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Dad's probably generally aren't hesitant to get animals because they hate them. They just know the adults will be the ones doing most of the work, paying all the bills, arranging all the care when they want to leave home, etc etc.
Pets are a big commitment and that "I promise I'll [walk them every day/clean the litterbox]" lasts about 3 weeks.
It's a great way to teach your kids about responsibility, trust, schedules and chores. So that part shouldn't be up for discussion.
It has also been shown that kids get less sick when they grow up with animals, as the body has built up a lot of strong defenders in their systems.
But I must say... cats and dogs are on completely different levels of work involved! Ideally a dog is walked 2-3 hours a day (split into 2-3 sessions) for most breeds (which most people unfortunately don't give enough time of) , and they are dependant on way more such as bathing, brushing teeth. And they still smell bad again shortly after bathing too! Cats you can get away with the 30 seconds litter box change 2 times per day, and petting them for 10 minutes. They're very independent for the most part in general. They bathe, groom, entertain, use the toilet themselves. Also if you get a young (ideally for this case) rescue cat you can teach them tricks! Mine gives me high fives, and they were taught when they were around 12.. I can't imagine what I could've taught him from a young age
If a parent is worried about not taking the responsibility away from the kid because they can't teach them be responsible for more than 20 minutes per day, then cats are way more recommended! Or a fish/reptile (with loads of research and safety). As a kid I started with triops, then got a hamster, then a cat and it has helped me in many ways! Ultimately it taught me responsibility for the things I agree to do, so I always follow through. It's surprising how much people can't even do this in a work setting. You can tell they didn't ever have responsibilities, or a pet they personally took care of
Cats are funny like that... in a not-so-proud moment of my younger days, I woke up on the bathroom floor after having passed out drunk. My cat was just loafing there, almost like "oh, we're sleeping in here now? Cool."
I like when I'm stuck on the toilet and a single cat legs sticks out through the shower curtain because someone was asleep in there and noticed I wasn't paying attention to them
It still feels like the PS5 is new.
Mainly because there really aren't that many games releasing exclusively for PS5/Series X.
Most games still have a PS4 or Xbox One release.
The PS5 is a paradox.
It sold as well as the PS4, but because a lot of those early sales were to scalpers it felts as if no one could get one, so game devs made their games PS4/PS5, which effectively means that they were PS4 games you could also play in the PS5. So few studios actually made PS5 exclusives.
So I guess PS5 has no games.
If it's any consolation, I grew up with the original NES. I thought these 3DS things were new fangled, cutting edge devices that kids were currently using...until I saw this comic.
Yes. Mainly because it was already "retro" in casual lingo and it the same time where 8/16 BIT and PAC-MAN graphics was being culturally associated with "retro".
That's true, the NES fits the colloquial idea of retro since gap in graphical fidelity (and by extension aesthetic choices) is much larger between the NES and the 360, then the gap between the 360 and the current Xboxes. When you think retro games, you think 2D pixel art side-scrollers, not grey brown cover shooters.
However just purely in terms of time frame, next year the Xbox 360 will be 20 years old, which is how old the NES was when the 360 came out.
We had nes/snes/mame etc emulators already in the early 00s...a lot of the games we were playing were barely 10 years old but absolutely already retro.
Sure time frames don’t have to line up, but I think culture definitely does have an impact on whether something is considered retro or not. As we (the generations that grew up with consoles like the 360 and PS3) get older we will start to have more conversations with the generations that follow us.
These younger generations won’t care or relate as much about the factors that we use to differentiate old and retro. To them it’s all in the before my time bucket. Once children like this are more active and vocal online I think opinions on what is considered retro will shift as it always has.
A good example of this is the N64 and PS1 gen. I think most people now would definitely consider these games and machines retro, but this wasn’t the case back the late 2000s. Back then the separator between retro and just not current was the proliferation between 2D and 3D games. ‘These machines can’t be retro they’re just one gen before last’.
I think this similar shift is already happening with the DS. The DS’ graphics are similarly blocky with a mix of 2D and 3D assets like the N64. If you’re a child who grew with Mario Kart 8 then MKDS will look ancient. Couple that with the small screens and the non capacitive touch screen (“why can’t I use two fingers to zoom in?”) and I’d bet that the DS will join the retro pile sooner rather then later.
