UnderfreyjaXenial TV Nostalgia of the day : Scrubs
Who are the Xenials
Who are the Xenials - Lemmy.ca
> Xennials is a portmanteau blending the words Generation X and Millennials to describe a “micro-generation” or “cross-over generation” of people whose birth years are between the mid-late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s. > Good magazine has described Xennials as “a micro-generation that serves as a bridge between the disaffection of Gen X and the blithe optimism of Millennials.” > Xennials dated, and often formed ongoing relationships, pre-social media. They usually weren’t on Tinder or Grindr, for their first go at dating at least. They called up their friends and the person they wanted to ask out on a landline phone, hoping that it wasn’t their intended date’s parent who picked up." Basically, our childhood was internet less, we experienced the rise of internet during our teens and we learned to live with social media during our early adulthood. We experienced the cold war, the rise of terrorism and are very aware of the impact of the west on the world. We were in college when the towers fell, we were part of the workforce when Facebook was created. We used IRC, ICQ Yahoo, Google, Netscape, Napster. Most of us didn’t have a computer when we were young but started using them in High School. We often identify with mix of Gen X and Millenials traits. We’re often a a bit cynical but want to be hopeful and believe in people and society. Obviously, generations are not fixed in stone and don’t dictate who we are or how we think but as a group we often feel different than Gen X and Millenials. Our older siblings are Gen X, our younger siblings are Millenials, we’re something in between.
Damien LabbéQuand on a eu 20 ans en l’an 2000 et 40 ans l’année de la #quarantaine,
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Damien Labbé | 40 ans en 40 minutes (1980 • 2020)
Quand on a eu 20 ans en l’an 2000 et 40 ans en quarantaine (ça ne s’invente pas), qu’a-t-on retenu des 4 dernières décennies ? Ça commence par le au revoir de Giscard, ca se termine par le confinement et entre les deux il y a 40 ans de vie politique, de cinéma, de pub, de musique, de nouvelles t...
HardyI assume anyone around my age (Born 1975-1985 (sometimes referred to as #xenials)) has had to explain to parents that a #chatroom is not that much different to having a #penpal, only much faster. (And not being believed.)
And how #connections made on the #internet can be proper #friendships. (And not being believed.)
And that #games actually can have #value. (And not being believed.)
Certainly there are games that are purely for fun, but there are whole #genres out there which specifically revolve around #problemsolving. SimCity, Portal, Factorio come to mind and pretty much every #factory or #logistics game trains that mental muscle.
Today I got blank looks from three #engineer (in the physical sense) when trying to explain that such games actually train and educate people - in a FUN way - BEFORE they go and mess around in your IRL system. Because they could #experiment in a forgiving environment and #learn from that.