When did you start using Emacs?

When did you start using Emacs?

Noticed this Reddit thread in one of Sacha Chua's Emacs News posts, and wondered what I could answer.

~/.emacs.d (master) $ git log --reverse --pretty=format:%ai | head -n 1
2014-05-23 10:29:04 +0200

I didn't realize it's been 3 years already since I started using Emacs.