I'm not talking about menopause, but about the scenario in the meme. Some millennials already had children five years ago, so what age target are we talking about when we say "when I was your age"?
I'm and old millennial but even some of my younger friends already have teenagers that lived through the pandemic.
I'm 32 and having a kid soon, so not sure where you see the problem? Sure some of them had kids very early, but that doesn't change the fact many didn't.
Yeah I work for a flooring distributor. My company labeled us essential so I too work through the whole thing. So did my wife as a dog bather. Guess Petsmart figured they were essential too.
Suddenly had a shitload of free time and still getting paid, so I went to the beach for a swim and went on bike rides or walks all the time. I think most people did.
My job at the time just requested that we work from home whenever possible, so I didn't gain much extra free time (aside from transit time saved, which I won't complain about 🙂)
I would guess most people socialize less as the get older. Having kids and constantly drowning in work and household obligations will kill your social life real quick.
I definitely became less domesticated during the pandemic and I’m still not where I was beforehand, socially. I was even in my late twenties when the pandemic hit, so I should be less susceptible than teenagers/younger children were. It was worth it not to kill a bunch of people by spreading disease, but it wasn’t easy.
That said, I also lived alone and went over 8 months without seeing another person in the flesh, which is unlikely to be the case for younger people.
Yeah fucked up my kids senior year. Didn't even get to walk across the aisle or have prom. Fucked up. He had just finished a theater project when Covid took hold. Sucked he really enjoy it and had potential. All taken away.
How much of that is modern tech and social media? I'd argue the Gen Z xoome meeting blank stare can be blamed as much on tech as the pandemic. This is the first generation that grew up living as much online as they do in the "real world"
This is the first generation that grew up living as much online as they do in the “real world”
Idk about that. The internet was already heavily adopted by the mid-00s. Millennials are as online as any generation after them. Hell, the Boomers are the most terminally online. Facebook hit the Olds like crack hit the inner cities.
GenZ might be the first generation that's self-aware enough to notice how fucked it all is. They're the ones gagging on the excess of social media and AI slop, which older generations seem to be swallowing placidly.
I think, a lot. The shift during the pandemic of requesting uniquely online presence definitely sped up a trend that could already be detected. And because it was unprecedented, “adults” weren’t able to guide younger ones along the transition.
Most people social life didn’t really change during the pandemic
Honestly, I think I got more social during the pandemic. All the neighbors would meet out on the driveways, desperate for something to do other than staring at a screen all day. The parks were full from people who weren't constantly traveling for work or fun. Kids and parents alike were out and about because they didn't need to waste time commuting.
Everyone slathered themselves in hand sanitizer and do all the pro-forma things to not be a contagion risk. But at a certain point, when you're already out in the 'burbs... We've been "socially distanced" since White Flight in the 1980s.
"yeah mom... who said I wanted to go out tonight? I want to play video games with my friends all weekend. like I do every weekend" ~ probably the response.
I am not terribly bullish on the state of video games in another ten or fifteen years. Seems like enshitification is turning that entire industry into a cesspool.
We'll have parents confused as to why their kids keep screaming and shoving away the Torment Nexus box, when they were so fond of playing Don't Invent The Torment Nexus at that age.
No, that's 'do you wanna invent the torment nexus? It's optimal to invent the torment nexus. You don't have to, of course. Some of your people will be upset and have psychotic breaks if you do. But it's right there on the tech tree, and you have all the resources youd need, aside from meat-and oh look, you're being raided because the neighbiring tribe heard you were researching torment nexuses, raided by meaty meaty baseline humans....' Not 'do not invent the torment nexus'.
When I finally had job and money to go out and finally enjoy my life, pandemic happened. But I had saved even MORE money because I stayed home with my parents during those times. However, I'm now too old to go out lol.
I know its a meme, but, don't you still technically have to go outside? I mean, your packages aren't gonna go inside your house because most delivery people arent gonna actually step inside your house so you still need to touch the outside for the few seconds to grab your things.
But also, consider: Sometimes they leave the package like a few steps from your door and you would have to step foot onto the ground outside to retrieve it, especially if its a heavy item or if there's a few steps of stairs and you can't just pull a broom stick to flick it closer to your house.
