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[–] [email protected] 148 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I skipped those, but I’m about to ruin whatever new platform my kids get in to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I can't wait to log in to the newest gamer platform only to engage in trash talk with a select group of boys. Three of them, to be exact.

"I fucked your mom!"
"Dad, go away..."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah. If you started skipping trends already you are free. Just use what you like lol

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well I happen to like embarrassing my kids so…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

💀
I hope that was not serious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm told that the joy of embarrassing your children is the main upside of parenting, actually.

Like being Michael Scott/David Brent of The Office on purpose and they have to be the long-suffering employees of Dunder-Mifflin/Wernham Hogg.

Because no matter how much you play the oaf, some fool still allowed you to be in charge of something important 😁

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why? It’s a time-honored parenting tradition. And one that doesn’t involve child abuse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Boomers and child neglect - name a better duo.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Boomers and pulling the ladder up behind them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Carry on. 😆

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

... was written on lemmy 😬

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Implying we aren't mostly disgruntled boomers here.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure we're mostly disgruntled Millennials and Gen-X'ers.

Anyhow, it looks like TikTok might finally be heading towards some sort of ban or regulation in the US, so maybe it'll get killed by the Boomers but in a different way.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dont forget gen Z tech workers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Get outta here, y'all were in middle school yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Gen Z are like 20-30 years old by now

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Some genZ here too :) moved from Reddit to Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 74 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Your boomer parents? You're 40 something?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A lot of us are, yeah. Even with young whippersnappers like yourself fizzing around on your electrified skateboards and what have you, I'm pretty sure the average age here on Lemmy is closer to 40 than 30 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I'm 30 and I literally have 2 electric skateboards lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Sounds about right to me

[–] [email protected] 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

An old person? On my Lemmy? Gasp

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Seriously, people past the age of 30 should not be on the internet. They should be on the golf course or playing shuffleboard or rotting away on a retirement ocean cruiseline somewhere.

/s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I do enjoy a round of golf. And have you ever played shuffleboard? It's quite fun, especially on a cruise.

Shit.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As an elder 40-something, I agree with you. Problem is, the economy doesn’t. I’ll be working until I die. In the meantime, I need the memes to help keep me numb to all the shit going in around me. Please don’t take those away from me. It’s all I have anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How excited will you be when you reach the "nice" age?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

So you're 69 in spirit! Nice!

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago

On lemmy? A platform made by those who miss the "good old days" when reddit was good? Full of old people? Impossible.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Wow, you can fuck right off!

* now, where did I leave my reading glasses? *