Sure have! Watched reruns as a kid. The show came up recently in conversation with a friend who is younger than me, and I was shocked my friend even knew the name. Having him come up again so soon feels eerie lol

I think it's bc people don't need to push themselves out of their comfort zones so much by default (as was demanded by school and early career), settling into long term routine/stability, and finding comfort in nostalgia - not at all insurmountable, but you have to have some self-awareness and gaf

I read years ago that many people stop engaging with new music after about age 30. They'll likely listen to new releases by their favorite bands, but their taste becomes stuck in their formative years and newer music is now "garbage". I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens with games

No word a lie!

I'm not the first person to come up with this analogy but imagine a mecha anime where the characters use their gundams to travel to the battlefield and then hop out of the cockpit and fistfight because the mangaka couldn't figure out how giant robot battles would work. That's the whole Iliad

idk how many microwaves can do this but my parents figured out how to turn the beeps completely off on theirs

Learning that was possible somehow felt like peering into something ancient and forbidden

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo

I can't say with complete certainty, but I think you've got a peg tooth harrow and a plow in the first two. No idea on the third unfortunately; the 4th is hard to know from what's visible in the photo, but perhaps a type of rake? Anyway, looks to all be horse-drawn farming equipment

These were gargantuan, like bigger than both my fists and honestly worth the price, I'm just being silly