59 Comments
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 110 pts · 356d
The reply is still OK boomer
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 356d
Botzo@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 356d
My kid would have to be 36 for this to ring true, and I'm a millennial.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 356d
Better than being called a boomer or a boomer I suppose, we'd still roll out eyes at them regardless.
Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 356d
MisterFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d
Okay Yoomer
pedz@lemmy.ca · -9 pts · 356d
Millennials are starting to get a bit old to have futire kids. Not impossible obviously, but wouldn't that apply more to zoomers?
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 356d
Seriously? You realize the youngest millenials just turned 30, right? When do you think menopause hits?
pedz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 356d
I'm not talking about menopause, but about the scenario in the meme. Some millennials already had children five years ago, so what age target are we talking about when we say "when I was your age"?
I'm and old millennial but even some of my younger friends already have teenagers that lived through the pandemic.
moriquende@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 356d
I'm 32 and having a kid soon, so not sure where you see the problem? Sure some of them had kids very early, but that doesn't change the fact many didn't.
LambeauLeap@sopuli.xyz · 22 pts · 356d
Ok Zoomer
BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 356d
God dammit. Beat me to it
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 356d
Ok Boomer
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 355d
They also be waxing poetic about having to look at screens to watch videos instead of just closing their eyes.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d
Visstix@lemmy.world · 83 pts · 356d
All I heard was people bitching about it and going outside with any excuse they had.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 356d
I just worked through the entire thing. Woooo! /s
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 356d
I'm essential! [Chuckles] I'm in danger!
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
Yeah I work for a flooring distributor. My company labeled us essential so I too work through the whole thing. So did my wife as a dog bather. Guess Petsmart figured they were essential too.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
Yeah, we got labeled essential by general Mills even though we hadn't sold them any equipment in 4 years.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
Yeah anything to keep us from getting that sweet time off.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
Essentially fucked. Amirite?
Visstix@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 356d
Me too. That's why I am still salty about it. Just stay home and it can be fixed sooner.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 355d
I hear people bitching about not being allowed to go outside, even though where I live you were always to go outside
ameancow@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 355d
Here people thought they can't go out to parks or nature even though that was never forbidden. I think American cultural wars played into that
ameancow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
The trick with being a shut-in is that its only really practical when other people still have to go out and do things on your behalf.
As soon as you can't get DoorDash or you A/C fails or the office fires you for clinging to "Work From Home" too long, shit gets real really quickly.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 355d
I went out more during covid than I did before it
percent@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 355d
Why?
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 355d
Suddenly had a shitload of free time and still getting paid, so I went to the beach for a swim and went on bike rides or walks all the time. I think most people did.
percent@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 354d
Ah, that sounds really nice.
My job at the time just requested that we work from home whenever possible, so I didn't gain much extra free time (aside from transit time saved, which I won't complain about 🙂)
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 34 pts · 356d
Most people social life didn't really change during the pandemic, thus the pandemic.
I remember my neighbors, whose mother was a cancer patient, would still had family meetups for diner all weeks.
Eq0@literature.cafe · 20 pts · 356d
On the other hand, I see the lasting effects isolation did to social skills in kids and teenagers…
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 356d
It may just be generational changes. I do not socialize same as my parents, and they do not socialize same as their parents.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 356d
I would guess most people socialize less as the get older. Having kids and constantly drowning in work and household obligations will kill your social life real quick.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 356d
Depends on what type of socialization you're referring to. Socializing with coworkers and other parents through your kids activities is not uncommon.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
I definitely became less domesticated during the pandemic and I’m still not where I was beforehand, socially. I was even in my late twenties when the pandemic hit, so I should be less susceptible than teenagers/younger children were. It was worth it not to kill a bunch of people by spreading disease, but it wasn’t easy.
That said, I also lived alone and went over 8 months without seeing another person in the flesh, which is unlikely to be the case for younger people.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
Yeah fucked up my kids senior year. Didn't even get to walk across the aisle or have prom. Fucked up. He had just finished a theater project when Covid took hold. Sucked he really enjoy it and had potential. All taken away.