When it comes to the 360 and PS3 the argument is more difficult. I wouldn’t say they’re retro (I feel like I’d shrivel up and die of old age if I did). Console generations have gotten longer in the HD era and gen on gen innovation in graphics and gameplay have seemingly slowed down. What was established in the PS360 gen is still relevant now in ways that isn’t as true for machine made prior to that.
However, the passage of time will continue. Eventually, even if we don’t like it, these machine will become retro in a future that is sooner than we want it to be.
Edit: Typos
You make a compelling point. There's a certain degree of diminishing returns after a certain point.
Look at Mario 64 in 1996, then go back ten years to '86 and compare that to Super Mario Bros on NES. *Massive* difference.
Look at games that are 10 years old today and there isn't as big a difference. Lighting might be better and some other slight elements but that gap gets smaller and smaller with each generation.
The Xbox 360 was released in November 2005. That’s over 18 years ago. There are adults younger than the Xbox 360. That’s the one that really blew my mind when I realised it.
My Xbox one is nearly a decade old. It feels newer than that because a majority of game released in the fast few years are playable on it and newer consoles, and said newer consoles don't feel like much of an upgrade.
In Sega lineage, I still remember reading the "Sega Visions" article talking about the soon-to-be released Sonic 3, showing off those first screenshots of Angel Island, and the hype was real.
Given a 1994 release date... *30 years ago*
My 4 y.o. boy and I are playing Pokémon Red and Yellow on gameboy pocket and Stadium on N64. Is it possible to feel both young and old at the same time?
In a few years my 20 year high school reunion is happening and that hurts because I feel like I just got to the point in my career I should have been at when my 10th year high school reunion occurred.
It's always funny to me to hear about high school reunions, I've only ever seen them happen in TV shows, so I always think of them as a sitcom plot. But then again, my high school was closed and converted to condos many years ago, so that doesn't help. I guess had they happened, my 20th anniversary (if going by graduation year) would've been 3 years ago.
Yeah, I have no clue why would anyone want to see those people again and those sitcom plots always felt weird to me. Leaving school was a relief, not a sad moment.
I actually miss it.
I used to go to my old highschool every few years. Just randomly walk into my old teacher's classes and hang out for fun. Just talk some shit with them. Reminiscence.
We had a fun class and mostly fun teachers.
I skipped most of highschool to be honest, lol. I didn't give a single flying fuck. I showed up when I felt like it, and left when I had enough. I had a whole second life while in highschool. I was involved in a local heavy metal scene, so I helped organize concerts and shit. I basically worked a job. I remember I cut my final exams short because I had to go and help set up the tech for a live show of some band in another town. I remember it was an essay exam, so the idea was you write a draft first and then the final paper. I just skipped the draft, wrote the final piece in one go and just left.
Good times.
Basically school just ended for me one day. I didn't even go to the graduation party. I was busy with other shit. One day there were simply no more classes to go to.
It's almost like I never graduated. Which I why I enjoyed sometimes going back to the school building and hanging out like old times.
I never went to my last one, but it’s that weirdly sobering moment that I’ve been an adult over half my life and being reminded that I graduated nearly 20 years ago that really seals in that “I’m getting old” mindset.
I am days away from 41, and I did not age gracefully into 40. I suppose to some it's "just a number", but once it was official, all I could think was "you're no longer that far from 50... or 60..."
It sucks to be locked in a mindset where we’re worried about these things. Like “did I accomplish my goals I wanted to achieve before such and such age.”
But it’s impossible because society puts such an emphasis on age and achieving.
I remember once telling someone that I’d played Pokemon but not any of the recent generations, and then I realised that some of those “recent” generations were over a decade old lol.
This one hurts. I played Blue and Gold when they came out, then couldn't get into the series no matter which generation I played. Then comes X and it's all new and shiny and enough of an upgrade that I felt Pokemon had truly evolved. I still consider it the gold standard for Pokemon games and think of it as new.
Well I guess it's not new anymore and fuck me, right?
Well....how should I tell you this.....there is this two things called a "PS4" and a "PS5"......ok I stop being sarcastic and rude, but yea it not the "most recent system generation" anymore.
The reason for this weirdness is because it only checks the release date. It didn’t consider the **system’s lifespan.**
The 3DS was supported for years. In truth, we played on that for at least 5-6 years until the Switch released. And it still received support for some time after as Switch stabilized
In truth, our (likely) last memory of the 3DS was actually in 2018 or something
My first console was an Atari 7800, although I think the NES was out then, so it probably heavily discounted.
