‘I got tired of so many gifs’: How digital communication can impact age-gap relationships
https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2024-11-16/i-got-tired-of-so-many-gifs-how-digital-communication-can-impact-age-gap-relationships.html
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Klanky@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
Interesting, I am 40 and I probably use too many gifs. They are such a convenient shorthand for sometimes complicated/opposing feelings. Wild to me that a 42 year old wouldn’t be able to comprehend that. I’ve been using the internet/cell phones to communicate with friends since my late teens so maybe that’s it.
Woovie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
i know people older who also use tons of gifs. it’s very normalized for millennials and some gen x. i think this dude is a luddite.
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Idk. I love gifs. They do express complex emotions and they're fun.
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
A few years ago, I got talking to a woman about 30 years older than me through Tinder. It was great, at first, but then she started sending me essentially Facebook memes at random times instead of initiating a convo. Put me off so much that I suggested we stop talking. Still wish it hadn't happened that way but Jesus fuckin Christ lol
Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The Facebook memes were the conversation starters, you should have sent Lemmy memes back.
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Ah but I don't want to have a meme conversation tbh otherwise I would've!