OK this is my list. But first, I need to say that this isn’t a condemnation of those into such thing. They just don’t vibe with me.

  1. Cannot get into ASMR. I’ve tried. Often its women 20 years younger than me, rubbing their fingernails on hairbrushes. The intentional sounds they make with their lips and fingers are things that would make me want to change seats on a bus.
  2. Instagram. I was maybe the last person to get a smart phone. It was probably 2016. I’m just fully lazy to take photos of stuff. This is a real issue when I’m single and I need to start putting photos on dating sites, as all pics of me in my phone are me squeezing carrots in my nostrils and similarly goofy things.
  3. My students’ taste in anime. I try to be all cool and show off my cool taste in anime, maybe drop a Azumanga Daioh clip. It’s all ancient history for 17 year olds.
  4. Photo and videos done in portrait mode. I guess I don’t watch videos on the go. See #2

Things that the kids these days do better:

  • Usually better opinions on current events than people my age
  • I wish that cosplay existed when I was a teen. The default when I was younger was drugs.

If anyone insults the kids, I will visit you at your home and do an adventure-time

    • Dr. JenkemAEnglish
      24·
      5 months ago

      Old guy here. I’ve come to enjoy watching leftist twitch on my second monitor while I work/slack off. While I’ve long been an advocate for Palestine, I’ve learned a lot more about both Israel and Palestine from watching Hasan Piker. Sometimes the streamer drama can get pretty annoying though.

      • NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.netEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        Same. My kid introduced me to Hasan, it was a step in my path out of my lifelong liberal brainworms. I owe the younger generation a lot.

      • homhom9000 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        8·
        5 months ago

        I miss playing video games locally. Now we all have to buy a copy and play in different places. I loves the split screen and taking turns

    • anaesidemus [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      5 months ago

      i’m an old fart but you are watching it for the gameplay, the streamer or both, maybe even the chat has a certain vibe you are a fan of

    • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      5 months ago

      I can watch Twitch only for competition of E-Sports. I love watching a Tekken or Street Fighter tournament but that’s about it. It’s like watching just regular sports game, most of them are will produced.

      I can’t watch a person just play a game, it’s an infinitely worse version of going to a friends house and watching them play a game.

      • homhom9000 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        I honestly didn’t even know esport were on twitch haha. I do like watching League for some reason eventhough I’ve never played and don’t know how. I’ve only watches the tournaments and finals though

      • SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        5 months ago

        watching people play games for the first time just stresses me out, especially when they’re very unwilling to receive hints (perfectly understandable to not want to get backseated but it does undoubtably result in a lot of time spent doing things that I know are a waste of time and so I’m just anxiously waiting there like “ok, when are they gonna figure it out so we can move on?”)

      • homhom9000 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        Some things aren’t deep and that’s okay. I like watching street food being made but only if they don’t talk to me, no clue why but it holds my attention.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        11·
        5 months ago

        I do miss lan parties. The last one I hosted was probably 2018, playing Artemis Bridge Simulator. We filled my basement with folding tables, routers, and every kind of electronic device you can imagine. Artemis will run on damn near anything so we had PCs, laptops, tablets, and phones going. I think we might have actually had two ships going in multiplayer. It’s a really fun experience.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      5 months ago

      Older millenial. I’ll watch twitch streams of niche games that my buddies don’t play to get a sense of community and see how others are playing the game. The niche games often have very small viewerships so I can often talk to the streamer directly about the game and their experience.