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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 79 points 9 months ago (5 children)

AI rights.

I'll say something like "I don't see why a fancy python script should be allowed to vote" and the youth will be like "that's so fucked up in so many ways". "My best friend is an AI why are you so prejudiced".

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Worrying about online privacy. Kids will accept that online privacy simply does not exist. They’ll have the mindset that OF COURSE the government/corporations spy on us, and people who are concerned about it are quaint, clueless, and exasperating.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 23 points 9 months ago

It's disturbing how common this mindset already is.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago

I've heard not being on social media is a growing trend with young kids because they want privacy. A lot of them have had their parents oversharing their entire lives and they don't want to do it anymore. I'm old though so who knows how true this is.

[–] livus@kbin.social 49 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I'm of the generation which has kids old enough to talk.

They are exasperated that we use computer mice.

They are angry that the environment is still being destroyed even though grown ups know better.

Not sure what will embarrass them when they're older - at the moment it's our clothes, shoes, music, and slang.

[–] aramus@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They are exasperated that we use computer mice.

So they use Tiling window managers and vim-keys? The future is bright!

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 10 points 9 months ago

Hey there, I'm 18, and I can tell you in my university's CS department, a ton of students using Linux are on Tiling Window Managers.

A lot of students and lecturers use (neo)vi(m), and I use Emacs with Evil-mode (vim emulation), so yeah. Keyboard-driven for the win!

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 26 points 9 months ago (4 children)

They are exasperated that we use computer mice.

What?

[–] livus@kbin.social 27 points 9 months ago (5 children)

All the young kids I know hate them. They think everything is going to be a touchscreen.

Especially when it comes to casual games, literal screams of frustration trying to coordinate mice.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do they know being frustrated by mice makes them boomers?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So, it's a generational sandwich. Gen Alpha and Boomers are the bread, and the mousers are the meat?

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[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

literal screams of frustration trying to coordinate mice.

Hold on boys, there's an actual chance that our generation will be gamer gods for all time to come.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have an old computer set up with a bunch of games for my kids that teach them how to use the mouse and keyboard. I think part of the problem is that kids aren't really taught how to use computers anymore. I remember going to a computer lab in grade one and being taught how to use the mouse and keyboard, how to save files (to a floppy disk), how to close windows and open programs, etc. Apparently they don't do that anymore. They just expect kids will figure it out on their own. My kids still definitely prefer touchscreens, but they don't mind the mouse or touchpad either.

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[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

coordinate mice? how many mice are your kids using at once?

[–] livus@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I meant coordinate mice with onscreen movements, not with other mice!

Now you've got me imagining some sort of hellscape where there are different oldschool trackball mice strapped to someone's hands and feet.

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[–] z00s@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

IPad babies

[–] chahk@beehaw.org 10 points 9 months ago

In the beginning of this school year my youngest told me that he's the only one in his class who passed a computerized test because nobody else knew how to use the mouse of the school PC. Other kids also don't know how to touch-type, so it takes them ages to answer non-multiple choice questions using the keyboard.

There was a panic as the school management scrambled to introduce a PC literacy class into the curriculum.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What's wrong with you? Were you born in the 20th century? Turn the oxygen down! You think air comes from trees or something?

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Transphobia.

It's just an echo of the homophobia decades earlier, and it's going to be seen as equally ridiculous at some point

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I try to emphasize this point to people who are dispairing over the current political climate. Public opinion towards gay people also had a backlash when we demanded rights. Many countries have moved beyond that fairly quickly. I am still not dropping by Uganda anytime soon, but at least I feel fairly safe in my own country.

Transphobia is much less prevalent in the younger generations, just like homophobia. It will literally die out.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But…like…aren’t we still dealing with homophobia from the olds? It definitely died down and has morphed into mostly transphobia now, but it’s not like everyone is cool with it these days.

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[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Back in my day we couldn’t walk or bike to the grocery store because the streets were so dangerously designed

[–] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 22 points 9 months ago

Hahahaha, kids.

