Otter Raft@lemmy.ca to Nostalgia@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoHow Tamagotchi Trained Millennials for the Era of Needy Devices | The Walrusthewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down15cross-posted to: neat@lemmy.world
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minus-squareNanook@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoTamagotchi is a ‘90s fad. Oh wait is this just forgetting Gen-X?
minus-squareOtter Raft@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoMillenials were born 81 to 96, and Tamagotchi was still somewhat popular in the 2000s, so it still works IMO Although it’s not unique to millenials
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoYeah, i’m an elder millennial and i was just a little too old for tamagotchis. They weren’t really for gen-x unless that person was immature.
minus-squareporksnort@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoRight, at the time of tamagotchi, us mature gen-Xers had PalmPilots. They had spreadsheets and calendars on top of needy pet apps. So mature…
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoA full grown adult carrying around a pretend pet was considered immature where i lived so i’m not sure what your point is. The thing came out globally in 97 making all gen-x at the time late 17 or 18+.
Tamagotchi is a ‘90s fad. Oh wait is this just forgetting Gen-X?
Millenials were born 81 to 96, and Tamagotchi was still somewhat popular in the 2000s, so it still works IMO
Although it’s not unique to millenials
Yeah, i’m an elder millennial and i was just a little too old for tamagotchis. They weren’t really for gen-x unless that person was immature.
Right, at the time of tamagotchi, us mature gen-Xers had PalmPilots. They had spreadsheets and calendars on top of needy pet apps. So mature…
A full grown adult carrying around a pretend pet was considered immature where i lived so i’m not sure what your point is. The thing came out globally in 97 making all gen-x at the time late 17 or 18+.
Gen who?