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submitted 2 weeks ago by The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works to c/autism@lemmy.world
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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Is riding carts autism or just being a kid for life? I still do this and DOS was my first OS...

[–] quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

upvote for DOS family!

[–] X@piefed.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

🤘🙂‍↕️ started on 2.0 on my grandfather’s dual floppy pc.

[–] brem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

~~dir/c://friend/hug.exe~~

dir/p

[–] brem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Are you me or am I you?

Edit: did you ever play with paint on Win 98 like it was a battlefield? And if so, what are your feelings on Worldbox?

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What version though? I think we started around 4.0. We were rocking a Tandy 1000 as our first "real" PC 😄 I still remember some amount of fanfare surrounding 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 lol

[–] quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

i forgot about Tandy PCs! 🥲 i liked the name lol

[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure it's just people feeding their inner child. The rule thing is real, though.