In my 20s-30s all my followers were my age, but now I’m 40 and most of y’all are still 20-30s?
Folks in their 40s-50s have been making stuff on the internet since the early 90s, but soon we’ll all be working for 22 year-old billionaires who got rich minting NFTs and buying dogecoin. 😅
Like, 80% of you don’t know about Commander Keen.
(Although… I would probably buy a Commander Keen NFT 🤔)
“Someone will make a lot of money from me by exploiting my 80s nostalgia and pairing it with something-something-crypto” – @yongfook
Omg. Yes.
ACiD could re-release all their ANSI art packs as NFTs and I’d go from “NFTs are dumb” to “take my money!!!”
acid.org
Omg. Yes.
ACiD could re-release all their ANSI art packs as NFTs and I’d go from “NFTs are dumb” to “take my money!!!”
acid.org
When I was 20 I was perfecting my table layouts on Geocities.
Today, Gen-Z is like: “oh that’s cute. I just sold my 4th startup, sold a few Bitcoin, bought a mansion in Miami, and launched a $25 million rolling fund.” 😜
Today, Gen-Z is like: “oh that’s cute. I just sold my 4th startup, sold a few Bitcoin, bought a mansion in Miami, and launched a $25 million rolling fund.” 😜
My generation only knew ONE PERSON in their 20s who’d made a million dollars online.
The movie you saw in high school says a lot about how you see “tech” today. 😉
In 1995 we were promised secret cyberpunk nightclubs, the phreak fashion aesthetic, l33t street battles, and an Orbital soundtrack.
If you downloaded the Barney mod for Wolfenstein 3D from alt.binaries then we can be friends.
Most of y'all will never know the joy of being a 12-year-old demoscene fan, eagerly anticipating Future Crew's newest drop on comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos, taking all day to download it, and watching it render in realtime on your 386 with your Soundblaster Pro turned up loud.
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