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/
When I was 7 I could look up at the night sky and there were no satellites.
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.
I am two years older than TCP.
I am quite literally older than the Internet.
TVs have a UHF switch so I can finally watch more channels. I really hate putting tinfoil on the rabbit ears and opening the window to sometimes get these new channels though, but they work better if I hold onto the antenna. It’s hard to see what I’m watching if I do this, but at least I can mostly hear what they’re saying, and the picture is dark anyway, so even if I could see at this angle, it would be too dark and snowy.
My first coding class was Cobol and we used punch-cards.
(Side story, nothing strikes a feeling of dread more than the sound of cards being shuffled behind you.)
The Oregon Trail.
I still feel shy when buying beer
Old enough to watch the moon landing, but too young to remember it.
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The first time i typed a paper for school i used a typewriter. The last time i wrote a paper for school i used Openoffice.
There were no TV commercials on Sunday.
Classic movies are in black an white.
I remember watching One Piece Skypiea arc on TV (german broadcast) in the morning, cartoon network kids next door, ATLA, Danny Phantom.
My first console was the Nintendo DS and I played ‘Finding Nemo’ on the OG xbox.I’m the same age as DOOM