ShoeThrower@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 355d
Grandmas around the world thank you for your mild inconvenience.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
My grandmother died from Covid and rhought she out live us all
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 356d
How much of that is modern tech and social media? I'd argue the Gen Z xoome meeting blank stare can be blamed as much on tech as the pandemic. This is the first generation that grew up living as much online as they do in the "real world"
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
Idk about that. The internet was already heavily adopted by the mid-00s. Millennials are as online as any generation after them. Hell, the Boomers are the most terminally online. Facebook hit the Olds like crack hit the inner cities.
GenZ might be the first generation that's self-aware enough to notice how fucked it all is. They're the ones gagging on the excess of social media and AI slop, which older generations seem to be swallowing placidly.
Eq0@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 356d
I think, a lot. The shift during the pandemic of requesting uniquely online presence definitely sped up a trend that could already be detected. And because it was unprecedented, “adults” weren’t able to guide younger ones along the transition.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Honestly, I think I got more social during the pandemic. All the neighbors would meet out on the driveways, desperate for something to do other than staring at a screen all day. The parks were full from people who weren't constantly traveling for work or fun. Kids and parents alike were out and about because they didn't need to waste time commuting.
Everyone slathered themselves in hand sanitizer and do all the pro-forma things to not be a contagion risk. But at a certain point, when you're already out in the 'burbs... We've been "socially distanced" since White Flight in the 1980s.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 355d
onnekas@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 355d
"yeah mom... who said I wanted to go out tonight? I want to play video games with my friends all weekend. like I do every weekend" ~ probably the response.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 355d
You're missing something about hanging out with my AI girlfriend while playing whatever takes the place of fortnite.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
I am not terribly bullish on the state of video games in another ten or fifteen years. Seems like enshitification is turning that entire industry into a cesspool.
We'll have parents confused as to why their kids keep screaming and shoving away the Torment Nexus box, when they were so fond of playing Don't Invent The Torment Nexus at that age.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 355d
15 years more Rimworld expansions is a future I want to see.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 355d
No, that's 'do you wanna invent the torment nexus? It's optimal to invent the torment nexus. You don't have to, of course. Some of your people will be upset and have psychotic breaks if you do. But it's right there on the tech tree, and you have all the resources youd need, aside from meat-and oh look, you're being raided because the neighbiring tribe heard you were researching torment nexuses, raided by meaty meaty baseline humans....' Not 'do not invent the torment nexus'.
mckean@programming.dev · 14 pts · 356d
not sure people will want to go out that much, that oxygen flask is kind of heavy, the mask is annoying and then there's the heat...
moriquende@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 356d
Can't risk being captured and having my water extracted.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 355d
Buuuuuttttt mom! The global warming and radiation makes my bed hot!
No excuses missy, I bought you that geiger counter for Christmas you better use it.
Rekonok@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 356d
The wind is strong enough to mitigate the radioactives dust but not enough to thorn the suit
The local militia was bombed and we are not expecting raids for a few days
There is a less contaminated water source a few miles north and I want to check the community there
WHEN I WAS YUR AGE I WAS STAYIN AT HOME
I love you mom but I should have sold you to the slave trader
Velypso@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 356d
I suppose this makes sense if we all lived in Fallout 1.
Which, by the way, I hope to Holy hell nobody ever, ever, ever has to live in Fallout 1.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 355d
So does the apostrophe. That wasn't it.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
When I finally had job and money to go out and finally enjoy my life, pandemic happened. But I had saved even MORE money because I stayed home with my parents during those times. However, I'm now too old to go out lol.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 355d
I know its a meme, but, don't you still technically have to go outside? I mean, your packages aren't gonna go inside your house because most delivery people arent gonna actually step inside your house so you still need to touch the outside for the few seconds to grab your things.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 355d
Factorio can teach us to automate this. Package conveyor belt.
bountygiver@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 355d
get pneumatic tubes back in fashion.
NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Technically only your hands need to pass the threshold. You don't need to touch anything outside, bar the package itself.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 355d
But the air is on the outside. It goes by international airspace rules, I didn't make them rules :P
Lag@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
Anything inside my house is mine. I donate lots of air as well.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 355d
But also, consider: Sometimes they leave the package like a few steps from your door and you would have to step foot onto the ground outside to retrieve it, especially if its a heavy item or if there's a few steps of stairs and you can't just pull a broom stick to flick it closer to your house.
So conclusion, ths score is:
Outside -- 1 ; You -- 0
Outside always wins xD
BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 356d