What childhood things did you get from your older siblings
Nov 8, 2020 12:51:55 GMT 10
Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2020 12:51:55 GMT 10
What things were passed down to you from your older brothers and/or sisters' childhood that you otherwise wouldn't have experienced if you were the oldest child?
- I must sound like a broken record repeating this anecdote for the umpteenth time. I experienced Nintendo 64 and Gamecube despite my core childhood starting in the Wii/Xbox 360 era. I assume my family bought an N64 around 1998 when my brother was a toddler, it came with an Atomic purple control so it was no earlier than '98. My brother also got a Gamecube for Christmas 2001 right before I was born. These both were the only consoles we had until the late 2000's so I have nostalgia playing both even though I wasn't the target demographic. I did get a PS2 and GBA SP in 2008 but that was when the 7th gen already started.
- Most CRTs I had were not bought for me specifically. My family got a Dell PC with Windows XP in early 2002, it eventually broke but we kept the CRT monitor that came with it until it broke in 2016. I used it occasionally in 2015-16 as second monitor for my Windows 8 laptop since it had a VGA port on it and it was actually kinda cool.
I did have a KHL CRT TV in my room up until 2017/18 but that was bought in 2003 for the room since I used to share it with my siblings. 2008 & prior it was used for Gamecube/PS2/N64, 2009-2011 it was used for digital tv via converter box, then 2012 and onwards I used it solely for retro gaming.
- Around 2012-2014 I had a guilty pleasure for Disney channel shows such as Austin & Ally, Jesse, Good Luck Charlie, A.N.T. Farm, etc. due to my younger sister having them on all the time even though I would constantly talk crap about them.
- I must sound like a broken record repeating this anecdote for the umpteenth time. I experienced Nintendo 64 and Gamecube despite my core childhood starting in the Wii/Xbox 360 era. I assume my family bought an N64 around 1998 when my brother was a toddler, it came with an Atomic purple control so it was no earlier than '98. My brother also got a Gamecube for Christmas 2001 right before I was born. These both were the only consoles we had until the late 2000's so I have nostalgia playing both even though I wasn't the target demographic. I did get a PS2 and GBA SP in 2008 but that was when the 7th gen already started.
- Most CRTs I had were not bought for me specifically. My family got a Dell PC with Windows XP in early 2002, it eventually broke but we kept the CRT monitor that came with it until it broke in 2016. I used it occasionally in 2015-16 as second monitor for my Windows 8 laptop since it had a VGA port on it and it was actually kinda cool.
I did have a KHL CRT TV in my room up until 2017/18 but that was bought in 2003 for the room since I used to share it with my siblings. 2008 & prior it was used for Gamecube/PS2/N64, 2009-2011 it was used for digital tv via converter box, then 2012 and onwards I used it solely for retro gaming.- Around 2012-2014 I had a guilty pleasure for Disney channel shows such as Austin & Ally, Jesse, Good Luck Charlie, A.N.T. Farm, etc. due to my younger sister having them on all the time even though I would constantly talk crap about them.
