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re: If You Were Born Between 1976–1985, This Video Will Finally Make Sense of You
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:31 pm to Joshjrn
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:31 pm to Joshjrn
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I had a cell phone in the 8th grade whose sole purpose in life was to call my mother after football practice ended so she didn't have to sit there and wait
A quarter and a pager number would have worked. I didn't get my first cell phone til I was maybe 20.
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:31 pm to LemmyLives
Jesus I had no idea it was that big:
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:37 pm to Jackie Chan
quote:Absolutely
From playing Jeopardy and Wheel of fortune on our Tandy 1000 in the late 80s
quote:Absolutely not. I had good taste.
downloading Master P and Eminem with limewire
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:38 pm to Sus-Scrofa
quote:You experienced nothing i did not if born in the 80's, and certainly someone born in 85 did not experience anything i did not
ou lost your argument when you admitted to having a cell phone in junior high.
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:39 pm to SlowFlowPro
Born 1985. All this makes sense to me.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:39 pm to Joshjrn
quote:Thats all it could do, and snake
I had a cell phone in the 8th grade whose sole purpose in life was to call my mother after football practice ended so she didn't have to sit there and wait
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:41 pm to ThePoo
My first cell phone was given to me in summer 2001.
It was a Nokia and the only thing it was used for was Snake and calling mom when drivers ed was finished to come pick me up from Christian Life.
It was a Nokia and the only thing it was used for was Snake and calling mom when drivers ed was finished to come pick me up from Christian Life.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:42 pm to DiamondDog
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Snake
I liked that game.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:44 pm to rickgrimes
I guess I'm a boomer at 76, but being in IT, I love change and new technology. I spend a lot of time helping other boomers with tech issues, their PC's, phones, TV's, streaming, it's alarming how little many of them can absorb.
I remember in the early 90's trying to teach the miracle of Lotus 1-2-3 (spreadsheets) to accounting people, it was a difficult concept to grasp.
I remember in the early 90's trying to teach the miracle of Lotus 1-2-3 (spreadsheets) to accounting people, it was a difficult concept to grasp.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:45 pm to DiamondDog
A lot of these tech items at the time were only prohibitive by cost and not necessarily availability
Early mobile tech access was very dependent on how well off your family was
Early mobile tech access was very dependent on how well off your family was
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:46 pm to ThePoo
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A lot of these tech items at the time were only prohibitive by cost and not necessarily availability
And then you have examples of tech that was both prohibitively expensive and apparently not available anywhere
Have any of you ever seen one of these in person prior to 2020?
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:48 pm to rickgrimes
That's me. The very tail-end of Gen X. I used casette tapes in junior high, VHS until college. And began downloading music around that same time.
I even had a Commodore 64 as a kid and remember the BBS system. You would put your phone on the modem and connect (much like in the movie War Games).
So yeah, I seen it all. Commodore/BBS, casette/VHS, onto DVD and digital downloads, now onto streaming music/video services
That's a Panasonic 3DO. My best friend had one in the early/mid 90s
I even had a Commodore 64 as a kid and remember the BBS system. You would put your phone on the modem and connect (much like in the movie War Games).
So yeah, I seen it all. Commodore/BBS, casette/VHS, onto DVD and digital downloads, now onto streaming music/video services
quote:
Have any of you ever seen one of these in person prior to 2020?
That's a Panasonic 3DO. My best friend had one in the early/mid 90s
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:49 pm to SlowFlowPro
That is above my income level. I had a Dreamcast and people thought I was rich.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:50 pm to rickgrimes
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This post was edited on 5/14/26 at 10:31 am
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:51 pm to SlowFlowPro
Only time i have ever seen one is on retro video game channels on youtube
My first gaming device was the original game boy. That big brick grey one that wrecked batteries
My first gaming device was the original game boy. That big brick grey one that wrecked batteries
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:53 pm to SallysHuman
quote:
A quarter and a pager number would have worked.
Were pay phones common at your grade school? Weren’t at mine
quote:
I didn't get my first cell phone til I was maybe 20.
Sounds like I had a blended analog/digital childhood while you had a purely analog childhood
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:53 pm to ThePoo
Game Boy had nothing on the Game Gear
But I heard the Lynx is worse. I say is because it's in the same category as the 3D0.
But I heard the Lynx is worse. I say is because it's in the same category as the 3D0.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:57 pm to rickgrimes
In all technicality, Gen Xers born before ‘76 fit into that as well…
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:57 pm to Joshjrn
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Were pay phones common at your grade school? Weren’t at mine
They were everywhere, even at schools. Some days I consider dropping my phone service and then I remember all the pay phones are gone.
quote:
Sounds like I had a blended analog/digital childhood while you had a purely analog childhood
My parents were poor... I was lucky to have my boombox to record my favorite top 40s on with an old cassette and scotch tape.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 4:58 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:Gamegear chewed up batteries at like 10 times the rate of the gameboy
Game Boy had nothing on the Game Gear
Hard to call it portable when it always had to be plugged in lol
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