{"id":2660,"date":"2021-04-29T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2021-04-28T16:39:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:39:50","slug":"one-upside-to-the-pandemic-bankruptcy-of-chuck-e-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2021\/04\/one-upside-to-the-pandemic-bankruptcy-of-chuck-e-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"One Upside to the Pandemic Bankruptcy of Chuck E. Cheese\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2026 was that we all got to learn about \u201cconcept unification\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/covid-bankruptcies-business-closures-chuck-e-cheese\/2020\/08\/01\/d0bd535a-c657-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-the-ensuing-merger-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-the-ensuing-merger-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-the-ensuing-merger-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-the-ensuing-merger-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-the-ensuing-merger-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-the-ensuing-merger-1200x836.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-the-ensuing-merger.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/covid-bankruptcies-business-closures-chuck-e-cheese\/2020\/08\/01\/d0bd535a-c657-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html\"><em>source<\/em><\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fantastic corporate euphemism that yielded the following corporate training videos, which are simply astounding found-footage horror flicks waiting to happen.  If this <em>isn&#8217;t<\/em> the origin of the <em>Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s<\/em> video game series, then nothing makes sense anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXCrVNEwGxM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1do6KJVkkH0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n(whoever added the Erik Satie score to this second video is a goddamned genius, by-the-by)\n\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fx8UZ5xyh34\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 was that we all got to learn about \u201cconcept unification\u201d: A fantastic corporate euphemism that yielded the following corporate training videos, which are simply astounding found-footage horror flicks waiting to happen. If this isn&#8217;t the origin of the Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s video game series, then nothing makes sense anymore.\u00a0 (whoever added the Erik &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2021\/04\/one-upside-to-the-pandemic-bankruptcy-of-chuck-e-cheese\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One Upside to the Pandemic Bankruptcy of Chuck E. 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