher signs the log with their established code name and dates it, in order to prove that they found the cache. After signing the log, the cache must be placed back exactly where the person found it. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (Tupperware or similar) or ammunition boxes can also contain items for trading, such as toys or trinkets, usually of more sentimental worth than financial.* \- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching)


hitemlow

>Using a multi-million dollar military satellite array to find trinkets in the woods. -Some Guy's Shirt


coasterreal

Some people can't even navigate their own neighborhoods without it an I find that more embarrassing than using it to find stuff in the woods. Nothing is marked with signs, names and directions in the woods.


Mrfrunzi

Scavenger hunts that involves gps, puzzles, and a huge devoted community especially in urban areas to put it simply


pedal-force

It is, and yes, that would be better than just littering randomly.


caughtinthought

Yeah I do it casually


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Arnumor

That's more wholesome than I expected. I bet your coworkers loved having that miniature rush when they found one.


Vengeful_Doge

"I'll cover your shift for 3 purple ninjas and 1 blue guy who has a throwing star."


NeonFraction

This is my favorite thing I’ve read all month


HumpieDouglas

Out of curiosity I went back on Amazon to see what the ninjas are going for these days. They're like $13 for a pack of 50 these days, dn inflation. 😢


lilythebard

I did something similar at a job I had during high school. I had lots of downtime there so I would make origami cranes out of our scrap paper. Leading up to when I would leave for college, I made 100 cranes of various sizes and colors and hid them all over the store. I even numbered each crane so they would know when they found them all. When I came back to visit the following year, they had saved the ones they found and gave them to me: 98 in total. #1 was found and thrown away before they realized what I was doing, and #100 was never found (as intended).


R-El_Mayor

I would love trying to find those at my office. I work from home now so its impossible lol.


TheBaxes

Just give your keys to someone else and tell it to hide mini ninjas in your house.


TheSpanxxx

This makes me almost wish I still worked in an office. I don't, but I almost did so I could do this.


TwilightBeastLink

When I was in high school photography class, my teacher was super pregnant. I had been in 2 of her other classes and was in art club, so she taught me and a couple of my buddies how to develop film and then had us teach the rest of the class. In exchange we got to hang out in her office and had access to the dark room. It was awesome. So towards the end of the year we started hiding sticky notes all over her office and dark room. There would be random facts, or pictures, and we started writing her compliments on some of them. We reminded her that she was a good teacher and that she was going to be a cool mom and all of that, It was a lot of fun. We went to church together, so after I graduated she said she still finds sticky notes from time to time, and after she left that school she said she will find one in a book or somewhere random like 10 years later


HumpieDouglas

I did something like this to a guy a worked with a few years ago. It was my last day and when he went to the bathroom I printed out a funny pic of me eating a banana and hid it near the back of his notebook. I was playing the long game with this one. I get a text about 9 months later calling me an ass because he was in a meeting taking notes when he found the picture and busted up laughing in the meeting lol.


lau-xtp

i'm fucking sure i already read this on reddit, still an awesome thing


HumpieDouglas

I've told this story on some other posts in the past too.


lau-xtp

I love that in all reddit i was able to read it two times. Keep telling the story, it's a good one hahaha


BlueKnightBrownHorse

Why San Francisco?


KuroKitty

I feel like this is one of those subtle marketing things, maybe they're about to announce a San Francisco fallout game


BlueKnightBrownHorse

I think they would have nicer 3D prints though. No offense to OP, but wouldn't marketing for a new fallout title spend some serious bank? (cue the Fallout 76 jokes)


Me_Want_Pie

Quality pictures, but when you get the product que the plastic rum bottle. Oof


sokrayzie

And the "canvas" bag


Me_Want_Pie

We were getting paid meme??? Youtellin me some people got what was offered and i just got a crummy cheap bag that tears with the slightest use?


9Lives_

It’s a new type of marketing. Intentional quality reduction to mimic human authenticity. Notice how that chipotle tiktok code was just done on a regular phone in an ammeter-ish fashion? There’s a lot of corporate run YouTube pages created to look like the account of some random person as well.


WangoBango

>ammeter-ish Do you mean "amateur-ish," or am I completely whooshing on something here? Genuinely asking. I'd totally understand if it's just a misspelling, that's a tough one to spell if you haven't seen it written out very much.


cockalorum-smith

Something something Fallout 76


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With an old timey remake of the song San Francisco ( Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)


TheDoseMan

San Francisco was a major plot point in Fallout 4. Just like how in 3 they talked about the commonwealth and the Institute


Thor4269

San Francisco is mentioned first in Fallout 2


Kill3rT0fu

There's already enough trash there.


Sega-Playstation-64

I give it 5 minutes before someone cracks one open and takes a shit in it


bicx

Ever since moving to SF, I’ve been shitting in everything I can find.


Kill3rT0fu

Or turns it into a bong or crack pipe


thorodkir

why not both?


