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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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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

My mom watched the Watergate hearings while she was pregnant with me.

[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Elders scrolls v is the first game I played

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[–] MECHAGIC@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)
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[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I remember the big floppy disks that were actually floppy. But the standard floppy disks were way more common and even they were on their way out

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 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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[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 points 3 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

[–] OmegaLemmy 3 points 3 months ago

I still feel shy when buying beer

[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

The first news broadcast I can remember the subject of is Tom Brokaw talking about a bombing in Bosnia... because I liked the alliteration.

[–] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 3 points 3 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

[–] Xylight@lemdro.id 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Younger than the iphone 👶

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[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 3 points 3 months ago

I still call them Opel Fruits

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

First manned space flight.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I had Empire Strikes Back bed Sheets

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

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

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Older than 9/11, but not by enough to remember much more than the stories about going balls to the walls on acting assimilated to the country I was living in so we wouldn't stand out as Americans because the consulate was worried some locals might try taking hostages to support the terrorists.

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[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

I was in middle school when I got an n64 for Christmas.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

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

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm barely able to remember watching Star Wars in the summertime in the theatre.

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