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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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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Your boomer parents? You're 40 something?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That would be my age.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

An old person? On my Lemmy? Gasp

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago

On lemmy? A platform made by those who miss the "good old days" when reddit was good? Full of old people? Impossible.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

65 here sonny.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

67 here kiddo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How excited will you be when you reach the "nice" age?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm already nice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

So you're 69 in spirit! Nice!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Wow, you can fuck right off!

* now, where did I leave my reading glasses? *

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Seriously, people past the age of 30 should not be on the internet. They should be on the golf course or playing shuffleboard or rotting away on a retirement ocean cruiseline somewhere.

/s

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As an elder 40-something, I agree with you. Problem is, the economy doesn’t. I’ll be working until I die. In the meantime, I need the memes to help keep me numb to all the shit going in around me. Please don’t take those away from me. It’s all I have anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

😭😭😭

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I do enjoy a round of golf. And have you ever played shuffleboard? It's quite fun, especially on a cruise.

Shit.

[–] [email protected] 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 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds about right to me