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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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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'm the same age as DOOM

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] thevoicesarelouder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

My first 7" single was Slade-Far far away

[–] Limfjorden@feddit.dk 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I tried to make a portal to Aether.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

My childhood is having Carameldansen be a popular meme, and then having that promptly taken away.

EDIT: I also witnessed the birth and the death of "Vine".

[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

who took carameldansen away from you?

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[–] Uncle_Abbie@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

I saw this on Tumblr and thought of this thread. 😃

[–] 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

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 months ago

I'm almost a full year older than the NES, but almost a year younger than the Famicom.

[–] BOFH666@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Vic-20, Atari 600 XL, zx-81.

In that order

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

First video card upgrade was a 3dfx voodoo 2

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was sixteen days old when the world ended and we were all thrown back into the stone age.

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[–] Itrytoblenderrender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was born in the year when John Lennon died.

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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago
[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I knew about Warren Robinnet before Ready Player One

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Men used to wear booty shorts and belly shirts like some women do today; if they bothered with a shirt at all publicly and it was all 100% A OKAY; abs/pecs or not

[–] 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.

[–] 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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[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t remember where I was on 9/11 but I was drinking a lot back then so that doesn’t say much.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

TBF, I quit my job when I saw that going down, and moved to the other coast days later.

[–] Fortatech@gregtech.eu 2 points 2 months ago

I have no idea about most of theese comments.

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