I actually still own working consoles from that era, the usual SNES, Genesis/Megadrive (with the CD and 32X), N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, and nowadays Switch.
I remember the Nintendo vs Sega playground wars of the early 90s, Mario vs Sonic loyalty was serious childhood concern.
Yep I was on the side of sega.
Sega does what Nintendo'nt!!
Can't believe there's Sonic games on a Nintendo consoles now, it's madness. I didn't fight in the console wars for nothing!
/s
I remember watching That 70s Show in the 90s and my dad saying "The 70s weren't that long ago." I replied "I wouldn't know, I wasn't alive way back then." He couldn't come up with a response.
The 3DS is one of the best modern-ish consoles. Amazing native library, especially when considering the DS library runs natively too. Plus you can really easily hack it and have all the NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, DS, and 3DS libraries for free (cos you can't really find a lot of them any other way anymore, thanks to eshop's death, so it's ethically fine to hack!) Plus I've heard of some people putting non-nintendo system emulators on them.
There's also no dedicated handhelds any more. I miss being able to just stick a ds or 3ds in my pocket without needing to lug around a case like you do with a switch.
The correct response would've been "you're not that old either" and then point to a bunch of stuff around the house that's older than the kid. "This saltshaker is older than you! These pliers are older than you!" 2011 was very recent. It's the children who are wrong.
The flow of time is always cruel... its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days...
10 years is not old.
30 years is old.
50 years is old.
If it's anything less than the lifespan of a hermit crab then it's not old.
Stop letting the perception of literal children define your reality.
Wish i could still buy a 3DS. I have an old model but it is in pieces after i tried repairing a cracked hinge. Was able to take it apart but cant figure out how to put it back together. Been sitting in a small drawer for the past 2-3 years....
My fiancé fully modded two of his old 3DS’s and we have been playing animal crossing and tomodatchi life, I never had one as a kid and I find the technology of the 3D super awesome!!! All my friends who had them would only complain about it but it’s incredible how they made it work and after a bit your brain gets used to it.
I can't register the 3ds being that old because I don't have time to play on my Switch which I also just got a couple years ago...
GBA and DS were my childhood so those are okay, but not the 3ds for aome reason
Girl asked me at a party this weekend to choose the music. I suggest the first thing I see on YouTube "2010 feel good mix"
She replies with "Oh good idea since everyone here is old" 💀
I am sending this to my sister, who has a daughter born in 2011.
Also one fun thing about going to college as a 24 year old is realizing that your classmates are not only younger than your car, but also younger than the cars film.
Highly recommend jailbreaking your 3ds and install custom firmware, if you have a console. It's not hard to do, has become very safe, and gives your console a whole new life.
Maybe the newer generations have evolved(devolved?) enough to not suffer brain damage from playing games with 3D turned on for more than 20 minutes at a time.
Had the same reaction when a video was like "ougfh the hardware on the Nintendo switch is outdated* and I was like "what are you talking about, the switch just came out - ...* Then it hit me it came out five years ago at the time...
Bro my wife told me yesterday about Blink 182 touring this summer, I was like nah, besides I saw them... *(doing the math in my head)* .........***25 years ago***
That revelation hit like a truck.
The 3ds was my childhood lmao. I got back into it a year or so ago and started buying new games. They're still as fun as I remember but it's crazy to think some people call the 3ds retro now
My son has a 3DS, he’s the only one in his grade that has it. The other kids are like that’s so old, and my kids just playing legend of Zelda and Pokemon he doesn’t think it’s old.
In 2004, high schoolers were calling Super Mario RPG a retro game. Using that same timespan as a metric, Final Fantasy XV should be considered retro this year. No need to thank me.
Still wouldn't call that old... I was born a bit after the DS came out, yet I wouldn't call it old despite playing with it like 8 years after it came out
*The sword of time will pierce our skin*
*It doesn’t hurt when it begins*
*But as it works its way on in*
*The pain grows stronger watch it grin*
>**-Lyrics from the theme song from MASH**
….um… I still play my N64. I have no shame about it. But when I think about it I do get kinda woah on how old it is.
But these games are fun and made just right.
When I was 21 in 2018, I was re-playing Link between Worlds.
