It can be a movie, a scientific discovery, food, whatever
The Nintendo Switch when it came out. I was super hyped and somehow the console even exceeded my expectations.
Playing Breath of the Wild for the first time was amazing and even after 6 years the console still feels modern to me.
And then Tears of the Kingdom in turn lived up to the hype set for it. So great
Yep, every time someone mentions how long it’s been out, it surprises me again. It still ‘Nintendo’s brand new console’ to me.
I feel you. The PS3 is still “last generation” to me and a Core 2 Duo still feels like a powerful new processor.
Bluetooth earbuds. Took me the longest time to buy a pair. Now I have them all the time.
The only problem with them is that ever since I updated to Windows 11, my laptop no longer connects to any Bluetooth devices and absolutely nothing will fix this issue.
But that’s hardly the headphones fault, it’s this shitty operating system.
Sammmme. I was so against having to charge headphones to listen to them. No idea they would last as long as they did on one charge and my god do they perform well.
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- The Harry Potter books and films
Pokémon Go. Like a typical hype you are sceptic at first, try it, see why everyone loves it and then see how the hype cools off again. But for those few weeks in the summer it first came out it was a blast. I met so many new people, the whole atmosphere of walking in a random neighborhood just completely changed.
Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse
way exceeded the hype
Maybe a hot take, but Cyberpunk 2077. I didn’t experience most of the bugs people complained about and I loved almost everything about the game and world. It’s also only gotten better as they’ve patched it.
Tv, The internet, the smallpox vaccine
The super mario movie. I went in expecting it to be good, and I enjoyed it far more than I was expecting
I went to see the original Pirates Of The Caribbean movie knowing almost nothing about it and having no expectations other than air conditioning and cheap popcorn (a bit of a miracle to begin with). I think one of my friends said they heard good things about it. Turned out to be remarkably fun, so that’s a pleasant memory right there.
The Steam Deck. Awesome, awesome device.
Smartphones.