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reverendz [comrade/them] @ reverendz @hexbear.net
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  • Full on Gen X. All we HAD was arcades. I mean.. the non-arcade versions of games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders was pretty janky.

    Some of my fondest memories are spending Saturday afternoons at the arcade, back when $20 in quarters could last.

    So many great games! First game I could ever finish was called Space Harrier. I figured out the pattern and could finish the game on a few quarters.

    I admit I was sad when arcades started to shutter.

  • I feel like such a chud. Like every one else at the time, we celebrated unification and the Berlin wall coming down.

    Looking back, I realize we were fed a constant stream of anti-communist propaganda. It was everywhere. TV, movies, video games, comics, news, etc.

    If I’d known an inkling of the truth, I would have thought much differently.

  • Same. I'm AuDHD and his show was calming and positive. He spoke and sang about anxiety and fears for a kid who was full of both.

    Also, people forget or just don't know how much garbage was on TV at the time. First of all, there was only one day a week dedicated to kids programs and what little else there was, was pretty awful. As an immigrant, with a family dealing with PTSD from fleeing a civil war, Mr. Rogers calming voice and attitude was halcyon to my little brain.

    I legitimately loved his show as a kid.