Thanks for your America-centric anecdotal perspective presented as all-encompassing. I never knew a pokemon besides Pikachu until I was 18, and I was by far the

Thanks for your America-centric anecdotal perspective presented as all-encompassing. I never knew a pokemon besides Pikachu until I was 18, and I was by far the most avid gamer in my school. Yes I knew sonic and mario, but had barely played 2 hours of those games at arcades because my parents wouldn't give me change for (played at rich friends' birthday parties in the arcade). We all have our experiences. Your "insult" literally corroborates what I'm saying. Until within the last 15 years, we weren't adults. The "adults" of then very likely did not know who sonic and Mario were, even if their kids did. Now that we're adults, adults know who sonic and mario are. And so do our kids. And maybe some of our parents. That's the point. Please don't start of comments on HN calling people "son", then claim to "hate to be insulting", then proceed to insult people. None of that was necessary to make your points.