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I have two answers for you.

1: I have acne I'm too old for and gray hairs I'm too young for.

2: I have the depression of a millennial and the uninhibited madness of a zoomer.

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[–] Octavio@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Equal parts lead and microplastics.

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[–] BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I saw star wars at the cinema when it was first released

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I was 6, didn't give a shit. Later became a huge fan.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago
[–] kungfuratte@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

I recently bought "Sonic the Hedgehog" a third time.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago
[–] joe_archer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the year 2000 I was half the age I am now.

[–] paulzy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Can you kick? and stretch? and kick?

[–] enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

genz but have used floppy disk on PC and cassetes for music, have played with my ancient mouse's balls, fixed tv/monitor by violence, have been traumatized by several jumpscares found in random .swf file in a sea of .swf files back when I couldn't read english.

I was alive for 9/11 but have no memory of it

I got my first cell phone before the iPhone was first released

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm bald on top and my scalp looks like a brain from long Hulkamania, and PacMan fever destroyed my grip strength.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I played Super Mario Bros on a table arcade in a pizza restaurant.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago

My pizza place had a sit down Mrs Pac-Man, a stand up Galaga, Tempest and Centipede, and a western themed pinball machine.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I still love gorilla.bat.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

My favorite BGS game is Oblivion.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I loved the star wars films that came out while I was a child, but the ones that were made after that are really bad.

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[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Back when I was a kid, The Simpsons was a really good show

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[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

When I told my colleagues about my surprise when I found out The Scorpions were German, none, but none of them had any idea what band I was talking about.

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[–] Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Waiting for your favourite song to be played on the radio and pressing record and pause on the cassette recorder at the exact right time. Massive feelings of win.

[–] Fedditor385@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I had the newest MTV Hits on a casette.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

My dad had to remove me from the cinema when we saw Toy Story on release because I found Sid's vivsected toys too frightening

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

About as old as [joke redacted] was

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

@leadore@lemmy.world is old enough to be my grandfather

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 2 days ago

longcat is loooooong

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