• ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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      7 months ago

      Why do all of these things make me feel old… I’m gen Z but heavily relate to gen x and millennial when people ask me “wtf does that mean?” and I just say “it was before your time.” Like wtf it was “before my time” too… idk I guess that’s the only benefit of being adopted by boomers.

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      7 months ago

      We burned everything back then: books, bras,

    • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Back in the distant 1990’s there wasn’t enough solar energy to run our central heating, so we had to burn our CD collections to stay warm.

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      7 months ago

      I’m thinking on going back to optical media, for archiving purposes. It’s even ransomware-resistant.

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    7 months ago

    It’s why I like Lemmy, it’s a safe space for Millennials and Gen X. Neither the boomers or yooths can figure out how to make an account without downloading it from the app store.

  • theangryseal@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    As a man in my 30s who enjoys VR, good god the kids torment me.

    I came up with a decent reply. “Why are you on Oculus, old man?”

    “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize a bunch of fucking toddlers made the Quest. I’m proud of you guys! I was under the impression that VR was mostly created by my generation, but it’s cool to see your elementary school science project took off like this. Congrats on your A+! You’re building the future.”

    Usually shuts them up or makes them fumble and a few kids get on my side with it haha.

    I’ve been the old sage sitting in the building in Pavlov Containers giving the youngins life advice. Always a wonderful experience when they aren’t bullying me or when I bump into a fellow old.

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      7 months ago

      That’s way too much effort. Just go with the ol “because I got tired of being on your mom”.

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    7 months ago

    You got to call people out like that… back in my day we disrespected everyone equally online.

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    7 months ago

    This is how it feels post-30 when you get out of bed in the morning and your body is slightly off balance.

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      7 months ago

      a furry? on .world??? I didn’t know they existed!

      out of curiosity what communities are you subscribed to?

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        7 months ago

        From selfhosting to foreskin, grapheneos to costco, chastity to theonion

        (not all from .world ofc but I maintain one account only for lemmy. I came from the reddit exodus last year.)

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      7 months ago

      I mean I’ll take it at this point. I was talking to someone recently who was 18, and realized I literally was part of the community before they were born

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    7 months ago

    30 years, on top of another 50 years you mean?

    Even if he meant this in hexadecimal base 16, I still wouldn’t believe it!:-P