I experienced a weird middle period because my parents had kids really late in their lives compared to most people. I experienced a lot of old tech because they liked to hold on to it. I remember my parents using maps to get around on a road trip and remember our VHS player but the first console I used was an xbox (though they never let me own a console 😔) and, because my parents were concerned about internet access, I didn’t get online until quite late in life compared to my peers. So I am very familiar with the old tech native to the millenial and gen X generations but have only experienced the internet post centralization. Bless my parents for keeping me offline as long as they did, I think this was a net good, but damn it I wish I could have experienced the wild west age of the internet. It wish being online felt like an exploration.
I experienced a weird middle period because my parents had kids really late in their lives compared to most people. I experienced a lot of old tech because they liked to hold on to it. I remember my parents using maps to get around on a road trip and remember our VHS player but the first console I used was an xbox (though they never let me own a console 😔) and, because my parents were concerned about internet access, I didn’t get online until quite late in life compared to my peers. So I am very familiar with the old tech native to the millenial and gen X generations but have only experienced the internet post centralization. Bless my parents for keeping me offline as long as they did, I think this was a net good, but damn it I wish I could have experienced the wild west age of the internet. It wish being online felt like an exploration.