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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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[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago

The first video game I ever played was Asteroids in an arcade, before kindergarten.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm old enough to have accidentally beaten the original Final Fantasy in hard mode.

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not old, according to the guy in Monty Python and the Holy Grail that Arthur called "old woman."

[–] squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ghostbusters

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, let's see.

I was alive for the bicentennial of the USA, don't remember that but do remember rotary phones. The population of the world doubled between my birth and when I was age 42.

Not sure Lemmy skews older than "the rest of the internet" though, have you ever seen Facebook?

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] 872XXE@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first tv was black/white and had 8 dials to tune the 8 channels.

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[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe tomorrow I’ll want to settle down, until tomorrow I’ll just keep moving on.

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[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You tryin' to rizz my skibiddi up? Aye? In ohio no less.

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[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Retro is anything on a cartridge or tape. Disc based media is too new and space age to be retro.

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[–] Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

🎵 This is the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny. Good guys bad guys and explosions, as far as the eye can see. 🎵

[–] hisao@ani.social 4 points 1 year ago

I look almost the same as I did when I was twice as young as I am right now and I understand that during this decade I'll probably leave the age bracket where this is possible.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I was born in the year Princess Elizabeth became Queen. Also, Evita died that year.

[–] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Silver hawks was my favorite saturday morning cartoon.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Accrington Stanley? Oo are they?

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[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 4 points 1 year ago

My childhood pics are Polaroids.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was in my mother's womb when Chernobyl was melting down.

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was born, the United States wasn't involved in a war.

[–] ashar@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

My first computer was the zx spectrum with 256k RAM

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I was born a few weeks after the beginning of the TET offensive.

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

That poll was revealing, was not expecting average of 30-40 :0 Good idea though!

[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I still call them Opel Fruits

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Much of my childhood was spent watching BAMZOOKi and Jungle Run on CBBC.

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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

[–] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I watched the Challenger disaster on the wheelie TV cart

[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Elders scrolls v is the first game I played

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[–] Uncle_Abbie@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

I watched cartoons on Saturday morning and Davey & Goliath on Sunday.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I had Empire Strikes Back bed Sheets

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Elvis and I were alive at the same time.

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