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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

AIM away messages and the passive flex of who has the best 'buddyprofile' that may or may not link to a livejournal or xanga page

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

i though vista was basically dead on arrival?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I remember watching TV as a kid and deciding that, when I grow up, I want to be just like:

A) Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,

B) that hot Mountie from Due South, and

C) The Littlest Hobo

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I still call them Opel Fruits

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

There was a misprint on magic the gathering cards that affected the artwork/coloration the year I was born. WotC recalled all of them and destroyed them all. The remaining ones that were already purchased sell for absurd money

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

My first computer was a Sinclair

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

i remember when the earth first formed, nobody was prepared for it to become the most OP planet in the universe.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

My first gaming console was N64 and I remember my parent's paid 700 USD for our 2 bedroom apartment in decent area.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I got a 2400 baud modem and thought it was so cool that I didn’t need to use an acoustic coupler

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Without telling how old you are

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Old enough to watch the moon landing, but too young to remember it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

First manned space flight.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I watched more than a couple movies i knew would be bad because Peter Cullen was doing some voice work in them

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

That's me on the left with my sister. The cat was called Thomas. Any guesses as to the 'pc' ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I got one of the first home Pong machines for my 7th birthday

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I had Empire Strikes Back bed Sheets

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