OK this is my list. But first, I need to say that this isn’t a condemnation of those into such thing. They just don’t vibe with me.

  1. Cannot get into ASMR. I’ve tried. Often its women 20 years younger than me, rubbing their fingernails on hairbrushes. The intentional sounds they make with their lips and fingers are things that would make me want to change seats on a bus.
  2. Instagram. I was maybe the last person to get a smart phone. It was probably 2016. I’m just fully lazy to take photos of stuff. This is a real issue when I’m single and I need to start putting photos on dating sites, as all pics of me in my phone are me squeezing carrots in my nostrils and similarly goofy things.
  3. My students’ taste in anime. I try to be all cool and show off my cool taste in anime, maybe drop a Azumanga Daioh clip. It’s all ancient history for 17 year olds.
  4. Photo and videos done in portrait mode. I guess I don’t watch videos on the go. See #2

Things that the kids these days do better:

  • Usually better opinions on current events than people my age
  • I wish that cosplay existed when I was a teen. The default when I was younger was drugs.

If anyone insults the kids, I will visit you at your home and do an adventure-time

  • Bloobish [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Honestly feel that the newest generation has a majority of their numbers knowing how fucked the US is both currently and from a historical perspective (leftist tiktok is a big thanks to this). I do feel that there’s some differences in consumption such as entertainment that boomer corporate suits do not at all comprehend (I was in highschool when markiplier began and you had streamers making boatloads of cash) that is interesting in a comical way like FB trying to monetize shit already invented like VR chatrooms but within a proprietary environment but not understanding that kids both don’t have the money for that nor the inclination to be bound to it compared to buying cheaper VR headsets and settling for 3rd party and open source stuff.