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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They were everywhere in the mid-Atlantic 20 years ago.

I saw one little blinky buddy on my back door last night. I looked out, he was the only one. I shut my porch light off in hopes that he would wonder off and find some friends.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mentioned in another comment that it must’ve been 8 to 10 years ago when I was sitting in the backyard of some bar in Brooklyn, in the middle of summer, where I saw the last one I ever saw. And I was sitting with a bunch of friends, and I pointed out that it was the only one, and that this might be the last one any of us ever see.

Now I made myself sad