>be 8yo in the 90s
>occasionally meet my gamer uncle in his late 20s
>talk about the games we're playing: tells me secrets in Super Mario World, story stuff in A Link to the Past, telling me about hyper sonic rumours in Sonic 3, freaking out when he unlocked angel/devil in tekken 2, swapping cheat codes, etc. Coolest guy ever
>2025, I'm now the late 20s gamer uncle with the 8yo nephew
>"New Star Wars skins are coming to Fortnite soon"
>"uhhh I have this skin that you can't buy anymore, it's really cool"
>"new season of Fortnite is going to be great"
I really wanted to be that uncle so badly.