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Thank you for the reminder of how unimaginative 20 year olds are about their future. That's not a dig at you. You're too busy doing stuff and getting along to

Thank you for the reminder of how unimaginative 20 year olds are about their future. That's not a dig at you. You're too busy doing stuff and getting along to actually have any idea what life is about. That has to be a biological necessity or you'd implode

jncfhnb 3y ago
Are you suggesting that I am unable to imagine browsing Reddit at age 50? Seems like you’re too unimaginative to consider a younger perspective imo.
- evv555 3y ago
  1) Yes why would you assume a a GenX would not know how to navigate algorithmic filter bubbles? 2) The low quality content on the fyp is actually representative of the state of affairs for many youth. Media and data literacy is not a strong point of GenZ. The amount of ridiculous conspiracy theories(both left and right) going viral is a parallel universe of the infamous boomer political chain emails.
  - jncfhnb 3y ago
    1) you can know how to navigate filter bubbles but the moment you do, you’ll be shoehorned into things that interest you. Which is how it works. Which is fine, but it’s a bad tool to discover things you aren’t interested in. 2) this is the kid of comment that makes me feel more confident. Like… shut up. No, you won’t better understand the youth by ingesting garbage and calling them media illiterates just talk to people and ask questions.
- oliwarner 3y ago
  More fool you, I'm so imaginative, I imagined the point I'm arguing against. Normally I might apologise and hang my head in shame but age is an interesting thought exercise. So come with me if you will, ignore me if you won't. The point I was trying to make is that you are unable to imagine what browsing Reddit at 50 will mean to you; how important staying contextualised with pop culture will be to you. Your Ego is ephemeral, in constant flux. You can't imagine yourself accurately. When you're young you know things will change but it's impossible to predict how those events —health, jobs, homes, children, deaths, friendships, hobbies, your politics, etc— will change who you are. I'm also saying that's okay. As long as old.reddit.com still works in 30 years, we'll all be okay.
  - jncfhnb 3y ago
    Nah you’re just so lost in old age branded wisdom you cannot imagine my state of mind. That’s ok too. You just don’t understand that my youth is different than your youth. Or perhaps this is a deeply irritating conversation and insulting line of conversation despite claims otherwise.

jncfhnb 3y ago

Are you suggesting that I am unable to imagine browsing Reddit at age 50? Seems like you’re too unimaginative to consider a younger perspective imo.

evv555 3y ago
1) Yes why would you assume a a GenX would not know how to navigate algorithmic filter bubbles? 2) The low quality content on the fyp is actually representative of the state of affairs for many youth. Media and data literacy is not a strong point of GenZ. The amount of ridiculous conspiracy theories(both left and right) going viral is a parallel universe of the infamous boomer political chain emails.
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  1) you can know how to navigate filter bubbles but the moment you do, you’ll be shoehorned into things that interest you. Which is how it works. Which is fine, but it’s a bad tool to discover things you aren’t interested in. 2) this is the kid of comment that makes me feel more confident. Like… shut up. No, you won’t better understand the youth by ingesting garbage and calling them media illiterates just talk to people and ask questions.
oliwarner 3y ago
More fool you, I'm so imaginative, I imagined the point I'm arguing against. Normally I might apologise and hang my head in shame but age is an interesting thought exercise. So come with me if you will, ignore me if you won't. The point I was trying to make is that you are unable to imagine what browsing Reddit at 50 will mean to you; how important staying contextualised with pop culture will be to you. Your Ego is ephemeral, in constant flux. You can't imagine yourself accurately. When you're young you know things will change but it's impossible to predict how those events —health, jobs, homes, children, deaths, friendships, hobbies, your politics, etc— will change who you are. I'm also saying that's okay. As long as old.reddit.com still works in 30 years, we'll all be okay.
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  Nah you’re just so lost in old age branded wisdom you cannot imagine my state of mind. That’s ok too. You just don’t understand that my youth is different than your youth. Or perhaps this is a deeply irritating conversation and insulting line of conversation despite claims otherwise.