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Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Yes, inner child
Who would feel awkward about this? I’d just straight up correct them. “Oh, no. This is for me.”
Hell I’m a 52 year old woman and I’ve had every PlayStation console since the first one. I’ve been gaming since I was a small kid when we had an Atari.
Adult gaming is pretty normalized by now. The cashier is the weird one here.
49 here haha
I think it’s quite common today for a full grown adult to be buying a games console for themselves
🙋🏼♂️ 54 year old me! 😂
I bought my first PlayStation last year in May. Then I gave that to my son when I got the Pro in November. I replaced one of the Xbox-X’s with a PS5 in the game room for my little girl (8). Then I got the two granddaughters a PS5 for Christmas. My daughter got me back into gaming last year after not playing anything for almost 30 years. A couple nights a week and the weekends, we are a Fortnite army! PeePaw is Level 1132 right now! Top 600 in the world, level wise! They created a monster when they convinced me to play! 😂
TBH…Friday and most of Saturday was torture for this little army!
“It’s not for my child. I don’t have children. That is why I can afford this and have time to play.”
Bought my brother his in release year.
Thought ‘I’ll get one for myself when I’ve spare cash and/or it drops’
5 years later I’m still reading PS5 memes wondering when my PS4 will die.
Is this still a self conscience thing? lol gaming is somehow only for kids? Like anime or chocolate milk? lol you’re an adult and can buy what you like and your hobby is yours. I have two rc cars that are not for kids… I don’t feel judged for having them
I’d be shocked if anyone still genuinely views gaming like this. We ain’t in the 80s – early 2000s anymore, gaming has become so diverse throughout all age groups. We love to see it. ❤️
Most gamers are over the age of 30 anyway lol. We grew up in the golden age of games it makes sense.
Happened to me. Best Buy had them behind the counter on Black Friday, the cashier asked, “do you want to get the fortnight bundle for your kids?”.
I’m 35 and I don’t have any children.
“wait, how did you know about them?” ahh reaction
It’s actually way more convenient than building a PC. Just plug and play.
That is what I imagine I would want if my old ass didn’t understand anything about computers
Bullshit. It’s 2025 people know that adults are also gamers.
outdated cliche, this is not a thing that happens
the only meme thats more annoying is the “my wife when she hears the playstation beep”
Happened to me except it was the guy outside of Best Buy asking for donations to some sort of children’s center.
I wanted to say I have no money but… box n hand.
47 year old me
That’s why I sent my 76 yr old dad in 🙂
Ha! That’s funny. I’ve never put down a game controller since the very 1st in home systems were released. Intellivision, coleco vision, Genesis I’ve played almost all of them. I’m currently playing my PS5 and yep I’m probably considered too old, but I don’t care! 53 years old, married 33 years with 3 kids. I WILL be gaming until the very end of my life cycle.
For me, it’s “your boyfriend will be very happy”
Uhhhhhhh 👀
What cashier is actually gonna say this.
Can we just normalize playing video games already
And today on “Things that never happened”:
This didn’t happen
51 yo me
47 year old me
“Oh Damn, forgot my kid. Where did I leave him?”
-Me, probably
My generation was the first to grow up in video games. I’m going to retire with a badass PC rig and PS10 and whatever Nintendo comes out with by then. Maybe a Nintendo VR
Where I’m from, everyone assumed that anything other than a Nintendo console was for adults
I don’t ever play it so I given my PS5 to my 15 yr old nephew…never plays it.
Nah I’m almost 40 and the last time I got some gaming related thing the 20-something cashier was like “nice, bro, what you been playing lately?” and we had a quick back and forth about Diablo 4. The ‘games or for kids’ crowd is primarily just a handful of out of touch older folk at this point.
I would let that cashier have it.
Oh he will, the child in my brain that is.
I am the child.
Me when I buy tampons and the cashier says “you’re such a sweet husband”
Just ignore them. It’s likely one of those morons who think videogames are for children
hahah .. 55 year old me.
Hahahah
It’s me. Hi. I’m the child, it’s me.
I took my 60 years old mom to a store and bought her a PS5 (she loves to play since the 80’s) the cashier and the salesman laughed a lot when I told the PS was for her and not for the kids with us
My brother and his friends play with a 65 years old woman on pc. Im 34 and i prefer to spend some free time on my ps5 than waste it on shit movies/series.
That’s CRAZY