I guess I’m curious about generations (namely GenZ and Alpha) who didn’t live in a pre-Internet time. Like,
- How was the concept first explained to you, or when did it click?
- Do you understand how insane it is to have the aggregate of all human knowledge — the only comparable thing once being a physical library or university — one search away? That it’s absolutely insane you can engage in a real-time conversation with someone on the opposite side of the world? That you can find niche communities in an instant?
- Were your parents super strict about internet usage? How quickly did you find workarounds?
ITT: I’m not a part of the two generations you specifically asked for, but here’s my life story anyway.
haha in fairness, I think this speaks to the average age of Lemmy users compared to, say, Reddit.
Also speaks to their average reading comprehension and ability to follow basic instructions.
Reddit full of oldheads in denial about their age.