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This was on all the computers in my middle school, back in 2002 or so. I wonder if this made it up to the front page because of nostalgia, or because an even y
by jakelazaroff 7y ago
This was on all the computers in my middle school, back in 2002 or so.
I wonder if this made it up to the front page because of nostalgia, or because an even younger cohort has never heard of it. What's the lower bound on ages for people who actually remember BonziBuddy?
- HiroshiSan 7y agoI'm in my late 20's and I remember bonzi buddy.
- the_jeremy 7y agoMid-20s, never heard of it.
- jamesmp98 7y agoEarly 20's, have heard of it, originally because memes and later out of curiosity
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoMid 20s, have interacted with it
- joshstrange 7y agoLate 20's, installed it without knowing it was spyware, it looked cool. Dad was not pleased.
- freehunter 7y agoWarning: bad math and faulty assumptions incoming. Considering it was discontinued in 2004 and people generally have reliable long term memories starting around 5-8 years old, I'd say the youngest person to reasonably remember BonziBuddy would be 20-23 years old. The peak of popularity would probably be 2002, when the lawsuit that shut the company down was filed, so the last group of people who would be widely exposed to BB and have memories of it would be 22-25 years old at the youngest. As someone quite older than that demographic, I had completely forgotten about BonziBuddy and seeing this brought up is definitely nostalgic for me.
- saagarjha 7y agoNot quite 20; I have never interacted with BonziBuddy.
- mijoharas 7y ago30, have never heard of it. Did I manage to miss this?
- Kuraj 7y agoLate 20's, never encountered it myself but I knew it existed