[–] burningmatches@feddit.uk 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think people in the future will look back on how we raise livestock today as barbaric.

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 9 points 9 months ago
[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Trying to reform society without critiquing capital?? Seriously Grandpa?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

I'm one of the oldest millenials and critiquing capital is basically 60% of my personality

[–] scorpious@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully, everything “identity” that has made its way into just about everything.

I’d like to think that future kids might be amused/annoyed by parents still insisting on calling out race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., as the most meaningful aspects of Who Someone Is…or even things they, “should be proud of.”

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[–] Alice@beehaw.org 14 points 9 months ago

There's that Shen comic where Shen— a millennial— is trying to tell a zoomer that their house is on fire, but he keeps saying inane stuff like "there's a smoky chonker".

I think that sums up our legacy pretty well.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

"The internet is and has been a net positive for the human race."

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Not me or my kids specifically, but I think barriers between genders will break down enough that within my lifetime we might hear people wondering why we were all so cool with gender segregated bathrooms for so long. Separate but equal in the 21st century.

For me specifically, probably my thoughts on movies. I think barely any newer movies are very good. Obviously there were plenty of bad movies "back in my day" but it truly feels like the studio executives and producers fundamentally do not give a shit about art. I could do a Ted Talk rant about this, but you guys have shit to do today so I'll keep it light. Indiana Jones. Compare the trilogy to the new entries. Objectively speaking, as stories and character studies, looking at effects and acting and score, analyzing cinematography and lighting, if you were to score each film 1-10, the first 3 are consistently 7+ movies (1 and 3 are 9+) while the nostalgia bait sequels would get 5s at best. They would rather milk existing IPs to prey upon our nostalgia to make a buck for killing the franchise's legacy than take a risk with new IPs. That's why we keep getting Star Wars, super heroes, board game adaptation, toy adaptation, video game adaptation, remake, reboot, and the occasional rushed book adaptation while the book is still hot. They are all about the bottom line, and so long as we keep paying to see shitty movies, they'll keep making shitty movies as it is a beneficial investment strategy. Boycott bad movies. Just wait for reviews.

[–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

I broadly agree with you, but it feels like cinema is shifting back to quality again. We're all tired of shitty superhero movies and many of the recent ones have bombed at the box office. Hell, one of the biggest movies of last year was mostly about men in suits talking about science and it was great. Dune pt. II is also an incredible breath of fresh air and shows that it's still possible to make a massive blockbuster with mass appeal but also a strong sense of style and integrity. I really hope this trend continues because I want real cinema and not mere 'content'.

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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"I always thought I never wanted kids, but then I took an arrow to the knee!"

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Growing up r***** was a pretty common phrase, that's definitely something some millenials have had problems removing from their vocabulary.

I also don't think our social comprehension of gender has finished evolving yet. So everyone alive to read this comment will eventually have to revise their understanding and look back on their cringy previous views.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 61 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Retarded. He’s censoring the word retarded, for anyone also confused.

You can say retarded. Especially when literally referring to the word itself? No one is going to arrest you.

For the record the new offensive phrase is “sped”, because the euphemism treadmill doesn’t stop and focusing on words instead of subject matter is pointless.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You can say removed. Especially when literally referring to the word itself?

Not on lemmy.ml apparently...

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[–] drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Ohhhhh I thought you meant the phrase was "growing up r*****". Took me five minutes to figure out what you meant. It's just the one word, not the whole phrase. 😆

For anyone else confused like me, it's the pejorative word for a person with a mental disability.

[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Thanks for the explanation because I was confused too. Good example of why commas matter.

[–] livus@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

I thought they meant "growing up r" as well. First my brain supplied me with "growing up rich".

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 7 points 9 months ago

If only I had scrolled, you woulda saved me the same time. 🤣

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[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The censoring works so well that I have no idea what you're talking about.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Some people just aren't brave like I am. The word they're referring to is rigatonni

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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Just say retarded u friggin retard.

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just say fucking instead of friggin, you fucking spastic.

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