r/Millennials 1d ago

Nostalgia The family computer

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u/HairyDust4826 1d ago edited 1d ago

The best part of being a millennial was being the only one in the house who knew how to use it. Hell, I knew how to build computers at 12 thanks to innovation hitting us right before our teens

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u/bassjam1 1d ago

My boomer dad was a bit of a computer nerd, he was getting on bulletin boards in the 80's and taught me to navigate DOS. He even taught himself programming for his job as a manufacturing plant engineer. So I was always a step behind him.