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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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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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?

[-] DaBPunkt@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I was using 5,25″ discs.

[-] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Biggest crush on Winona Ryder starting in high school, when Heathers came out.

Before that, Peter Weller inspired me as hard rocking neurologist, Buckaroo Banzai.

First programming was in Pascal on a Hydra machine (reel to reel computer stack serving 30 stations).

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[-] Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

I once took a Toledo Salamunca sword and cut off my own head.

[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

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

[-] lionheat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

When I was 7 I could look up at the night sky and there were no satellites.

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[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I grew up with Rugrats, Hey Arnold and Doug.

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[-] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago
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[-] 872XXE@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago

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

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[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

"Alpha! Rita has escaped! Recruit a team of teens with attitude!"

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[-] squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Ghostbusters

[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

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

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[-] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

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

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

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[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago

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

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[-] Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] ashar@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago

My first computer was the zx spectrum with 256k RAM

[-] Banichan@dormi.zone 4 points 3 months ago

My childhood pics are Polaroids.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago

Accrington Stanley? Oo are they?

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] hisao@ani.social 4 points 3 months 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 3 months ago

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

[-] FringeTheory999@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Silver hawks was my favorite saturday morning cartoon.

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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

[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

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

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

Elvis and I were alive at the same time.

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[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

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

[-] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I watched the Challenger disaster on the wheelie TV cart

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