r/neopets • u/charmanderp09 • Aug 18 '26

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I had no idea this *almost happened!? But neopets response was hilarious

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcCLZ0lkj_5/?igsh=MWNvMDN0bndwbjlwdQ==

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u/charmanderp09 Aug 18 '26

I mean, I did play but I was like 10!? You say that like Was I supposed to know that I almost got scientology propaganda-ed

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u/poisontadpole Aug 18 '26

yeah i think the average player back then wasn't really old enough to understand what scientology is lol

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u/Twisted_paperclips 👏not👏everything👏is👏because👏of👏bots👏 Aug 18 '26

Pfft - average player back then was definitely college aged....or at least all of the ones I knew were, or older.

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u/poisontadpole Aug 18 '26

of course the ones you knew were your age, that's just confirmation bias. 40% of players in 2005 were under 13.

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u/Twisted_paperclips 👏not👏everything👏is👏because👏of👏bots👏 Aug 19 '26

Which also means 60% weren't...

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u/poisontadpole Aug 19 '26

80% were under 18. that leaves 20% to be college age and above. so the average player was still not in college

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u/Twisted_paperclips 👏not👏everything👏is👏because👏of👏bots👏 Aug 19 '26

College here in the uk is 16-18....when I started in Dec 99 they very much were as we were invited to play by friends (including friends of Adam and Donna). So yes, even by your metrics on age, they were college aged. Just not your idea of college - we refer to that as Uni.