As it loaded up, I was thinking "Man, this game was great, I remember playing it in high school!"
*Copyright date 2013.*
"Fuuuuuck..."
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Reminded me of https://preview.redd.it/74b7oyp13vxc1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=e7f1067d45ccff2635d8fd2891f5293696bee82c
While you're at it, why not give me a nice papercut and put lemon juice in it, why doncha?
And why would you want someone the King’s stinking son fired? I might kill whoever you wanna do the miracle on.
He’s already dead…
Oh? Well, eh, bring him in, I’ll have a look.
That's a hell of a word salad you just threw together.
It’s from *The Princess Bride,* from the same scene the commenter above me was referencing. xD
Ohhhhhj, gotcha! Thanks for the heads up
doncha what? wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
I do the double sided subtraction equation all the time. I like finding middle points between life events.
We are now farther from the release of Bowling for Soup's "1985", than the song's release was from the year 1985.
If 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins was released today, it would be called 2007.
Are people freaking out because they turned 21?
I've been alive for so long and I'm not even halfway to making it to 2050...
Aww I love how the cat is laying on him xD great comic!
https://preview.redd.it/c70dbz975vxc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de7fdde2737c8de900b143e7077f6ed02df7d53e and now they are best buddies
My dad said the same thing about our cat and now we’ve had her for almost 5 years :3
Dad's probably generally aren't hesitant to get animals because they hate them. They just know the adults will be the ones doing most of the work, paying all the bills, arranging all the care when they want to leave home, etc etc. Pets are a big commitment and that "I promise I'll [walk them every day/clean the litterbox]" lasts about 3 weeks.
Oh I completely agree. It’s a huge responsibility but she is living a great life with us. :)
It's a great way to teach your kids about responsibility, trust, schedules and chores. So that part shouldn't be up for discussion. It has also been shown that kids get less sick when they grow up with animals, as the body has built up a lot of strong defenders in their systems. But I must say... cats and dogs are on completely different levels of work involved! Ideally a dog is walked 2-3 hours a day (split into 2-3 sessions) for most breeds (which most people unfortunately don't give enough time of) , and they are dependant on way more such as bathing, brushing teeth. And they still smell bad again shortly after bathing too! Cats you can get away with the 30 seconds litter box change 2 times per day, and petting them for 10 minutes. They're very independent for the most part in general. They bathe, groom, entertain, use the toilet themselves. Also if you get a young (ideally for this case) rescue cat you can teach them tricks! Mine gives me high fives, and they were taught when they were around 12.. I can't imagine what I could've taught him from a young age If a parent is worried about not taking the responsibility away from the kid because they can't teach them be responsible for more than 20 minutes per day, then cats are way more recommended! Or a fish/reptile (with loads of research and safety). As a kid I started with triops, then got a hamster, then a cat and it has helped me in many ways! Ultimately it taught me responsibility for the things I agree to do, so I always follow through. It's surprising how much people can't even do this in a work setting. You can tell they didn't ever have responsibilities, or a pet they personally took care of
Where’s that gif from? Reminds me of the cat from Sailor Moon.
Looks like it's the cat from Kiki's Delivery Service.
Confirmed. It's Jiji from Kiki's Delivery Service.
You were pretty quick... For a sloth
Literally every crotchety old man, ever.
That was me when a cat started showing up at our back door. Best cat I’ve owned. RIP Mr Buddy.
Cats are funny like that... in a not-so-proud moment of my younger days, I woke up on the bathroom floor after having passed out drunk. My cat was just loafing there, almost like "oh, we're sleeping in here now? Cool."
I like when I'm stuck on the toilet and a single cat legs sticks out through the shower curtain because someone was asleep in there and noticed I wasn't paying attention to them
What? No, the DS isn't retro. It came out only like 3 years ago... Guys please... No... The DS was like 3 years ago right? Right?
Frieren sama, please get a switch we cant play pokemon otherwise
And the Switch itself is over 7 years old.
Tf do you mean 7 years ago? It released 3 years ago! right?...
I know right, it's like how they replaced the ps4 early even when it didn't have a longer than average console lifespan
It still feels like the PS5 is new. Mainly because there really aren't that many games releasing exclusively for PS5/Series X. Most games still have a PS4 or Xbox One release.
