sudo rm -rf fascismJan 30
Dear parents in tech,
Have you ever felt different from the other parents because you work in tech?
(I know this is a pretty open question. Shoot whatever your thoughts are!)
Show threadcedmaxJan 31

@misprintedtype not until lately: since I started degoogling myself on ethical, non technical grounds, I thought I’d be comfortable in mentioning it (in the right context).

Boy, was I wrong: every time I touched the subject I felt like wearing a thick tin foil hat. People were genuinely looking at me like a panda in a zoo. And I promise, I’m not particularly hardcore: I’m not self hosting my email or such. (I mean, I have an home lab, but I hardly talk about that to normies 😬)

Show threadcedmaxJan 31
@misprintedtype it’s not really relevant to being a parent per se, but the few times that happened, it was in that social circle. The other bit, according to my children, is that I play more videogames than the average dad, I’m more aware of memes and net first cultural references, but I’m also more annoying about screen time, for example
Show threadKatie Sylor-Miller
@cedmax @misprintedtype my experience is literally the same on all counts - except my kids tell me I’m the *only* mom that plays video games. The normie parents think I’m crazy when I go on about low screen time, no social media, no YouTube unless I approve the creator, and we waited till 8th grade for phones, etc.
Jan 31 at 1:45pmWeb