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I've noticed my boomer parents using instagram and tiktok. I can't tell you how excited I am for them to kill those platforms like they did facebook. (lemmy.world)
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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 148 points 8 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 74 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As is tradition.

[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Your boomer parents? You're 40 something?

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 54 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That would be my age.

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

An old person? On my Lemmy? Gasp

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago

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

[–] knacht1@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

65 here sonny.

[–] HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

67 here kiddo

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm already nice.

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

So you're 69 in spirit! Nice!

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 10 points 8 months ago

Wow, you can fuck right off!

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

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 16 points 8 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.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

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

Shit.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 24 points 8 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 🤷

[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

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

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds about right to me

[–] db2@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

... was written on lemmy 😬

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Implying we aren't mostly disgruntled boomers here.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 67 points 8 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.

[–] MiniiCSx@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Some genZ here too :) moved from Reddit to Lemmy

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dont forget gen Z tech workers

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Gen Z are like 20-30 years old by now

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well I happen to like embarrassing my kids so…

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Carry on. 😆

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

💀
I hope that was not serious.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Boomers and child neglect - name a better duo.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Boomers and pulling the ladder up behind them.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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 😁

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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..."