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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Tv, The internet, the smallpox vaccine

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bluetooth earbuds. Took me the longest time to buy a pair. Now I have them all the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I thought airpods/cordless buds were stupid when they first came out, I thought I would instantly lose the buds. now I can’t live without them.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Sammmme. I was so against having to charge headphones to listen to them. No idea they would last as long as they did on one charge and my god do they perform well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Nintendo Switch when it came out. I was super hyped and somehow the console even exceeded my expectations.

Playing Breath of the Wild for the first time was amazing and even after 6 years the console still feels modern to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, every time someone mentions how long it's been out, it surprises me again. It still 'Nintendo's brand new console' to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I feel you. The PS3 is still "last generation" to me and a Core 2 Duo still feels like a powerful new processor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The concept feels modern, but I wish they made a second Gen model of the joycons by now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or a second gen model of the Switch. I was really hoping they'd announce something at the direct today but nope!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

More recent one, but tears of the kingdom is really the game I wanted it to be. Game of the year, maybe of the decade :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got a couple of electric scooters for me and my gf to fuck around on. Ended up selling my car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I occasionally hire one of the escooters they have around town. They're a blast. Been thinking about selling my car and just buying my own

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Vaccines. My uncle had Polio as a child and so my Grandmother was still advocating strongly for vaccines before her death at 98. I'm happy to have received my first Shingrix shot last week. It's amazing we can get a poke, with something that's completely gone from the body in a week but we will have T-cells protecting us for a very long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
  • The Lord of the Rings trilogy
  • The Harry Potter books and films
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Minecraft. Still super fun and there are servers for literally everyone (from pure vanilla to factions to semi-anarchy and anarchy)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

PokΓ©mon Go. Like a typical hype you are sceptic at first, try it, see why everyone loves it and then see how the hype cools off again. But for those few weeks in the summer it first came out it was a blast. I met so many new people, the whole atmosphere of walking in a random neighborhood just completely changed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LeBron. He came out of HS as the "chosen one" and dominated the NBA most of his career. He could have easily have crumbled under the pressure and instead ended up being a top 3 all time player.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also, no major scandals. Seems like a decent father to his kids, been with the same girl the whole time. No cheating or partying or rumors of shady behavior or other bs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lasers. They seem to have endless uses from playing with cats, scientific measurements, military, construction, heating, cooling, even used for space-based internet communications. There’s so many more uses that I’m not using.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The film BOOGIE NIGHTS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

SSD.
It is way way faster than HDD.
I can't use HDD-only PC anymore.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The Steam Deck. Awesome, awesome device.

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