• Dark ArcA
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    2636 months ago

    I think you’ve got Gen Z and Millennials backwards.

      • Victor
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        1466 months ago

        And the Gen Z is… reading a newspaper? Nah fam, I don’t think that’s what’s going on.

        • @lugal@lemmy.world
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          346 months ago

          You think millennials read newspapers? We are the first digital native generation. In fact, we saw the internet growing up while we grew up ourselves

          • @bratosch@lemm.ee
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            336 months ago

            Remember the internet before Facebook and Instagram? Good times. It was all Flash Games and p… Uhm, videos

            • @lugal@lemmy.world
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              196 months ago

              I still know my ICQ number. Back when all instant messagers had open protocols and you could use one open source client for all of them.

              • @jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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                166 months ago

                I’m still slightly mad that everyone wanted to use AIM instead of ICQ, even though icq was better. It had offline messaging and you could change your display name, neither of which aim supported.

                Anyone younger than like 30 probably has no idea that those were noteworthy features at one time. You could only send someone a message if they were actively connected at the same time as you.

              • naticus
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                56 months ago

                I regret forgetting mine. I know it was 3965… Something. But that’s as far as I know for sure.

          • Victor
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            46 months ago

            No I don’t think we do. I sure as hell don’t. Yes indeed, we are, and we did. That’s why I think the whole comic is bullshit, like wtf is this whole thing? Feels like some Gen X or earlier is trying out this web comic thing. I don’t even know.

      • @CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee
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        746 months ago

        I know i’m old, i just found a new hobby: messing woth the younger generation by messing with their slang.

        You know, like how grandpa called every pokeman pikachu…but on purpose.

      • Dark ArcA
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        6 months ago

        Yeah no millennial is doing that to fit in/not feel old (okay there are probably some but they’re a minority for sure), at best they’re doing that to be annoying/make fun of the crazy slang.

    • @fsxylo@sh.itjust.works
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      276 months ago

      We used to make fun of comic books for making up slang that hilariously no one would ever use, then gen z came along.