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[–] johsny@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I used to drink water out of a hosepipe and played in the street all the time.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I used to play with he-man toys on my front lawn in only my whitey tightys

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 4 months ago
[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

White dog turds.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Monty Python and Terry Pratchett

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Approx 10 years out.

[–] Servais@dormi.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Probably a classic, but I feel like my childhood ended with 9/11

[–] Fal@yiffit.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are you 37 like literally all of Lemmy?

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I'm in my early 20's though.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago
[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Star Wars (A New Hope) - Lucas had a particular age of audience in mind. I was that age when it was released, and he hit the target.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lucas has said that we wanted it to appeal to 12 year olds - and I was.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

1965 then.

I was much younger when it came out and was transfixed... but also fell asleep before it was over.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Video arcades. My favorite place to be.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not the first CD I bought, but it was the first CD I really loved: Oasis - What's the Story (morning glory)

And yes, dear fellow party goer, I do know how to play Wonderwall 🎸

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 months ago

Star Wars.

Before it was called "Episode IV".

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Playing King’s Quest 4 on our family’s 386.

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Duck Hunt / Super Mario
Tandy 1000 / Jill of the Jungle

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hello fellow early-mid 80s child!

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Still my millennial homie! 😊

[–] qeqpep@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Family PC with RTS, HoMM. Minecraft at school's psychologist PC ;0 Lots of flashgames..

[–] Auduras@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

When friends would sleepover, I would download a bunch of games demos from happypuppy.com.

[–] Pog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Warrior cats (book series), the 3d zelda games and mario games, YouTube (like fred, pewdiepie, you know)

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Got a Cabbage patch Kid doll at the height of their popularity. It came named Ulrica.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Throw your cares away, clap clap!

worries for another day,

And let the music play, clap clap!

down in Fraggle Rock!

[–] Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

To The Extreme by Vanilla Ice was one of my first cassette tape purchases.