That's what's so great about animals. Your dog doesn't care if he's famous for doing something stupid in a viral video, but your child will hate you forever!

Nobody wants to see that!

Very true. Some people genuinely don't believe something happened if you don't post it and brag about it. I had that situation with people convincing me that I didn't accomplish something just because they didn't see photos on social networks and therefore concluded beyond any doubt that the event never occured. The paper proof was not sufficient.

I will never want any smart kitchen thingys. Basically anything connected to the internet can be taken over by a skilled hacker

I don't think that it's related to one generation. I know very old people, old, middle aged, young, teenagers that only check once or twice a day. And other people from different ages who are always wanting to answer or write immediately. For example, my father and my mother do opposite, and my two sisters, too.

It's such an immature way of thinking to conflate disagree with hate. You see it with preschoolers. You can hate the opinion and still like the person (you can also agree with the opinion and hate the person, but that's a different thing).

As an activist, I can say that social media has changed a lot of things in visibility, meeting people and communication of filmed things that were hidden before. There're also good things.

I consider it acceptable to look stuff on your phone if someone has a question that can be answered with a quick check, but that's IT. No texting, no facebook, no ignoring your dinner companions.

I don't want to listen to my neighbour's screaming kids either, so I turn up de volume.

Those playgrounds are still the norm in Germany, thank God. American parents regularly freak ;)

If you do touch typing, you NEED a physical keyboard.

I'm not a fan of the Beatles (unpopular opinion, but I had to listen and study a lot of their music during my A Levels and my satiation point was reached a long time ago), but I actually miss the days when lyrics really were as innocent as "I wanna hold your hand".

Also, new power adapters with EVERYTHING, without even asking, so all those lovely polluting circuit boards inside end up in landfill!

Why not if you are tired

Exactly. And hosing down a child covered in mud in the garden is not child abuse Dr Phill. I don't have kids, which is probably best.

I follow subs on tiktok that are informational the animal videos and some comedic ones and people that make miniatures some cooking ones that are aged 35-to i think the oldest man I follow is in his 80s. I don't ever see anyone dancing or any of the people that are considered famous

Depends on what you let them do with it. My son has an iPad but it is severely restricted. He can’t get to anything but the bbc bitsize website and only has access to the educational apps. At 6.30 in the evening it locks out until 7am the next day.

Context and intent are everything.

This picture is so funny and the people look so ridiculous.

The generation before boomers said the same thing about telephones because how many teenagers waited around the house waiting for their bf/gf to call.

I generally agree, but it depends on what's standard for your group of friends. For casual get-togethers at my house, my good friends always show up 15 minutes late. That's because they know I'm running around trying to make everything perfect right up to the last minute, and that 15 minutes gives me a chance to sit down and relax for a moment. On the other hand, we invited a couple for dinner a few weeks ago, and they were more than an hour late (with no text, phone call, or apology). I was really annoyed, but they apparently thought it was pretty standard practice. Maybe in their circle of friends it is.

Yes

Then no more gifts period

I think it should be a bit shorter

Also you have to question the sort of person who would trawl through a decade of tweets to look for something they can shout about.

How could you possibly know that the norms of your time wouldn’t measure up to those of people who decided what those new standards were long after you made them. Everyone is a work in progress and you live, learn and modify your views over time. To throw a tweet from when they were 13 at someone when they’re 25 is ludicrous BS. I suspect that those doing the cancelling with fall foul of their own rules in ten years time. No one (historical or others) can possibly live up to the impossible moral standards touted by such people.

Interesting isn`t it, how people become the intolerance they claim they want to get rid off....

Except that in my 50 years of experience, if someone is racist they cannot change. They might say they are changed, but really they still feel the same way about that groups of humans that they felt when they were young. In fact, most racism gets worse as people age.

Cancel culture is called "the consequences of actions". Every single person in the world has the right to follow/purchase/subscribe/etc. to the things/brands/people they like/support/believe in. When one of the entities they support exhibits bad behavior, then they have the option of no longer supporting them. The term "cancel culture" was created by American Conservatives as way to blame someone else rather than take responsibility for their behavior.

Nothing on the internet just disappears. NOTHING!

Ah my STUPID 6 GRADE SELF PUT MY MUSIC ON TOO LOUD TYE ENTIRE CLASS COULD HEAR AND I WAS SUPER DUMB

Freedom of speech also includes freedom not to listen. If you’re a celebrity or a politician you can call it cancel culture on every platform available.

There is no such thing as Cancel culture. People have complained about things since the dawn of time. Sometimes they complain enough and people realize they are right and stop doing the stupid thing. This is not 'new', this is not a 'cancel culture'. It is simply an annoying asshole in the media that gave a new name and called it a 'culture'.

Exactly. It's patently ridiculous to require someone to suffer for a mistake decades earlier. Whatever happened to that Christian forgiveness the right loves to spout about when their people do or say something ignorant?

Agree to a point. Some boots are very well earned. And 2021 had examples.

Yes, cancel culture is unnecessary and mean. Although it should be applied when the person has committed a serious crime, like murder, torture or child abuse.

True. You can come out with some dumb comment as a teenager, not understanding the full context of it. Suddenly, 20yr + you is being crucified for it! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Another thing my mama always told me. Don't write or say anything that you would not mind the whole world seeing or hearing. Good advice! 😎

7 YEARS? 7 DAYS!

Just purge yearly or even monthly. It's not like you need to an audit trail of your life. And if you need Facebook to prove that you've lived, well I got news but it ain't great news.

Nice knowing the US Supreme Court thinks the same

Unrecognizable is ok. You don't want their faces picked up by creeps and used in videos. And yes, that happens.

My gaming pc is 12 years old and still works fine. I upgraded my iPhone a couple of years ago. Went from a 6 to a XS.

I bloody love my flannels!

"Kids need to play outside more." Society proceeds to make the outside dangerous or illegal to be. "Kids and their stupid phones ..."

Yes! I grew up before channel 5 and usually something to watch, but with 600+ channels of sky TV I'm often stuck because it's all trash or repeats.

Ebooks take up less space though. And they allow me to bring an entire library with me on a bus or train.

Especially in cars. Moving the HVAC controls to a screen is dangerous.

Not working on your faults is also fine...as long as you're willing to accept the consequences that come with that. If I accept the fact that I'm an asshole and don't want to work on it I also need to accept that I'm going to lose friends and alienate people.

I agree about instant gratification and the importance of patience and hard work, but I also think it's important to separate that from this kind of messed up idea western culture has that suffering makes you a better person. There's a difference between instant access to luxury items vs to necessary resources (affordable food, water, shelter, healthcare, and in this day and age, internet. To clarify, I'm not saying everyone needs social media, I'm saying it is nearly impossible to go to school or work today without access to online resources.)

I don't agree with scary, but I find them incredibly annoying. And often a bit ridiculous.