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i feel like lemmy skews older than the rest of the internet

i also made an anonymous poll because data is cool
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/fGestKFfPddlgaPA4zOONy4GGq9DBUXoDfS-cqUsaPE/

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[โ€“] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

You could only get B&W Tvs at the store.

[โ€“] Uncle_Abbie 2 points 2 months ago

I saw this on Tumblr and thought of this thread. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

[โ€“] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When I'd get to kindergarten too early, the teacher let us watch some cable tv. It was usually showing the original xmen cartoon.

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[โ€“] boaratio@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I owned computers before this, but I remember buying my first PC, a 286, at a flea market for $20 with a coffee can full of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

I knew about Warren Robinnet before Ready Player One

[โ€“] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

you are in idiot, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa

Grif:

It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know, man, but it keeps me up at night.

Simmons:

...What?! I mean why are we out here, in this canyon?

First computer only had a teletype, no screen. Oh and paper tape memory.

[โ€“] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

First video card upgrade was a 3dfx voodoo 2

[โ€“] bobburger@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

I used my fake ID to buy Hpnotiq at the club because I was young and impressionable

[โ€“] Asphalt@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] lemmyalope@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

I got an NES, because I thought the robot was cool.

[โ€“] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] daniyeg@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

one of my most cherished childhood games is crazy frog racer.

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