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Pandemic certainly has it's uses (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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Pandemic certainly has it's uses
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How much of that is modern tech and social media? I'd argue the Gen Z xoome meeting blank stare can be blamed as much on tech as the pandemic. This is the first generation that grew up living as much online as they do in the "real world"

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    This is the first generation that grew up living as much online as they do in the “real world”

    Idk about that. The internet was already heavily adopted by the mid-00s. Millennials are as online as any generation after them. Hell, the Boomers are the most terminally online. Facebook hit the Olds like crack hit the inner cities.

    GenZ might be the first generation that's self-aware enough to notice how fucked it all is. They're the ones gagging on the excess of social media and AI slop, which older generations seem to be swallowing placidly.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think, a lot. The shift during the pandemic of requesting uniquely online presence definitely sped up a trend that could already be detected. And because it was unprecedented, “adults” weren’t able to guide younger ones along the transition.

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