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Unexpected generation gap (self.casualconversation)

submitted 2 weeks ago by wjrii to c/[email protected]

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I am mid-40s. My daughter is 11. I take her to school, among other driving things, and usually play NPR. Whenever she needs to refer to what she's hearing -- usually to ask if I'll turn it off so she can pull up some godawful thing where a random Youtuber squawks discordant lyrics to a Pokémon video game score -- she calls it a podcast. I've stopped correcting her, particularly since most of the "shows" release as podcasts by the next day anyway.

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[–] wjrii 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I wasn't even all that in-tune with my own generation, so seeing my peers' preferences recede into the haze of "the olden days" has occasionally been a bit of a relief and reset. The idea of actual radio being baffling is amusing though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The same happens with live TV and the amazement of having to accept and watch whatever is being broadcast.