IDK why you interpreted their comment as hating.
Comment on I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month agoYeah, there’s an interest in Y2K era tech amongst some gen-Z people. I think it’s cool, idk why you’re hating.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
ech@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I don’t think it’s hating. More just questioning their own decision to read the article.
Speculater@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nintendo DS sales are crazy popular right now too. They like our tech like we liked our parents’ Ataris.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 1 month ago
Parents?? That was my first console. How young is everyone here?
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Intellivision was where it was at though, right?
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Everything except that monstrosity of a controller.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Only the rich kids had that. The baseball was awesome though.
solrize@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Space War :).
Speculater@lemmy.world 1 month ago
To be fair, the 2600 is 47 years old, you’d have to be 52 at a minimum to remember it launching and 42 to remember the NES. I just remember loving my Atari 2600 all the way in the 90s.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 1 month ago
I'm 42. I always got systems later than other kids. The Atari was in the house ever since I could form memories, and I finally got an NES in 1990.
Hule@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My first console was an Atari 2600 clone in 1994!
Eastern block vibes
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Theres a reason retro consoles are a huge hit right now. Even emulation consoles like the Miyoo Mini Plus.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No micro transactions?
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Naw, no hate. iPods are fuckin rad. But the author’s observations weren’t really anything I needed to invest my time in reading. I know old iTunes had a visualizer. I don’t know why I read the whole thing anyways
copd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve never understood it, but there’s a lot of gatekeeping when it comes to older products. Some people think they have more rights to enjoy a product they knew existed for longer and it’s really strange behaviour.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 month ago
I see a lot of younger people wondering why so many people my age liked this or that and it helps to have it in context. Like “what’s so great about half life? Every shooter ever is like that!” Ah, but you see, my young friend, that’s now. Everything is like Half Life because Half Life changed the landscape.
prole@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Basically, the “Seinfeld is not funny” trope (insert TVTropes link and disclaimer)
Speculater@lemmy.world 1 month ago
To be fair, Seinfeld is not funny. Never watched it live, tried to watch it recently starting at season 1, horrible.
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 month ago
It’s not gatekeeping, but a frustration about a new generation coming to an obvious conclusion, that they already had.
copd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why do people get frustrated about that? Someone is experiencing something for the first time, it’s the circle of life.
I’m in my mid 30s and my wife bought a record player during the revival of records last decade. Do you think older generations than me found that frustrating? Personally I think it’s fascinating to watch technology go full circle generation by generation
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Interesting discussion to have witnessed as an outsider.
Is an article written for a a writers expression or a readers enjoyment. (Both?)
I dont think they where frustrated with the writers enjoyment but rather disappointed that the article was a first discovery opinion rather then a veterans rediscovery from a modern point of view which would have been more useful to reflect their own opinion and thus be more personally entertaining.