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First of all, I don't mean this post as a complaint, maybe more of a warning?

There is teenagers on the fediverse. Most of them don't share their age, for hopefully obvious reasons. I'd say that a lot of the accounts which do a lot of posting/commenting are run by teenagers


because most adults probably wouldn't have the time for that much posting.

While the young people of this generation are generally useless when it comes to something more complicated than microsoft word, the people who are good at technology, usually are very good at it.

most of my friends (most of which don't know the difference between a laptop and a desktop) could understand the fediverse as a concept perfectly when I explained it to them irl.

So, if you're in a really stupid argument with someone, try to remember that there is a small chance they are 14.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

While the young people of this generation are generally useless when it comes to something more complicated than microsoft word, the people who are good at technology, usually are very good at it.

"Young people bad!" This paragraph has nothing to do with the rest of the post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

As a young person, this generation sucks at technology.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

There's neither women nor non-adults on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

In fact, there's no one on the internet. Its all bots except for you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

Damn, I suspected as much. The NSFW stuff, tho

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

While the young people of this generation are generally useless when it comes to something more complicated than microsoft word

Generalizations and eager bootlicking of generational propaganda isn't helpful at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I am literally speaking from experience, as a young person.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

I am literally telling you generalizations aren't helpful. I don't care about your age.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Maybe, but I was on the internet as a teen and that went fine, being careful is a general thing in life.

But more importantly: adults have a phone and use it during work ALL the time. So I’m not so sure about the average age of the people commenting on here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was smarter than the rest of you all when I was a teen. It wasn't until I became an adult did I get this stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, fuck you for calling adults stupid. Some of us have been stupid the whole time!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

No, we've definitely gotten dumber as time has gone on. Especially socially; interpersonal skills have basically vanished since I was in high school.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some are easy to spot because they don't understand that being apologetic has little to do with apologizing, for example. 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Found the teen! Yo guise, I caught one live! 😂

[–] [email protected] 151 points 2 days ago (29 children)

WARNING To the People of Earth: Teenagers exist. BEWARE

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

WHAT!!!??

TEENAGERS??

ONLINE?????

Brooo I had no idea... how could this happen? I never would've guessed there could be teenagers despite at one point being one and using the internet. I get you're probably pretty new to being online but like come on, the rest of the world doesn't discover things at the rate you do...

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Most of us would post on forums as teens back in the day, so it’s hypocritical to try to keep them from doing it too. The only places we should run them off would be communities we specifically make for adults. They don’t necessarily have to be NSFW. Sometimes it’s just nice to have a community where everyone is old enough that they get the same references and are in similar stages in life.

General music and hobby related communities really shouldn’t be blocked off, though.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Listen teens, I'm 40. I was a niteclub bouncer in a town popular with backpackers and partying, I also did a lot of traveling and partying. I was shameless, its a miracle it didnt fall off.

When you say you fucked my mom, its childish and stupid. When I say I fucked your mom while its not likely its possible... and thats worse.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

It should not be that surprising. Many teenagers are really smart, curious and will find their way here. That said I realise your warning is well intentioned; I hope Lemmy remains a more civil place than Reddit became over the last ten years, for everyone; teenagers included.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is actually a good thing - teenagers are known to bring niche things into popular culture! For some reason the whole of society kind of cares what they think is cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's just so tiring to discuss something like politics with someone who is literally 12.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I agree. Discussing politics should require some form of age verification! Reading the myopic takes are enough torture on their own, let alone having to contend with them.

(Yes, this is hyperbole. If y'all come for me I'll laugh really hard at you.)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But don’t assume everyone who is very active is a teenagers.

Some of us aren’t ;).

And you don’t have to understand federation to use lemmy. I’ve brought a couple of gen-z ers here. Get them to download voyager. Voyger automatically suggests lemm.ee for account creation. And then you just use it like reddit. Super simple.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

*Are. Not trying to be a jerk if English isn't your first language. Teenagers is a plural noun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

English is my first language, I have no excuse.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Honestly as an older person it very much feels like a lot of Lemmy is under 25. It's the little things like not understanding the historical context that something from the past fits in while simultaneously telling me Im wrong about the time that I lived through.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (5 children)

You are either a 14 year old socialist furry or a 35 year old Linux user on the fedi. No in between

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

What if I'm a 21 year old socialist Linux user?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Odd post, but checks out

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

14 going on 40 so it will be some spirited ebeef. No quarter will be given

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As a teenager who is relatively tech-savvy and on the fediverse, can confirm. I think it's gotten to the point where even less technically inclined people can join fairly easily, but the more savvy are usually the first to flee from enshittifying platforms so we see a lot more of them here.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Teenagers now get banned if they tell their age anyway: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 days ago (22 children)

To any teens who come across this post, do NOT admit you're underage or were underage at time of account creation anywhere, anytime for any reason

It's like Rule 1 of the internet.

Sincerely, The kids who grew alongside the internet since the 90s

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Ah yes, of course other generations are much better with technology than today's teens.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (12 children)

They are, teenagers (saying this as a teenager) are hopeless. Tech became so easy to use that anything requiring a tiny bit of effort is impossible for these people.

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