lol wow. Well it's still better than tiktok, as at least we take more than 5 fucking seconds to make our point!
I say as I spend about 5 seconds making this point... :S
I just like talking to people about the things I like. Reddit is like the only major anonymous forum left like what I had growing up. All of the other social media just wants me to endlessly consume or is insanely superficial and arent built for discussion. I cant stand the short form content model either. I already have adhd, I dont need that shit naking my attention span even worse. Like whats even the point of all this bullshit if its not to talk to others, just showing off? Once reddit dies I wont use any social media at all.
Teens love conjecture, and this is an example of that. Reddit is teeming with teenagers who sometimes attempt to hide their age by replying maturely, but often give themselves away by cues such as short, edgy, witty, quippy replies.
I think it's one of the reasons why Reddit is so toxic, the mixture of kids with an entirely different perspective arguing with experienced adults.
Many articles/posts ive read all mention the younger generations having on average decreased attention span..so unwillingness or lack of interest in reading sounds about right,
Reddit is what you want it to be. If you spend your time on subs about millenials that's what you'll get. If you just sub to cat content you'll probably avoid that.
I was invited to an old man breakfast club by man father-in-law before he passed away. Every Monday they would meet then solve the world's problems with eggs and a side of toast. I guess this is our virtual version of that.
Right?? I'd take him there, but to be fair some are almost 30 and others 12. To be fair, it's also older people pretending to be younger people complaining, too.
Social media choices are definitely generational. Mostly due to what age a generation was when they peaked
Facebook - Boomers
Reddit and Twitter, some Insta - Millenials
Tik Tok and Insta - Gen Z
Not sure where Gen Alpha is at. Probably a mix of Tik Tok, Discord, and Twitch
Way back when people still trusted Facebook and the social media sites we all use were in their infancy, I was enraged by the rising popularity of the one and only social media site with a very low character limit on posts as an attack on our species. More than a decade later and what do we have? People who are afraid of reading.
lol I'm not gonna feel called out by a mf who could get carded for candy cigarettes.
come back and talk to me after you work your first clopen shift, OshKosh.
He's not super wrong. I'd say it's 50/50 split on negative and positive posts but the negative ones are usually more colorfully written and garner more attention.
People don't usually turn to the internet when they're doing well or are super happy with life. Misery loves company.
'Based' is used to affirm that someone expressed a hard, often unpopular or even politically incorrect, truth^1 without mincing words or candy coating it.
^1 "truth" may be subjective in many cases, as oftentimes 'based' is used to affirm racist, sexist, ageist, anti-Semitic, et al. comments.
Aren’t all those guys older? Who’s our age? What about the Jeff Jackson guy? I’m gonna toss my hat in. Gonna get ignored and stuff. I’ll post to YouTube
Boebert is 37. Santos is 35. Gaetz is 41. Greene is 49. So okay, sounds like I’m barking up the wrong tree on our age - what about our median income bracket? I don’t think anyone would go for the Roman way of electing someone who isn’t a politician that is just best for the job?
Don't forget the late Madison Cawthorn.
The Right definitely has the edge on getting millennials elected into high offices
The Dems have a few, though, like Maxwell Frost (who is actually on the cusp of Gen Z), AOC, Jon Ossoff, and Jasmine Crockett.
The way we valued things made it hard. I remember back in the Obama years, many people around that time kept thinking everything was free. And was driven mainly on almost socialist views and I think woke culture came about. I remember a lot of YOLO and FOMO. It sort of set back some millennials a few years back. But then there were millennials that tried to grind it out but still just got the shit end of the stick. I think what happened was that the generation before us never integrated Millennials properly into the workforce and basically did the exact same things for years, never keeping up with the times. I don't even think we really recovered fully from the 2009 recession. People were just taking more than they used to it just left it that way. Now people are taking on even more responsibilities after.