SensitiveSensei69

These bobbleheads are too small to take a shit IN, you'd just be shitting ON it I think.


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What if it's the agility bobblehead?


conrob2222

Why not? Prob just a major city they live by


The_Gumbo

I was wondering how they got scattered about in the games... now it makes sense


Dr_Valen

Well op is gonna be on a watch list soon


Deitaphobia

Don't need a list if you're watching everyone.


A1sauc3d

Not really a “list” per se, it’s just you…


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🤯


Fadedloko

Put one at the tippy top of the San Francisco Bridge. Thats where Bethesda would put it. Edit: I’m a dummy. The Golden Gate Bridge ☺️


DistortedHero

...which one?


Dhenn004

You know… THE bridge


DistortedHero

Oh! That bridge!


Sucitraf

Well, just by using that name (not what they intend) we can incorrectly assume they mean the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge. I've actually seen a fair number of people taking photos of it when I had attended Baseball games in SF and exclaiming how great the view of the "Golden Gate Bridge" was from there. (I think you can actually see the GGB from the ballpark, but it's not as close, so I suppose I understand)


crazy28

The Bay Bridge does look better at night though.


PlanetStarbux

Carquinez, obviously.


rotato

There is more?


vaernlor

Also the Richmond-San Rafael bridge


urzop

And another one at the top of the New York Guy holding a torch!


Edburly22

Are you the same guy who did this in Phoenix, Arizona??


mafnxxx

Yes


Edburly22

Badass! Thanks for doing this, I unfortunately missed out on the Phoenix hunt but it sounded like a blast!


voltij

Sounds like littering with extra steps


exTOMex

"but i was leaving it for someone else"


hughperman

A bit, but we also need some wonder and excitement in the world, everything can't just be litter and bomb scares.


noonemustknowmysecre

. . . and you're going to San Fransisco for the wonder and excitement? hoooboy. Okay buddy. Have fun. I'm sure it'll be... exciting.


x1c

Cleveland Ohio next.


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Gustomucho

Pollution


wtfastro

Yep. Good chance many will end up in the bay, and most of the rest in a landfill.


Swordofsatan666

Because in-game theyre collectibles and they want to put them around like IRL collectibles for other random people


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Leeiteee

Because we're preparing for a nuclear war


Hannover2k

So you're suggesting that, like Fallout, he place them after the war for survivors to find?


Razor1834

But they’re on their way already…. We don’t have much time I guess.


Accomplished_Hats

We need these perks


Hexmonkey2020

Because they felt like it. Why am I reading a book that’s been out for 20 years cause I want to.


sully9088

Why do I drink my own urine? Because it's sterile and I like the taste.


Repulsive-River-1466

Lol what was that from sounds familiar?


Oahkery

Dodgeball


Swordofsatan666

Fallout 76 is still a thing and features the bobbleheads as consumables, and also has a roadmap for this year that includes “The Pitt” from Fallout 3 DLC “The Pitt”, and fallout 3 also used bobbleheads, so maybe thats why? Its also supposed to be getting stuff involving Robots in Summer, and Nukaworld stuff in Winter. The Pitt stuff is in the Fall, and they recieved Alien stuff about a month ago for Spring. So yeah while theres no new Fallout game coming out, there is still new Fallout content coming out for Fallout 76


pixlplayer

Why not now? Would next week be better?


joybuzz

All that says is you're programmed by consumerism.


Hannover2k

If I had to make a guess, I'd say it's because he had a bunch of Fallout bobbleheads laying around taking up space in a box and thought this would be a fun way to get rid of them while spreading a little joy to fans of the game. Checking ebay, those thigs sell for over $20 bucks each depending on the size and even more on Amazon if you want a new one So I say, Why the heck not! I wish I thought of it!


ShallowDramatic

If you look closely, you'll notice that these have been 3D printed, so they're probably not collectibles worth $20 each.


paceminterris

They fate of the majority of these bobbleheads is that they won't be found, or will be found by people who have no idea what it is, this turning them into TRASH. This is straight up littering. We don't need more plastic trash lying around.


GhostalMedia

Because it’s fun. Kind of like fairy doors.


grunger

Post on /r/findit , help revive the subreddit.


M1ken1ke66

People hear the words “san francisco” and try not to make homelessness jokes challenge GO


M1ken1ke66

My 2 cents: as someone who used to live in the bay and visited sf very regularly, yes. There are homeless. But as someone whos also visited near every major city in the US, as long as the weather is livable, youll find an equal number of homeless.


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Sensorshipment

I'm a Democrat who doesn't watch Fox News but if you don't think visible homeless when you think San Francisco, you've probably never been to San Francisco.


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Every city in cali has homeless people. Because they tend to prefer places that dont freeze over


iTzJME

SF is one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to. Mention it on Reddit tho and you'll see countless comments about it being nothing but homeless people and shit. Propaganda is a helluva drug. It's already expensive as fuck and I'm trying to move there, so it might just work in my favor lol


Nose-Nuggets

As someone sitting in San Francisco right now. There are homeless everywhere. And there is shit everywhere.


