Just for fun, I wanted to tell a little story about why the PlayStation 2 was the most popular console at my high school.
The reason is quite simple but somewhat humorous. Stick with me, I know I am clickbaiting you.
The simple answer was around 2005 my friends started talking in code and coming to school with much more... "laid back moods" that normal. They would ask each other if they had "put on a sweater" that morning. Another popular code phrase was "playing ski ball" before or after school. Of course you know what I am talking about at this point. Weed.
The obsession with the green devil's lettuce didn't last long as their tolerance grew and my friends moved on to harder things and the more readily available alcohol. But the fact remains that marijuana was enticing and illegal. So what's the connection to a bunch of potheads and the PlayStation 2? All of them had one. In mid 2005 and onward everyone talked about playing games on PS2, trading games around, and watching movies with the new fangled device that could do it all. Of course, all the reasons stated are perfectly acceptable reasons to own the console. The common games to talk about with friends, the inclusion of being in the "playstaion" crowd, and so on. Not only were the PS2 consoles extremely popular, they weren't all that expensive at the time either. With the PS3 and 360 looming over the gaming horizon, you could get you hands on a PS2 for a decent price. Maybe a bit of summer work money or pitching to your parents that you can use it as a DVD player, you get the idea.
The two facts I NEVER put together until much later was 1. everyone had a phat PS2. Why wouldn't you? It was cheap, OG, easy to find... the reasons are endless. But the real reason was 2. the phats had an empty expansion bay. No one I knew used any of the online features or had anything to fill that space....
...except weed. It was the perfect place to hid your pot stash. It comes with its own little cover and everything. You put your bag in, snap the cover on, and hid the PS2 bay against the wall under your TV and no one is the wiser. I would have never guessed. And apparently, no one's parents ever guessed either. It was the perfect crime (lol). I found out about the expansion bay stash cache when a friend told us all a story about him stuffing it all in just in time before his dad came into his room. He said something to the effect of "I know my parents aren't dumb, and they knew I had weed. They just never found out where I kept it." I laughed like this was a hilarious place to keep your drug stash. A few others did that "I know the feeling" kinda laugh. I asked why no one found this funny. Just about everyone there agreed that the PS2 expansion bay was the best hiding place they had found and why they loved the PS2. Of course, the other actual features of the console certainly helped.
]TL;DR (mouse hover)
I hope you liked my story, I sure as hell do.
The reason is quite simple but somewhat humorous. Stick with me, I know I am clickbaiting you.
The simple answer was around 2005 my friends started talking in code and coming to school with much more... "laid back moods" that normal. They would ask each other if they had "put on a sweater" that morning. Another popular code phrase was "playing ski ball" before or after school. Of course you know what I am talking about at this point. Weed.
The obsession with the green devil's lettuce didn't last long as their tolerance grew and my friends moved on to harder things and the more readily available alcohol. But the fact remains that marijuana was enticing and illegal. So what's the connection to a bunch of potheads and the PlayStation 2? All of them had one. In mid 2005 and onward everyone talked about playing games on PS2, trading games around, and watching movies with the new fangled device that could do it all. Of course, all the reasons stated are perfectly acceptable reasons to own the console. The common games to talk about with friends, the inclusion of being in the "playstaion" crowd, and so on. Not only were the PS2 consoles extremely popular, they weren't all that expensive at the time either. With the PS3 and 360 looming over the gaming horizon, you could get you hands on a PS2 for a decent price. Maybe a bit of summer work money or pitching to your parents that you can use it as a DVD player, you get the idea.
The two facts I NEVER put together until much later was 1. everyone had a phat PS2. Why wouldn't you? It was cheap, OG, easy to find... the reasons are endless. But the real reason was 2. the phats had an empty expansion bay. No one I knew used any of the online features or had anything to fill that space....
...except weed. It was the perfect place to hid your pot stash. It comes with its own little cover and everything. You put your bag in, snap the cover on, and hid the PS2 bay against the wall under your TV and no one is the wiser. I would have never guessed. And apparently, no one's parents ever guessed either. It was the perfect crime (lol). I found out about the expansion bay stash cache when a friend told us all a story about him stuffing it all in just in time before his dad came into his room. He said something to the effect of "I know my parents aren't dumb, and they knew I had weed. They just never found out where I kept it." I laughed like this was a hilarious place to keep your drug stash. A few others did that "I know the feeling" kinda laugh. I asked why no one found this funny. Just about everyone there agreed that the PS2 expansion bay was the best hiding place they had found and why they loved the PS2. Of course, the other actual features of the console certainly helped.
]TL;DR (mouse hover)
I hope you liked my story, I sure as hell do.
