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I've noticed my boomer parents using instagram and tiktok. I can't tell you how excited I am for them to kill those platforms like they did facebook. (lemmy.world)
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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 147 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I skipped those, but I’m about to ruin whatever new platform my kids get in to.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 74 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As is tradition.

[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Your boomer parents? You're 40 something?

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 54 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That would be my age.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

A lot of us are, yeah. Even with young whippersnappers like yourself fizzing around on your electrified skateboards and what have you, I'm pretty sure the average age here on Lemmy is closer to 40 than 30 🤷

[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I'm 30 and I literally have 2 electric skateboards lol

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds about right to me

[–] db2@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

... was written on lemmy 😬

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Implying we aren't mostly disgruntled boomers here.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 67 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure we're mostly disgruntled Millennials and Gen-X'ers.

Anyhow, it looks like TikTok might finally be heading towards some sort of ban or regulation in the US, so maybe it'll get killed by the Boomers but in a different way.

[–] MiniiCSx@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Some genZ here too :) moved from Reddit to Lemmy

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dont forget gen Z tech workers

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Get outta here, y'all were in middle school yesterday.

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Gen Z are like 20-30 years old by now

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nah. If you started skipping trends already you are free. Just use what you like lol

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well I happen to like embarrassing my kids so…

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Carry on. 😆

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

💀
I hope that was not serious.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why? It’s a time-honored parenting tradition. And one that doesn’t involve child abuse.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Boomers and child neglect - name a better duo.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Boomers and pulling the ladder up behind them.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm told that the joy of embarrassing your children is the main upside of parenting, actually.

Like being Michael Scott/David Brent of The Office on purpose and they have to be the long-suffering employees of Dunder-Mifflin/Wernham Hogg.

Because no matter how much you play the oaf, some fool still allowed you to be in charge of something important 😁

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I can't wait to log in to the newest gamer platform only to engage in trash talk with a select group of boys. Three of them, to be exact.

"I fucked your mom!"
"Dad, go away..."