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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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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 months ago

I'm almost a full year older than the NES, but almost a year younger than the Famicom.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

oh neat! thanks!

[–] randombullet@programming.dev 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?

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

First video card upgrade was a 3dfx voodoo 2

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

First computer only had a teletype, no screen. Oh and paper tape memory.

[–] Itrytoblenderrender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was born in the year when John Lennon died.

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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'm the same age as DOOM

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago
[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[–] Asphalt@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago
[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

My first game console was an Atari 2600

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Aw dude, four strength four stam leather belt?

AUGHHH

Level 18??

AUGH UGHHH

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was born the year that the first version of Google was also born.

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[–] saphiron@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) was my first console. My first PC was a used 486/40 with 8MB of RAM. I was born in between the Challenger shuttle disaster and Chernobyl meltdown.

[–] clark@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

old enough to remember musically but not vine

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How old do you think I am?

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[–] TheHotze@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was born the same year Pizza Hut introduced Stuffed Crust pizza!

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[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm old enough to watch the Bills lose 4 in a row but young enough to barely remember wide right.

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