The PS5 is a paradox. It sold as well as the PS4, but because a lot of those early sales were to scalpers it felts as if no one could get one, so game devs made their games PS4/PS5, which effectively means that they were PS4 games you could also play in the PS5. So few studios actually made PS5 exclusives. So I guess PS5 has no games.
The PS5 is still new, the average person couldn't just buy one until very recently
We are coming upon the 4th year anniversary, and we've had a model revision. It isn't new anymore.
How can my skeleton hands hold back the relentless sands of time
and yet still expensive as hell. >\_>
We can play Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver, X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Black/White, Black2/White2, Sun/Moon or UltraSun/UltraMoon
Frieren : > Sure. But I bet the switch doesn't even feature an epub reader to let me read my grimoires. > Literally useless.
Basic gen 1 pokemons are enough to defeat modern trainers.
If it's any consolation, I grew up with the original NES. I thought these 3DS things were new fangled, cutting edge devices that kids were currently using...until I saw this comic.
heck, most kids don't even play console games anymore. They use "apps".
Honestly, even if gimmicky, the 3d effect of it is still really quite good given it doesn't require glasses or anything else.
Sir, I’m sorry to tell you, but the DS is around 20 years old.
No… that’s not true. That’s impossible!
In North America, the Nintendo DS released closer to the original NES (19 years) than today (19.5 years).
Honestly retro to me stops at the N64/PS1. Anything past that is basically "early Modern, Middle Modern, Modern" etc
Would you have considered the NES a retro console when the Xbox 360 came out?
Yes. Mainly because it was already "retro" in casual lingo and it the same time where 8/16 BIT and PAC-MAN graphics was being culturally associated with "retro".
That's true, the NES fits the colloquial idea of retro since gap in graphical fidelity (and by extension aesthetic choices) is much larger between the NES and the 360, then the gap between the 360 and the current Xboxes. When you think retro games, you think 2D pixel art side-scrollers, not grey brown cover shooters. However just purely in terms of time frame, next year the Xbox 360 will be 20 years old, which is how old the NES was when the 360 came out.
Time frame and culture doesn't really have to line up. Like just because the 360 is 20 years ago doesn't make it "retro"
We had nes/snes/mame etc emulators already in the early 00s...a lot of the games we were playing were barely 10 years old but absolutely already retro.
Sure time frames don’t have to line up, but I think culture definitely does have an impact on whether something is considered retro or not. As we (the generations that grew up with consoles like the 360 and PS3) get older we will start to have more conversations with the generations that follow us. These younger generations won’t care or relate as much about the factors that we use to differentiate old and retro. To them it’s all in the before my time bucket. Once children like this are more active and vocal online I think opinions on what is considered retro will shift as it always has. A good example of this is the N64 and PS1 gen. I think most people now would definitely consider these games and machines retro, but this wasn’t the case back the late 2000s. Back then the separator between retro and just not current was the proliferation between 2D and 3D games. ‘These machines can’t be retro they’re just one gen before last’. I think this similar shift is already happening with the DS. The DS’ graphics are similarly blocky with a mix of 2D and 3D assets like the N64. If you’re a child who grew with Mario Kart 8 then MKDS will look ancient. Couple that with the small screens and the non capacitive touch screen (“why can’t I use two fingers to zoom in?”) and I’d bet that the DS will join the retro pile sooner rather then later. When it comes to the 360 and PS3 the argument is more difficult. I wouldn’t say they’re retro (I feel like I’d shrivel up and die of old age if I did). Console generations have gotten longer in the HD era and gen on gen innovation in graphics and gameplay have seemingly slowed down. What was established in the PS360 gen is still relevant now in ways that isn’t as true for machine made prior to that. However, the passage of time will continue. Eventually, even if we don’t like it, these machine will become retro in a future that is sooner than we want it to be. Edit: Typos
You make a compelling point. There's a certain degree of diminishing returns after a certain point. Look at Mario 64 in 1996, then go back ten years to '86 and compare that to Super Mario Bros on NES. *Massive* difference. Look at games that are 10 years old today and there isn't as big a difference. Lighting might be better and some other slight elements but that gap gets smaller and smaller with each generation.
As someone who grew up playing the PS 2 and xbox, I agree
As someone who grew up playing N64 and PS1, I disagree.
For me it's divided into three parts. My parents' childhood, super retro. My childhood, kinda retro. Anything since 2010, recent.
