• Psythik@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Millennial, here (1988) and this is just my early-to-mid teen years, which I consider part of my childhood.

    Showed the meme to my GF who born in 1995 and she couldn’t even relate to half of this starter pack. Her era was Wii and DS, not GBA and PS2. Her first phone was an iPhone.

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        13 days ago

        Meanwhile I’m from 97 and started with a Gameboy color and Pokémon Red (although admittedly that was around the time Pokémon Ruby for the GBA got released, I just played on hand me downs from a cousin)

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        13 days ago

        That’s a fair assessment. She is the youngest and her asshole siblings would never let her use their game consoles. She didn’t get her own until age 10.

        But to be even more fair, I didn’t get my first console (N64) until I was 9. Some kids were lucky enough to have parents willing to buy them expensive electronics at a younger age. Neither of us were that lucky/spoiled.

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      13 days ago

      I was born in 96. My first console generation was PSX and GBC, followed by GBA and PS2. I think your gf just wasn’t in to gaming when she was little.

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      I am about your GF’s age and agree with the other commenters --the meme is spot on. I was just having an Emerald nostalgia trip before I saw this meme. I played Emerald on a DS lite; the generations weren’t that far apart. PS2 was my first console.

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      13 days ago

      Weird, I’m only two years older than here and this image fits me perfectly. I had every version of gameboy, a GameCube, n64, I played the SHIT out of oblivion, and my back hurts.