The Game Grumps played a couple episodes of Pokémon Snap while I was making my last video and that jostled a memory from my childhood. I played video games when I was a kid. ADAM: Ha! You, and like 83 million millennials! REBECCA: I didn't ask for your input, Adam! And this is about to age me dramatically because
my first game console was the Sega Genesis. ADAM: Ooo! Granny, tell us the story of classic Sonic.
You know, the good Sonic. REBECCA: Adam, I swear to God— As I was saying, my first console was the Sega Genesis. And yes, that meant I didn't grow up on Mario.
I grew up on Sonic. My childhood in gaming was popping a game cartridge
in and hearing that iconic [singing] Sega. While all the other kids on the street were like… [Beatboxing Super Mario Bros. theme song] REBECCA: Wait a minute! I'm getting ahead of myself! Nintendo didn't take over my life until middle school. My siblings and I grew up on Sega. We even had that notoriously difficult
Lion King Sega game. We didn't beat it when we were kids, but in adulthood, my sister and I dusted off the cartridge one night and finally finished the game, without that famous cheat code, thank you very much! Get a ladder, kids, you ain't even close to our level! ADAM: Aw, snap! Pokémon Snap! REBECCA: Speaking of that, in the sixth grade,
I got really into Pokémon. For my birthday, my parents got me a Game Boy Color
and Pokémon Red and Blue. I remember being so obsessed with that game that I would put it away before bed, go to sleep, and dream that I woke up in the middle of the night
and continued playing it. And when I actually woke up and started playing it, I would wonder why I wasn't further along. YOUNG REBECCA: Where the hell is my Dragonite? REBECCA: So yeah, Pokémon was a really big deal for me. And when Nintendo announced that they were releasing the first Pokémon game for the N64, Pokémon Snap, you know this little weeb was all over that. I went to my mom and very casually asked
if she could order me Pokémon Snap. I also didn't have an N64,
so I was gonna need one of those, too. And Mama, being the kind and doting mother
that she is, said: MAMA PARHAM: All right, fine. I was ecstatic! There was, however, a slight problem, and some of you may even be too young to know what I'm talking about. REBECCA [old woman voice]: But back in my day we had
this thing called REBECCA: dial-up. To put it bluntly, dial-up internet
was slow with a capital ‘S.’ Websites would randomly stop working, you couldn't use your landline phone
while someone was online, and...this: [dial-up sound] Ah, the sweet sounds of childhood. So, my mom got on our family computer and went to ToysRUs.com. (RIP Geoffrey.) She tried ordering the N64 in Pokémon Snap, but because the internet was terrible back then, the website wasn't working,
and she couldn't get through. And back then, there wasn't much you could do
about that except try again later. So, she put away her credit card in the desk drawer
and said that she would try again tomorrow. But my little child brain was having none of that. Nuh uh! The universe was out of order
until I had my Pokémon Snap and N64 in hand! Wrongs must be righted! About an hour later, I went back to the computer
when no one was around. I got online and found Pokémon Snap and the N64. Actually, this is the first time I ever ordered anything off the internet by myself, so good job me for figuring it out. I was about to check out when I realized
I'd forgotten a minor technicality. Things cost money. YOUNG REBECCA: Ah, right. Economics. Where am I gonna get money? And then I remembered something special had been left in the desk drawer. [gasp] Mom's credit card! You would think that a child would be more hesitant about using their parent's credit card
without their permission. You know, maybe give it a second thought
or work up a sweat at least, but nope! I was so laser-focused on Pokémon
that I didn't think twice about it. It's for the greater good! What a jolly little thief I was! ADAM: Wait, you stole your mom's credit card to buy
something she was already gonna buy for you? REBECCA: Yeah. ADAM: Could you even really call that stealing? REBECCA: Listen, I was a good kid by this age. I followed the rules, I listened to my parents, so I was operating under this same logic. It's not stealing if she was gonna buy it anyways. To me, it felt more like problem-solving. But no, go figure. Using someone's credit card without their permission under any circumstances, still considered stealing. And not to mention, when I scrolled down to select a shipping option. [gasp] Overnight delivery? I can have this tomorrow? Sign me up! The Internet is awesome! I want to live there! And I went to bed, satisfied that I would soon be playing the greatest game ever created, on the greatest console ever created. The next morning, I got up for school, and Mom met me in the kitchen. She told me that she would try again to get Pokémon Snap later that day. And me, being as naïve as I was, said: YOUNG REBECCA: Aha, don't worry, mother. I got you covered. I already ordered it. MAMA PARHAM: You did what? YOUNG REBECCA: Ordered it. Was really no problem.
No need to thank me. MAMA: How did you pay for it? YOUNG REBECCA:
Mmm, you left your credit card in the desk. ... REBECCA: You ever get one of those looks from
your parents where you instantly know...ya messed up? ... YOUNG REBECCA: Uh. ... MAMA: Never…touch…my credit card…again. YOUNG REBECCA: Yes ma'am. REBECCA: The cherry on top of my transgression... Later that same day,
when my mom picked me up from school… MAMA: You had it overnighted?! REBECCA: I had to wait two weeks
before I could play my new game. I ended up waiting longer to play it
than if I had just been patient from the get-go. Just goes to show stealing is wrong.
And I've never stolen anything since. Well, except maybe a few hearts. Hey Explainers and Entertainers, Editor Becca here. I forgot to record an outro bit. Special thanks to Adam of SomethingElseYT
for his amazing voice work in this. He sent me his beatboxing and said: ADAM: Keep in mind I'm not a professional beatboxer,
so don’t make fun of me. [laughs] REBECCA: But as you can hear, it was perfect,
so shush, Adam. I also wanted to let you know that I am working
on the VidCon Recap Video as fast as I possibly can. And it's probably gonna be a little different this year, because so much crazy stuff happened that I'm having to cram a lot into one video. So I must ask your patience on this one. I promise it will be fun. Anyways, that's it. Thank you so much for tuning in,
but now I got a tune out. ADAM: Okay, that’ll do it for this one. Don't forget to like that smash button, uh, drink more liquids, and stay hydrated. [laughs]