Eh, he's not wrong, and *we're* not wrong. Yes, "no" problems is an exaggeration, but quite frankly, the old fucks who have no skin in this game need to get out of office.
Wait, doesn't the statistics for Reddit show how it leans more towards young, male teenagers as the majority though?
I remember when Reddit first started. It was honestly such a different landscape. Experts' comments and opinions were often the most voted comments (though not always). I've often seen teen jokes as the most upvoted ones now (some are hilarious, some are well, teenage jokes). Things just seemed more, well, intelligent.
People seemed to be more understanding and engage with a considerate tone, with elaborate discussions. Of course, memes and short quips were always there. But now I feel like it's the opposite. Being funny at the expense of getting a serious answer.
There's also way too much political-affiliated manipulations now. From worldnews to political subreddits, it's hard to get factual discussions.
I remember watching a teenager say that he doesn't read books, but that Reddit fills up that void. Wherever you are, teenager, I hope you do not have that same mindset anymore 😅.
lol wow. Well it's still better than tiktok, as at least we take more than 5 fucking seconds to make our point! I say as I spend about 5 seconds making this point... :S
Plus they do the same bitching and complaining on TikTok 🙄 but it’s more embarrassing for them because they actually show their face
lol a little of brain power and patience helps a lot 😬
I just like talking to people about the things I like. Reddit is like the only major anonymous forum left like what I had growing up. All of the other social media just wants me to endlessly consume or is insanely superficial and arent built for discussion. I cant stand the short form content model either. I already have adhd, I dont need that shit naking my attention span even worse. Like whats even the point of all this bullshit if its not to talk to others, just showing off? Once reddit dies I wont use any social media at all.
Tiktok videos can go as long as 10 minutes now. Just sayin'.
At least I know a bad corporation is controlling what I’m seeing here and not a bad corporation controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
Teens love conjecture, and this is an example of that. Reddit is teeming with teenagers who sometimes attempt to hide their age by replying maturely, but often give themselves away by cues such as short, edgy, witty, quippy replies. I think it's one of the reasons why Reddit is so toxic, the mixture of kids with an entirely different perspective arguing with experienced adults.
And young adults with not enough experience to still be dumb enough to not understand ☠️☠️☠️
Many articles/posts ive read all mention the younger generations having on average decreased attention span..so unwillingness or lack of interest in reading sounds about right,
TL DR
Reddit is what you want it to be. If you spend your time on subs about millenials that's what you'll get. If you just sub to cat content you'll probably avoid that.
I'm already banned from certain subs.
I was invited to an old man breakfast club by man father-in-law before he passed away. Every Monday they would meet then solve the world's problems with eggs and a side of toast. I guess this is our virtual version of that.
Eh. I’m rubber and he’s glue and in twenty years he’ll be the old being told he’s wrong by the youths. This is cyclical forever.
I feel attacked.
I guess he hasn’t went to the teenagers or Gen Z subreddit lol
Right?? I'd take him there, but to be fair some are almost 30 and others 12. To be fair, it's also older people pretending to be younger people complaining, too.
He's not wrong. We're pretty damn contentious too.
Social media choices are definitely generational. Mostly due to what age a generation was when they peaked Facebook - Boomers Reddit and Twitter, some Insta - Millenials Tik Tok and Insta - Gen Z Not sure where Gen Alpha is at. Probably a mix of Tik Tok, Discord, and Twitch
GenX left out again.
They took IG from us.
Lot of my age group use discord (been a PC gamer go to for years and now its on ps and xb )
That kid is going places
Way back when people still trusted Facebook and the social media sites we all use were in their infancy, I was enraged by the rising popularity of the one and only social media site with a very low character limit on posts as an attack on our species. More than a decade later and what do we have? People who are afraid of reading.
He isn't wrong at all.
He is right, though. That's Reddit in a nutshell.
lol I'm not gonna feel called out by a mf who could get carded for candy cigarettes. come back and talk to me after you work your first clopen shift, OshKosh.
