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I am a millennial myself. We watched tv, had video games. But also we played lot more in playgrounds for fun, talk, meet up, discuss in real space and had real
by birksherty 8y ago
I am a millennial myself. We watched tv, had video games. But also we played lot more in playgrounds for fun, talk, meet up, discuss in real space and had real laughs.
Now I have seen kids in my neighborhood who don't know each other. In the free time they watch tv alone and uses social media most of the time. Only time they go out is for school, occasional shopping and other chores. I have not seen them with friends.
Few days back I saw a teenager using an app called Tiktok. It's like vine. Teenagers do funny weird short videos. They pretend doing funny amusing things but none of those actually are. They act like something unbelievable just happened. All the laughs are fake. They are in a competition to get more likes and shares to get famous. A reality show but at a lower level.
- baroffoos 8y agoI don't know how it was for you but when I was in school I didn't know any of the kids in my suburb. Outside had endless roads and cars and no footpaths. Anything of interest requires having a parent to drive you there. The nearest playground is about 6km away. Online games was the only way to interact with friends outside of school.
- hopler 8y agoWhen I was a kid (in the Jurassic era) kids did stupid stunts to be popular and overreacted to everything too.
- flukus 8y agoKids (and adults to a lesser extent) always have an always will do stupid stunts to try and standout or increase their dignitas. The social circle this happened in used to be a lot smaller though, just friends, family or maybe the school. Now they're trying to do this in the world stage where standing out is a lot harder.