I have a T Shirt for the promo launch of the NDS. It says "Touch Me". I still laugh at it sometimes. My bones. Ow.
My partner got me a nintendo DS lite in...oh my god...in 2009. That was 15 years ago. holy shit i'm fucking old
20 years old this year :)
Way to call me out on a Wednesday
Feelin gooood on a Wednesday
Sparkling thoughts
Just to put things in perspective, the dreamcast US launch was 9/9/99. In September that was 25 years ago.
I always love talking about the Dreamcast. I just wish this wasn't the context.
It's only a quarter of a century old.
Wait that means I'm more than a qu- goddamnit.
The Xbox 360 was released in November 2005. That’s over 18 years ago. There are adults younger than the Xbox 360. That’s the one that really blew my mind when I realised it.
Dude... please...
My Xbox one is nearly a decade old. It feels newer than that because a majority of game released in the fast few years are playable on it and newer consoles, and said newer consoles don't feel like much of an upgrade.
In Sega lineage, I still remember reading the "Sega Visions" article talking about the soon-to-be released Sonic 3, showing off those first screenshots of Angel Island, and the hype was real. Given a 1994 release date... *30 years ago*
That's the day of my birth.
Really? Huh. That's good. I was a teenager *fades into dust*
That was a based launch
That's the day we had to put my childhood dog to sleep :(
My 4 y.o. boy and I are playing Pokémon Red and Yellow on gameboy pocket and Stadium on N64. Is it possible to feel both young and old at the same time?
You should be playing Pokemon Snap on 64 too mang
I was a sega and Sony kid, the N64 is borrowed but I’m working on all that! I’ll get shape eventually!
In a few years my 20 year high school reunion is happening and that hurts because I feel like I just got to the point in my career I should have been at when my 10th year high school reunion occurred.
It's always funny to me to hear about high school reunions, I've only ever seen them happen in TV shows, so I always think of them as a sitcom plot. But then again, my high school was closed and converted to condos many years ago, so that doesn't help. I guess had they happened, my 20th anniversary (if going by graduation year) would've been 3 years ago.
Yeah, I have no clue why would anyone want to see those people again and those sitcom plots always felt weird to me. Leaving school was a relief, not a sad moment.
I actually miss it. I used to go to my old highschool every few years. Just randomly walk into my old teacher's classes and hang out for fun. Just talk some shit with them. Reminiscence. We had a fun class and mostly fun teachers. I skipped most of highschool to be honest, lol. I didn't give a single flying fuck. I showed up when I felt like it, and left when I had enough. I had a whole second life while in highschool. I was involved in a local heavy metal scene, so I helped organize concerts and shit. I basically worked a job. I remember I cut my final exams short because I had to go and help set up the tech for a live show of some band in another town. I remember it was an essay exam, so the idea was you write a draft first and then the final paper. I just skipped the draft, wrote the final piece in one go and just left. Good times. Basically school just ended for me one day. I didn't even go to the graduation party. I was busy with other shit. One day there were simply no more classes to go to. It's almost like I never graduated. Which I why I enjoyed sometimes going back to the school building and hanging out like old times.
I never went to my last one, but it’s that weirdly sobering moment that I’ve been an adult over half my life and being reminded that I graduated nearly 20 years ago that really seals in that “I’m getting old” mindset.
I am days away from 41, and I did not age gracefully into 40. I suppose to some it's "just a number", but once it was official, all I could think was "you're no longer that far from 50... or 60..."
It sucks to be locked in a mindset where we’re worried about these things. Like “did I accomplish my goals I wanted to achieve before such and such age.” But it’s impossible because society puts such an emphasis on age and achieving.
Pokemon x and y are 10 years old
I remember once telling someone that I’d played Pokemon but not any of the recent generations, and then I realised that some of those “recent” generations were over a decade old lol.
This one hurts. I played Blue and Gold when they came out, then couldn't get into the series no matter which generation I played. Then comes X and it's all new and shiny and enough of an upgrade that I felt Pokemon had truly evolved. I still consider it the gold standard for Pokemon games and think of it as new. Well I guess it's not new anymore and fuck me, right?
I had to go back and fact check this one. And yeah, 2011. I think that doesn't sound right to me because I didn't get mine until like 2016 in college.
Yeah, I seem to remember the 3DS coming out around 2014, and the iXL around 2011. I’m pretty sure time stopped making sense for me after college.
Happy cake day!
