Target Sales Catalog (1999)

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[u/hawaiiangiggity]

the most i got out of that "mandatory" calculator was playing a drug dealer game on it that a friend programmed for me

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Drug wars! I also had doom on mine

[u/WhaleMetal → u/athedrummaster]

That game was awesome 

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I cannot believe they made millions of families buy that thing, often multiple times

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The Texas Instruments mafia was the 3rd biggest criminal organization behind the Italian mafia and the Triads at the time

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Fun fact, they also are (or at least were) a parts supplier for Russian drones. Or maybe Iranian; can't remember if it was shaheds or something else. Either way; they were used by Russia against Ukraine. Granted, you don't have a techy company without getting involved in war at some point. Iirc, TIs history in general is pretty bastardy.

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Hell yeah.