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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Watching the Challenger burn up.

Nuclear war drills hiding under my desk.

Game related - monochrome monitors

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I remember where I was when I heard the Challenger blew up as a kid better than hearing about the start of 9/11 as an adult. It left such an impression. They sent up a teacher. A nice teacher that all her kids loved. And she died.

I learned about it during lunch at school and the gasp that went through the room is a sound I'll never forget.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Game related - monochrome monitors

Four color CGA was amazing, right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember it was a constant "can graphics get better?" Lol

I miss discharging the static on a monitor with my hand. Good times.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I remember seeing my first ever 256 color image file and was blown away by how 'realistic' it was. It was a parrot stretching out and I stared at that image nearly every day for like a year until the floppy it was stored on died.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Watching the Challenger burn up.

Holy crap I haven't thought about this in years.

I was on the playground with my elementary school class.

All the other kids started cheering like it was a fireworks display, me and the teacher got grey and quiet real quick (my dad was in aerospace and I was old enough to understand death).

I think that's when I started getting bullied.