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Youtube is turning 14 next year and computers have been mainstream way longer than that. Personally I was a kid when it was the TVs fault and video games were m

by a_imho 8y ago

Youtube is turning 14 next year and computers have been mainstream way longer than that. Personally I was a kid when it was the TVs fault and video games were making kids violent, but imo things turned out just fine.

qwertay 8y ago
Trading card games and D&D is ruining kids.
- Jaruzel 8y ago
  Those darn stick-and-hoop games are ruining our Victorian kids.
  - xxs 8y ago
    That sort of games do require physical activity, though; plus some verbal contact.
- deadbunny 8y ago
  Kids these days don't know they're born! When I was a kid I had a stick and I was happy! Cue Monty Python sketch
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ittgsv 8y ago
YouTube as a 24/7 entertainment channel for kids is definitely not turning 14 now; it's pretty much a recent phenomenon.
- TomMarius 8y ago
  It started with Minecraft "let's play" videos, that was around 2010.
  - xxs 8y ago
    Lets play videos did exist much earlier for quite a few different games.
    - TomMarius 8y ago
      Definitely, I'm not saying that these videos were the first. I'm saying that this trend started with them. Meaning: Many of the original 2010 Minecraft youtubers are still around and they're generally considered "the veterans".
badpun 8y ago
Regarding “just fine” - I may be mistaken, but my impression is the pre-home PC (and game consoles) generation is more socially adept.
- Gruselbauer 8y ago
  Problem is that one can't measure social skills against anything other than ones own standards, and those evolve as generations go. In the eyes of a 1900 upper middle class person, we'd probably all be degenerates. I'm born '86, regular access to technology since the early nineties. I'm a social kind of person, have many friends. Sometimes I just want to lock myself in for an entire weekend and play video games for 16 hours a day. Other times, I'll be having barbecues or going dancing. And as many here have already stated, the extremes go smoothed over by time.

by a_imho 8y ago

qwertay 8y ago

Trading card games and D&D is ruining kids.

Jaruzel 8y ago
Those darn stick-and-hoop games are ruining our Victorian kids.
- xxs 8y ago
  That sort of games do require physical activity, though; plus some verbal contact.
deadbunny 8y ago
Kids these days don't know they're born! When I was a kid I had a stick and I was happy! Cue Monty Python sketch

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ittgsv 8y ago

YouTube as a 24/7 entertainment channel for kids is definitely not turning 14 now; it's pretty much a recent phenomenon.

TomMarius 8y ago
It started with Minecraft "let's play" videos, that was around 2010.
- xxs 8y ago
  Lets play videos did exist much earlier for quite a few different games.
  - TomMarius 8y ago
    Definitely, I'm not saying that these videos were the first. I'm saying that this trend started with them. Meaning: Many of the original 2010 Minecraft youtubers are still around and they're generally considered "the veterans".

badpun 8y ago

Regarding “just fine” - I may be mistaken, but my impression is the pre-home PC (and game consoles) generation is more socially adept.

Gruselbauer 8y ago
Problem is that one can't measure social skills against anything other than ones own standards, and those evolve as generations go. In the eyes of a 1900 upper middle class person, we'd probably all be degenerates. I'm born '86, regular access to technology since the early nineties. I'm a social kind of person, have many friends. Sometimes I just want to lock myself in for an entire weekend and play video games for 16 hours a day. Other times, I'll be having barbecues or going dancing. And as many here have already stated, the extremes go smoothed over by time.