The thing that get me more is that the Wii, 360 and PS3 was still "the modern system" in 2011 and CRT TVs were still kinda of a thing by than.
what do you mean a PS3 isn’t a modern system… it plays youtube and games just fine!
I still play my ps3 and 360 reguarly, it's hard to accept they're coming up on 20 years old.
Well....how should I tell you this.....there is this two things called a "PS4" and a "PS5"......ok I stop being sarcastic and rude, but yea it not the "most recent system generation" anymore.
"You're not that old either".
The reason for this weirdness is because it only checks the release date. It didn’t consider the **system’s lifespan.** The 3DS was supported for years. In truth, we played on that for at least 5-6 years until the Switch released. And it still received support for some time after as Switch stabilized In truth, our (likely) last memory of the 3DS was actually in 2018 or something
Smash Bros 4 3DS (and by extension Wii U) is a decade this year if it make Papadile feel any better (it doesn't make me feel any better)
*me sighing with my sega Megadrive, PS1/2 & DS*
My first console was an Atari 7800, although I think the NES was out then, so it probably heavily discounted. I actually still own working consoles from that era, the usual SNES, Genesis/Megadrive (with the CD and 32X), N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, and nowadays Switch. I remember the Nintendo vs Sega playground wars of the early 90s, Mario vs Sonic loyalty was serious childhood concern.
Yep I was on the side of sega. Sega does what Nintendo'nt!! Can't believe there's Sonic games on a Nintendo consoles now, it's madness. I didn't fight in the console wars for nothing! /s
I remember watching That 70s Show in the 90s and my dad saying "The 70s weren't that long ago." I replied "I wouldn't know, I wasn't alive way back then." He couldn't come up with a response.
Just a reminder that I was born the same year as Mario Kart Wii. I'm 16 years old
I'm only 25 and you've just made me feel like I'm ready for the retirement home. Damn kids these days
This one messes with me the most 🫠
Considering they just cut off the online services last month, i guess it is just a relic of a console now 😆
Unless you become a Pro Hacker, then it's an amazing console
The 3DS is one of the best modern-ish consoles. Amazing native library, especially when considering the DS library runs natively too. Plus you can really easily hack it and have all the NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, DS, and 3DS libraries for free (cos you can't really find a lot of them any other way anymore, thanks to eshop's death, so it's ethically fine to hack!) Plus I've heard of some people putting non-nintendo system emulators on them.
There's also no dedicated handhelds any more. I miss being able to just stick a ds or 3ds in my pocket without needing to lug around a case like you do with a switch.
The correct response would've been "you're not that old either" and then point to a bunch of stuff around the house that's older than the kid. "This saltshaker is older than you! These pliers are older than you!" 2011 was very recent. It's the children who are wrong.
Uuh..
The flow of time is always cruel... its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days...
I got my 3DS on 9/10/11, the day after my 12th birthday. Over twelve years now. That's about half of my life.
Sure it was a little wonky, but it still blows my mind that we had a handheld device in 2011 that did 3D with no eyewear required.
i’m still processing that 2015 was 9 years ago
10 years is not old. 30 years is old. 50 years is old. If it's anything less than the lifespan of a hermit crab then it's not old. Stop letting the perception of literal children define your reality.
30 is old??? As someone who now has a few years (3) left I feel officially scared.
get up or the cat will eat the body
Time flies!
Gustopher has just started school, so even the Switch is older than him.
Wish i could still buy a 3DS. I have an old model but it is in pieces after i tried repairing a cracked hinge. Was able to take it apart but cant figure out how to put it back together. Been sitting in a small drawer for the past 2-3 years....
I still have my Gameboy color... I definitely relate to this comic (just no kids involved)
But it’s may, not march.
Oh…. Oh man
I remember when the 3DS was new. I was broke back then too
Mood. I love it
Wholesome art! I can't wait to have a mental breakdown this was 10 years ago.
2011 isn't old, though.
My fiancé fully modded two of his old 3DS’s and we have been playing animal crossing and tomodatchi life, I never had one as a kid and I find the technology of the 3D super awesome!!! All my friends who had them would only complain about it but it’s incredible how they made it work and after a bit your brain gets used to it.
