this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
1482 points (88.5% liked)
Showerthoughts
30141 readers
1701 users here now
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- Avoid politics
- 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
- 3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
- 3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The amount of generational hate and is really ridiculous… I don't consider myself a kid with 21, but seriously, I'm happy if younger people join here and also embrace this space. And just acting as if everyone of a specific age would be the same is… oof
I don't see it as hate. I love kids, I love interacting with kids and want them to have wonderful spaces both online and off, but there is nothing wrong with enjoying adult-only spaces as well.
Who said Lemmy is an adult only space? A huge federation of servers, which strives to be a replacement to Reddit, is open to anyone who wants to be here. So just saying "this is great because there are no young people here" (which I doubt btw) isn't enjoying an adult-only space, but… trying to restrict a general open space.
(And I'm not even sure I agree with the original statement for a fitting community tbh, I'm rather against such restrictions for spaces.)
It's been that way for the longest time, sadly. Phrases like "kids these days" and "back in my day" highlight the older generations' general disdain for the new, and the rose-colored glasses they put on when discussing matters of the past.
Yeah, that's true. What I once read about this topic, and really loved, was a speech of Sokrates trashing the youth and how lazy they are and whatnot, then Platon (who well… was part of that generation) doing the exact same like 30 years later and then Aristoteles (part of the youth Platon said bad things about) saying just the same again… kind of shows this ridiculousness to me.
I remember when I was in the last year before graduation that even people out of my own classes in my age were making fun of the new young kids coming to the school… I was completely shocked, and defended them very strongly. For now, I'm proud that I stand against this "the new youth is bad bla" (yes, every generation has had people being "like this" and had their own toys) and generational hate in general very consciously and I hope it will stay like this.
Im literally twice your age and just landed here. How do you feel about older generations showing up?
It's great :D
Welcome on board, I hope you'll like it here :)