• LandedGentry
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    19 hours ago

    The tragic irony of boomers is they told all their kids “don’t believe everything you read on the internet” and then failed to internalize the lesson for themselves.

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      16 hours ago

      This applies to any age group though so I don’t understand why you are pointing the finger in a particular direction. It’s not really helpful or insightful in the context of the thread.

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        10 hours ago

        Because they were the generation teaching the first group of kids growing up with the internet and they were actually very right to tell us that. Their role is unique. The generation matters. There’s your insight.

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            7 hours ago

            No. Gen X weren’t parents until the internet was more or less in every household already and they aren’t as prone to misinformation as boomers (though certainly not immune).

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              3 hours ago

              Gen x absolutely were parents at the beginning of the internet. The earlier gen X were in their 20’s when the world wide web was demonstrated so were the parents of the first children who were born into it.

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                2 hours ago

                The oldest gen X were 30 by 1995. The vast majority were not even old enough to be parents. By 2000 the oldest were 35 the youngest 20.

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                  1 hour ago

                  Nah gen X were there too. My point still stands and I guess you just have something to argue against older folk. Have a great rest of the week.

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                    21 minutes ago

                    I didn’t say they weren’t there, I said they were most of them not parents when the internet hit mainstream in the way boomers were.

                    There are differences between generations. Grow up.