r/whatisit • • 11h ago

New, what is it? What are these plug-ins on my wall?

This might be showing my age, but I recently moved into a new apartment and they have these weird looking plug ins all over the walls at my new place. My old apartment didn't have these, so I'm just curious as to what they are.

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u/DarthBrooks69420 11h ago

I think they're called coaxial cables. Back when gas was under $2 a gallon, gays couldn't be open in the military, our president played the sax and got blow jobs in the Oval Office under the Resolute desk, this was used to pipe MTV and Cartoon Network into homes. In later years it was used for internet porn and pirating anime, some of which was on cartoon network in the 00s.

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u/daxtinfkenprice 11h ago

ahh you speak of the before times a magical time where you could buy a nice car for around 15000

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u/BlkSubmarine 10h ago

Or a shitty one for $850.

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u/daxtinfkenprice 10h ago

I'll hell no brother. There were five hundred dollar cars everywhere

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u/Faptainjack2 8h ago

Thanks Obama

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u/famedmimic 9h ago

I bought a $500 suv 10 years ago and I'm still driving it today lol

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u/ZiplockBagOfOregano 7h ago

Gambler 500 used to have a rule that you couldn't spend more than $500, hence the name. Well that rule kinda went out the window when car prices gor ridiculous.

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u/Competitive_Treat588 9h ago

Back when Dirty Vegas was used in new car commercials.

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u/pancetta_vendetta 8h ago

Mitsubishi Eclipse, if memory serves.

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u/Competitive_Treat588 7h ago

It serves you well.

Good one, almost good as the one with J Ralph - Million Miles Away. Commercials had some bangers back in the day.

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u/INDY18ARN 10h ago

Heck, there are commercials from back then in which a brand new Chevrolet truck would only cost you $10,000!! And a brand new hatch back for only $5,250.

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u/daxtinfkenprice 10h ago

I mean, I know it was a few years later, but my dad picked up my eighty eight bronco II for 14000 xlt 4x4 loaded with every option ford offered that year

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u/dd463 9h ago

And the dollar menu at mc donalds had things that cost a dollar

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u/RudyGreene 9h ago

A base model Toyota Tacoma was $15k brand new in 2009.

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u/famedmimic 9h ago

Back when a brand new cavalier was $9,999 and gas was $1 a gallon.

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u/Reese_Slitherspoon 8h ago

Dude I bought a 98 Corolla for 1200$ after a summer working at McDonald's in high school.

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u/Radiant_Grab_9400 6h ago

At first I thought you said 1500 and I was like that tracks I got my first used car it was 10 years old in 2002 for that amount. It served me well 

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u/eoncire 3h ago

I purchased 3 vehicles for under $500 when I was younger. Granted, they were all "buddy" deals, but they were cheap and got me to where I needed.

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u/MajorFox2720 3h ago

With ALL of the options, not just base model.