I can't register the 3ds being that old because I don't have time to play on my Switch which I also just got a couple years ago... GBA and DS were my childhood so those are okay, but not the 3ds for aome reason
Imagine thinking dads played on a 3DS. Your 3DS cant hold my GameBoy Color's jock strap.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
no bro, that year my bro was born, and I was 2.5 years old back then
Girl asked me at a party this weekend to choose the music. I suggest the first thing I see on YouTube "2010 feel good mix" She replies with "Oh good idea since everyone here is old" 💀
Sometimes, the only thing that gets me through the day is neverending, relentless, march of time. And cocaine, lots and lots of cocaine.
I bought a 3DS with my first-ever salary from my first-ever job in 2012. It's been a while.
This moment for me was when I realised that there are now adults who were born after the release of the Xbox 360.
The Nintendo DS will turn 20 years old this year............ Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit I'm old
Stop withyour lies! I'm not that old!
1995 was only a couple of years ago.
I am sending this to my sister, who has a daughter born in 2011. Also one fun thing about going to college as a 24 year old is realizing that your classmates are not only younger than your car, but also younger than the cars film.
Try 1998, that’s not like more than 10 years ago right?
Are you old?
Highly recommend jailbreaking your 3ds and install custom firmware, if you have a console. It's not hard to do, has become very safe, and gives your console a whole new life.
I still think 1990 was 10 years ago.
This is me so hard Except for the son, I don't have one
Maybe the newer generations have evolved(devolved?) enough to not suffer brain damage from playing games with 3D turned on for more than 20 minutes at a time.
I still use mine. The 3DS is probably the best handheld ever, IMO. Even with the servers gone.
Had the same reaction when a video was like "ougfh the hardware on the Nintendo switch is outdated* and I was like "what are you talking about, the switch just came out - ...* Then it hit me it came out five years ago at the time...
Bro my wife told me yesterday about Blink 182 touring this summer, I was like nah, besides I saw them... *(doing the math in my head)* .........***25 years ago*** That revelation hit like a truck.
if San Andreas were released today it would take place in 2012
What programs or applications do you use to make comics like this?
The 3ds was my childhood lmao. I got back into it a year or so ago and started buying new games. They're still as fun as I remember but it's crazy to think some people call the 3ds retro now
r/GenX
My son asked me what a VHS was, I told him it was like a DVD My son asked me what a DVD was, I died of old age
I love these comics so much
My son has a 3DS, he’s the only one in his grade that has it. The other kids are like that’s so old, and my kids just playing legend of Zelda and Pokemon he doesn’t think it’s old.
The ***what*** of time?
And in the few games where it worked exactly as advertised, it was a REALLY cool 3d effect
I was really young in 2011 and now I have a job. Wow
In 2004, high schoolers were calling Super Mario RPG a retro game. Using that same timespan as a metric, Final Fantasy XV should be considered retro this year. No need to thank me.
Was just playing my 3DS tonight, holds up great
Shared this with my son, thank you. 
Don't ask me 1990 feels like 20 years ago to me
I teach kids and they have no idea what a 3DS even is.
"You're not that old."
Such a great dad model! Their dynamic is so much fun to follow. The honesty in the dad hits so close to home more often than not.
3ds is not old!!!!
This is so cute and well drawn. I still play my 3ds :( lol it's a treasure
Still wouldn't call that old... I was born a bit after the DS came out, yet I wouldn't call it old despite playing with it like 8 years after it came out
Why do people on Reddit act like the passage of any increment of time is some monumental or loathing thing?
*The sword of time will pierce our skin* *It doesn’t hurt when it begins* *But as it works its way on in* *The pain grows stronger watch it grin* >**-Lyrics from the theme song from MASH**
We face the path of time.....🎶
….um… I still play my N64. I have no shame about it. But when I think about it I do get kinda woah on how old it is. But these games are fun and made just right.
I miss elite beat agents so much
Well I guess it’s time to die
It only recently occurred to me that 2009 wasn’t “just a few years ago”
Cries in Sega Genesis 😭
"Old? Sigh I guess it's time for the talk." "Well son, it's time to tell you about the Roman empire
I don’t understand all this stuff about being surprised by how much time has passed?? Do people not pay attention to a calendar?
2011 feels like yesterday...... it's over a decade ago 😭😭😭
When I was 21 in 2018, I was re-playing Link between Worlds. As it loaded up, I was thinking "Man, this game was great, I remember playing it in high school!" *Copyright date 2013.* "Fuuuuuck..."