Fake RetroPIE Oficial facebook group

[hhromic]

ironically, one of the moderators of this facebook "official page" just sent a pull request to RetroPie to include a theme :)

[mitu]

@hhromic I wonder if the next PR will be to include some ROMS ?

[Rascas]

Most of this guys, the admins of that group, are the guys who make the "RetroPie builds" full of roms available at Arcade Punks site.

[edmaul69]

@mitu im a part of a retropie group that does not claim to be official. It does not allow roms, images or pm’s to obtain them. Half the posts are just other retro stuff. Most of the retropie posts are helping people troubleshoot. They dont tolerate bs either. The admin booted 26 people the other day just from 1 thread. You can sell pi setups there but you arent allowed to have any software at all on it when you sell it. I wish more Facebook retropie/ raspberry pi pages were run this way.

[mitu]

@edmaul69 My comment was only half sarcastic - I'm sure there are knowledgeable people in that FB group (and others, as you noted). These forums are not the only support avenue for RetroPie and I think that's a good thing, more-so when they are trying to keep the RetroPie project not associated with ROM piracy and the 'easy-retro-fix-of-the-day'.

[A Former User]

@mediamogul said in Fake RetroPIE Oficial facebook group:

Speaking of which, isn't it strange that Grape-Nuts cereal has never contained grapes or nuts?

Why that is strange, lol.
Here's another one. How are you supposed to know when Stilton Blue Cheese has gone off ?

BTW, wouldn't the best way to counter that group, rather than waste a report that will go into the bin, create another proper official group, linking to this forum ?

[Clyde]

@John_RM_70 said in Fake RetroPIE Oficial facebook group:

How are you supposed to know when Stilton Blue Cheese has gone off ?

https://www.canitgobad.net/can-blue-cheese-go-bad/

Or any of the many sites about it on the web. 🤓

Fun fact: It may give you vivid dreams. 😴

[Clyde]

And while we're at it …

@mediamogul said in Fake RetroPIE Oficial facebook group:

isn't it strange that Grape-Nuts cereal has never contained grapes or nuts?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape-Nuts#Etymology

Despite the name, the cereal contains neither grapes nor nuts; it is made with wheat and barley. Post believed that glucose (which he called "grape sugar") formed in the baking process. This, combined with the nutty flavor of the cereal, is said to have inspired its name. Another explanation originates from employees at Post, who claim that the cereal got its name due to a resemblance to grape seeds, or grape "nuts".

I don't want to be a spoilsport, I just think learning new things is fun. 😊

[A Former User]

Cheers, Clyde. I never knew there was a whole webpage dedicated to the topic.
I love Stilton, but didn't know that you shouldn't wrap it up in plastic while in the fridge. Well, now I do, lol.

[mediamogul]

@Clyde said in Fake RetroPIE Oficial facebook group:

...is said to have inspired its name. Another explanation originates from employees at Post...

Another possible origin involves its creator randomly combining the names of two items he saw from around the room.