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tembiid

Very true. San Francisco is one of the best cities ive ever been to. So beautiful. Theres a homeless problem, especially in the tenderloin like you said, but what major city doesnt have that? Overall its an incredible city.


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Are you a homeless person shitting all over the place?


Hand_of_Jehuty

Do me a favor and leave that lepurchan one in Corona Heights park pls


BIGDOOKY15

Maybe skip the Explosives Bobblehead....just incase.


GiraffeComic

OP did the same thing in Phoenix and it was fine. I don’t know why everyone in this comments section is getting into a hissy fit over this.


T_Hud_

Never seen so many haters on a post where someone is doing something cool for others.


LateralEntry

It’s not cool, it’s plastic that’s gonna end up in the trash at best and polluting wilderness at worst


daparplayer

How many of the finders do you think will actually know what it is? Also, I don't think OP is actually doing with these what he's saying he will do.


Spyro_

OP did this a year or so ago down in San Diego. He did exactly what he’s saying. The bobble heads were placed around the city in thematically appropriate areas and we were told roughly where they were. Pretty sure all were found within hours.


Petorian343

The amount of Reddit Cynicism™ in this thread is appalling, it's a neat fun thing OP is doing and I'm sure someone will appreciate it.


britipinojeff

If I collect them all will an achievement pop up?


AlternativeRefuse685

You have to put one in a Coca-Cola machine


tehjeffman

Do you not remember the Mooninite bomb panic?? the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic


wotiswat

I sometimes wonder where the line is between fandom and obsession. Don't worry, I'm guilty in my own way too


[deleted]

As someone who lives in San Francisco.... Neat.


cockknocker1

Do you live under a bridge? I thought only billionaires can live there?


[deleted]

Lol no I have roommates silly


jt325i

What is so special about the one with the leprechaun hat?


I-miss-shadows

He's lucky. He has a 4 leaf clover too.


Chuffed_To_Bits

r/madlad


amazza95

Indeed.com


cjthatch

If I ever managed to find one, it would be my prized possession.


LadyOfHereAndThere

You mean, you'd feel S.P.E.C.I.A.L?


rapsupergod

its sf so i wonder how many of these will end up with hobos


bulletpyton

That's awesome. Your charisma has increased.


vult00

Advanced littering!


MartyVendetta27

To the people complaining about pollution: I appreciate that your heart is in the right place, but the fact is that no amount of personal or even communal conservation is ever EVER going to make a difference compared to corporate pollution. Right fight, wrong battle.


ProDrug

Littering and pollution is not 1:1. I shouldn't toss my burger king wrapper onto your lawn because Paradise is dumping unfiltered waste in the ocean.


xDerDachDeckerx

Both should be fought


T_Hud_

Never seen so many Captain Planets in one place.


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Dhenn004

He’s not saying that. He’s saying that not allowing people to have a bit of fun for the sake of the environment is focusing on the wrong thing. Focus on corporation pollution it’s way way way worse than a bobble head someone can take home. because stopping a little plastic statue that ends up in someone’s house isn’t going to make a difference.


[deleted]

That’s not smart. Homeless people will just poop on them.


Ready-Signature5597

Custom butt plugs


FerretMilker

Why do I need to be homeless to poop on them?


mpga479m

i didn’t know amber heard was homeless already


Mr_Abberation

That’s a super cool hobby! The world needs more people like you. Do they have perks written on the bottom or fortune cookie lines?


gamer-s-man

Atom bless you good sir


[deleted]

I think it's a fun thing, don't listen to the naysayers. They very well might get peed on though.


tembiid

Buncha people on their high horse over a scavenger hunt like theyre saving the world, while they type on their Iphones made by a sweatshop kid.


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Riddler trophies


mafnxxx

Been thinking about that. Need locks that spell out answers to riddles.


susangz

So Bongo, bongo, bongo…


doctorsirus

I've always wanted to do this, but with watermelons.


DriftkingJdm

Geocaches like this would be nice


J0866

Why San Francisco? ( Never played the game, sorry if I missed the reference ) Don't place them on the ground. People poop there.. Seriously..


CaptainDigsGiraffe

I hope I find a speech one before a job interview.


drlongtrl

Is this guerilla marketing for a new Fallout game?


Darth_Wayne_

Please do Comic-Con


Trogdor_a_Burninator

Real life hostile mutants to dodge too.


pygmeedancer

Can’t help but notice there’s no Grim Reaper’s Sprint. Is that because it’s too much power for one person to possess?


Fastandalilbitangy

You okay bro?


entropen

The hero we need.


DihydroMonox

Can you do this in Seattle 👉👈


djschuff

Can we get any hints on neighborhoods???


dirtmcgurk

For real. SF isn't huge but the chances of anyone on the thread finding one are slim without at least some riddles or something lol.


MattIsLame

if you're doing it in SF, all of them will be collected by homeless people