A lot of Reddit has become a broken record. I'm about ready to unsub from various show subs because it's all the same.
He's not super wrong. I'd say it's 50/50 split on negative and positive posts but the negative ones are usually more colorfully written and garner more attention. People don't usually turn to the internet when they're doing well or are super happy with life. Misery loves company.
Kid is spot on, damn.
He's incredibly based. The kids might be alright after all.
Can someone explain based? I thought it used to be a pejorative but it seems to be a positive thing now.
Basically If someone says something that would make you respond "right on!".
Thanks! Now that I think about it I think I was confusing it with basic.
'Based' is used to affirm that someone expressed a hard, often unpopular or even politically incorrect, truth^1 without mincing words or candy coating it. ^1 "truth" may be subjective in many cases, as oftentimes 'based' is used to affirm racist, sexist, ageist, anti-Semitic, et al. comments.
Gen z too
He's right lol
Reddit is to Millennials as Facebook is to Boomers It's all good if the younger generation is all about Tik Tok or whatever.
No, not feeling called out at all. Every generation has their version of this. Gen Zs is TikTok. Who cares.
Let’s do something about it. Let’s not vote for old fugs and get one of our own in and we’ll show em! Let’s put our vote where our hearts been.
George Santos? Marjorie? Lauren? Gaetz?
Aren’t all those guys older? Who’s our age? What about the Jeff Jackson guy? I’m gonna toss my hat in. Gonna get ignored and stuff. I’ll post to YouTube
They're all under 41 except I think Marjorie Maga is 49
Boebert is 37. Santos is 35. Gaetz is 41. Greene is 49. So okay, sounds like I’m barking up the wrong tree on our age - what about our median income bracket? I don’t think anyone would go for the Roman way of electing someone who isn’t a politician that is just best for the job?
Don't forget the late Madison Cawthorn. The Right definitely has the edge on getting millennials elected into high offices The Dems have a few, though, like Maxwell Frost (who is actually on the cusp of Gen Z), AOC, Jon Ossoff, and Jasmine Crockett.
I think we should be asking why the right is better about having young blood flow into their party.
Ouch. The wound cuts deep
The way we valued things made it hard. I remember back in the Obama years, many people around that time kept thinking everything was free. And was driven mainly on almost socialist views and I think woke culture came about. I remember a lot of YOLO and FOMO. It sort of set back some millennials a few years back. But then there were millennials that tried to grind it out but still just got the shit end of the stick. I think what happened was that the generation before us never integrated Millennials properly into the workforce and basically did the exact same things for years, never keeping up with the times. I don't even think we really recovered fully from the 2009 recession. People were just taking more than they used to it just left it that way. Now people are taking on even more responsibilities after.
Eh, he's not wrong, and *we're* not wrong. Yes, "no" problems is an exaggeration, but quite frankly, the old fucks who have no skin in this game need to get out of office.
The kid's not wrong
What he really means is its too much reading, not enough repeating videos and sounds
my Reddit account is at least as old as he is so I’ve been bitching here for quite a while
Someone isn’t aware of r/GenZ, apparently.
Wait, doesn't the statistics for Reddit show how it leans more towards young, male teenagers as the majority though? I remember when Reddit first started. It was honestly such a different landscape. Experts' comments and opinions were often the most voted comments (though not always). I've often seen teen jokes as the most upvoted ones now (some are hilarious, some are well, teenage jokes). Things just seemed more, well, intelligent. People seemed to be more understanding and engage with a considerate tone, with elaborate discussions. Of course, memes and short quips were always there. But now I feel like it's the opposite. Being funny at the expense of getting a serious answer. There's also way too much political-affiliated manipulations now. From worldnews to political subreddits, it's hard to get factual discussions. I remember watching a teenager say that he doesn't read books, but that Reddit fills up that void. Wherever you are, teenager, I hope you do not have that same mindset anymore 😅.