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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I saw this on Tumblr and thought of this thread. πŸ˜ƒ

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

First video card upgrade was a 3dfx voodoo 2

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t remember where I was on 9/11 but I was drinking a lot back then so that doesn’t say much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

TBF, I quit my job when I saw that going down, and moved to the other coast days later.

[–] Mandy 2 points 2 months ago

you are in idiot, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I'd get to kindergarten too early, the teacher let us watch some cable tv. It was usually showing the original xmen cartoon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The new one is a labor of love, NGL.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I owned computers before this, but I remember buying my first PC, a 286, at a flea market for $20 with a coffee can full of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Grif:

It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know, man, but it keeps me up at night.

Simmons:

...What?! I mean why are we out here, in this canyon?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I knew about Warren Robinnet before Ready Player One

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I’m old but a young co-worker got me onto Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I still shoot film and I still have a record player.

First smart phone was an iPhone 5S.

Guess my age?

[–] sbv 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.ca/post/15125231 has results of a demographic poll for lemmy.ca.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

oh neat! thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I started using computers on windows 10 (I am now a proud Kubuntu user)

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