<![CDATA[20/20.]]>RE: https://kind.social/@Shards/116978163069105667

20/20. the poster should say: how to tell a GenXer from a Boomer and a Millennial

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/325f6a7e-b4ec-48d2-98a9-3e51eff5aaf2/20-20.RSS for NodeSun, 09 Aug 2026 18:30:58 GMTSat, 25 Jul 2026 04:40:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:50:53 GMT]]>@blogdiva elder millennial here. 20/20.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mwyman/statuses/116979286241004580https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mwyman/statuses/116979286241004580Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:50:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:50:22 GMT]]>@blogdiva Same 20/20.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tmiller/statuses/116979284181417870https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tmiller/statuses/116979284181417870Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:50:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:49:51 GMT]]>@bryanredeagle @inthehands @blogdiva @Shards I actually ran a dialup BBS node on a party line for all of a hot minute. My neighbors must have hated me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/binford2k/statuses/116979282210474039https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/binford2k/statuses/116979282210474039Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:49:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:49:02 GMT]]>@blogdiva @Shards In this era of enshittification, I'm back to paying our rent by check. Our building switched online payments to Bilt, which looks like a vibe-coded security nightmare/credit card scam, so it's time to return to the 80s.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://anti-social.online/users/AndyHat/statuses/116979278964244450https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://anti-social.online/users/AndyHat/statuses/116979278964244450Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:49:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:48:21 GMT]]>@blogdiva

20.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_RyekDarkener_/statuses/116979276265606342https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_RyekDarkener_/statuses/116979276265606342Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:48:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:35:24 GMT]]>@blogdiva I do have owned and used a dictionary that's why '18. Owned a <dictioary>' is no check for me...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bonn.social/users/mschomm/statuses/116979225394892737https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bonn.social/users/mschomm/statuses/116979225394892737Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:35:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:17:17 GMT]]>@aud @blogdiva Same here.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/116979154145465234https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/116979154145465234Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:17:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:14:53 GMT]]>@blogdiva AI generated bullshit

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://23.social/users/Tom_ofB/statuses/116979144688814046https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://23.social/users/Tom_ofB/statuses/116979144688814046Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:14:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:58:13 GMT]]>@blogdiva @bryanredeagle NYC schools didn't have internet connections in the late 90s? I'm surprised Indianapolis was ahead to be honest, but thanks for the insight. It always felt like we were a decade behind.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scholar.social/users/bipolaron/statuses/116979079160060965https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scholar.social/users/bipolaron/statuses/116979079160060965Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:58:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:45:23 GMT]]>@blogdiva

20 19 out of 20.

Edit: I don't think I sent a postcard. I bought them as souvenirs, but didn't send them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/116979028705395042https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/116979028705395042Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:45:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:42:58 GMT]]>@blogdiva Yeah, 20/20.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/116979019158067411https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/116979019158067411Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:42:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:36:42 GMT]]>@claralistensprechen3rd @blogdiva
According to the interwebs: Blockbuster reached its peak in 2004.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_(retailer)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/flipper/statuses/116978994530242524https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/flipper/statuses/116978994530242524Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:36:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:34:14 GMT]]>@blogdiva @flipper WOWzer. They declared bankruptcy quite a bit before that. That must have been "the mother ship".
Radio Shack went belly up quite some time ago too but it found new life as an on-line vendor, so I suppose it's all possible.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.myportal.social/objects/e65e1095-146a-644a-d6ec-4e9436269164https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.myportal.social/objects/e65e1095-146a-644a-d6ec-4e9436269164Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:34:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:32:26 GMT]]>@blogdiva @claralistensprechen3rd Yep, I went to a Blockbuster in 2005 in Pleasant Hill, California.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/flipper/statuses/116978977779260301https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/flipper/statuses/116978977779260301Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:55 GMT]]>@bipolaron @bryanredeagle your privilege is showing. i taught high school in the 1990s here in nyc and not all our schools had internet access. certainly not in Puerto Rico. and yes, we were most likely in college or a job in legal or finance if we were using the internet BEFORE the web. the www isn't the internet. i had to telnet and gopher to do searches for my academic research.

when it comes to gadgets, old and new obviously coexist. when it comes to the internet? that’s the divide.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116978963961987157https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116978963961987157Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:11 GMT]]>@blogdiva 20/20, but 10/20 this year.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/flipper/statuses/116978961079308273https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/flipper/statuses/116978961079308273Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:27:32 GMT]]>@blogdiva
I do currently own a 2023 Grand Larousse Illustré, which has a whole second half for proper nouns that's surprisingly encyclopedic, so maybe that counts.

And yes, my friends make fun of me for still having dead-tree reference books. Funny that they always do this when I find an answer faster than they can on their "Internet".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116445370832752574/statuses/116978958528566410https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116445370832752574/statuses/116978958528566410Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:27:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:26:55 GMT]]>@blogdiva
Yeah, I had 19.8. Technically I didn't have a Walkman, Sony got nowhere near my portable tape player.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/bardmoss/statuses/116978956077599033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/bardmoss/statuses/116978956077599033Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:26:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:17:46 GMT]]>@blogdiva 17/20 (millenial); we didn't have the money for an encyclopedia set, but used them at the library, I used casettes but didn't have anything to *record* from radio to one with, and we didn't rent movies because my mom worked with a guy who would sell us the 'snuck a camera into the cinema' versions, usually for cheaper than the rental price...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116978920114119840https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116978920114119840Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:17:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:16:44 GMT]]>@blogdiva 20/20 and firmly Gen X. Yep.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/yamainu/statuses/116978916058017141https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/yamainu/statuses/116978916058017141Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:16:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:16:31 GMT]]>@blogdiva
18/20 – I've never *owned* an encyclopedia although we had three in the house when I was growing up, and I didn't have a computer at home between about 1990 and 2009, so no dialup internet.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116445370832752574/statuses/116978915197960428https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116445370832752574/statuses/116978915197960428Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:16:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:15:47 GMT]]>@bryanredeagle @blogdiva people always seem to forget that children have adults around them that have old stuff.

And children were taught to use computers and stuff in the 90s, the rest kind of follows no?

It's not like you had to be 30 to use the internet back then, it was on the middle school computers too.

My money is on this post being a troll =P Most like this are.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scholar.social/users/bipolaron/statuses/116978912289405441https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scholar.social/users/bipolaron/statuses/116978912289405441Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:15:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:15:16 GMT]]>@bryanredeagle @blogdiva yeah this is clickbait..!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116978910263689464https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116978910263689464Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:15:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 20/20. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:14:10 GMT]]>@blogdiva Steady on, I'm not even 50 yet and I comfortably got all 20 😂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/116978905952340239https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://1040ste.net/users/brad/statuses/116978905952340239Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:14:10 GMT