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[–] AZERTY@feddit.nl 64 points 2 days ago (5 children)

This is Facebook tier cringe

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 76 points 2 days ago (4 children)

im 40+, probably the right target for that kind of humor i guess, though i found it on the Fediverse

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 62 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Haha look at these old people laughing at old people memes

checks how old I am

FUCK

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Too much chuckle, there goes that disc again.

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Older millenial here.

Lately I have started to realize, we are the new boomers.

The number of my co-millenials I see complaining about Gen Z with the exact same talking points that boomers had about us is kinda ironic.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gen X'er here...thanks for forgetting us again. We really do appreciate being left the hell alone.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We’re the first generation who were given a cool letter for a name, and now all the me-too generations want in on it even though it’s already gone mainstream and therefore super uncool.

[–] EisFrei@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

“Our youth now love luxury, they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders, and they love to chatter instead of exercise. Children are now tyrants not servants of their household. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”

Socrates, about 2400 years ago.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s not ironic at all.

Gen Z will complain about the next generation, and blame problems on the previous generation(s).

Why is this surprising?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Everyone thinks they're different.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ironic, maybe, but definitely not new. Literally as far back as we have written language, we have people complaining about the younger generations.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

Source for the curious:

"Schools of Hellas" by Kenneth J. Freeman is an essay on the practice and theory of ancient Greek education written in the early 20th century. This scholarly work spans the period from 600 to 300 B.C., exploring various systems of education in ancient Greece, particularly in cities like Sparta and Athens.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/63644/pg63644-images.html

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63644

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

We're the new old farts, but the boomers were/are uniquely awful.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I predict at some point Fedibook will become the new Faceverse.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Alright grandpa time for your prune juice.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Honestly, your comment is cringe

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

Despite taking the form of a Facebook meme, I believe that it's subverts the medium by actually being funny.

[–] TiredCoffee@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

This ain't facebook

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

As someone from Africa that had to go to America to get food poisoning for the first time, I disagree.