• real_squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    20·
    17 hours ago

    Yeah, being dumb is hardware-agnostic. As some guy put it, “being stupid isn’t a big deal anymore; some of my best friends are stupid”.
    It just stunlocks me a little bit as younger people have been around tech their whole life, unlike boomers, who were born before computers.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Younger millennials down have had their exposure be primarily gardenwalled, locked down equipment. Tablets and smartphones and apps, oh my! The sort of thing that discourages casual exploration and experimentation.

      They are fuckin’ skin masters though.

    • ilovepiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      24·
      16 hours ago

      “been around tech their whole life” more like they have a locked down phone, locked down game console and MAYBE a desktop computer. It’s too rounded out and consumer friendly now, you never have to peek under the hood.

      • real_squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Idk, most likely its region/class dependant because I had dumb phones, some very early androids, and an Athlon 64 3000+ pc and I’d call myself a zoomer

        edit: before that I had some ancient family pc but it’s only relevance is getting me entertained, didn’t tinker with it or anything. Also my old phone’s 4.4 android was my favorite because it was polished enough while still letting you do dumb shit with it

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      Boomers have been seeing changes in communications, culture, and technology as revolutionary as anything in the last 20 years, for their entire lives. Things didn’t start getting wild just recently. It has been a romp for the last 200 years.