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My daughter probably falls in the millennial category at age 33 now. When she was little, few people had digital cameras - we used film that had to be developed (unless we had our own developing expertise and equipment at home) at the camera store.
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Originally Posted by AfternoonCoffee
^^This^^has been driving me bananas!!!
People keep using "Millennial" and "kids today" interchangeably, and as a derisive, catch-all label for any behavior or activity they personally don't like.
"Kids today" could apply to anyone, I would argue, that is a teen or younger. Maybe you could stretch "kids today" to include "college kids" but only the only overlap with "Millennials" would be the oldest teens.
"Millennials," according to Pew research are people born between 1980 and 2000. Some arguments can be made for as early as 1978 based on the fact many people from that birth year had not yet entered the working world when the Millennium occurred, nor when 9/11 occurred. Those events shaped "Millennials" adult lives.
The majority of "Millennials" are in their 20s to mid-30s, working, buying houses, buying insurance, going to grad school, having kids, some are living with roommates or parents...you know, mostly doing the same stuff young adults have done for generations.
I am born in 1982, and I have a reaaaaaally hard time to consider me a 'Millennial', or relate to a person born in 1995 for example. The time between 1980-2000 was so revolutionary in advances of technology that the whole time frame seems ridiculous.
We didn't grow up with internet and cellphones. My first touch with computers were my granddad's Commodore 64. We are the last cohort who used land-line telephones and memorised our friends home's phone numbers. We had VHS videos, C-cassettes, I remember the Soviet Union and the Gulf War. We had our own favourite Spice Girl.
Kids born in 1995, they might not even rembember 9/11. They played children's online games at the age when we played with Legos. They don't remember the dial-up sound of the internet modem, they've had cellphones, even smart phones since the beginning. They think it's crazy that someone like me recorded radio shows on c-cassettes. In the case of Western Europe, they don't remember that there were national currencies before the Euro.
No, I refuse to be called a Millennial. My cohort is some kind of limbo generation between X and Millennials, the transition period between the physical and the digital.
Have you used one of these? No? Then you are a Millennial.
Give me a break. There are millions of pictures of kids sitting on potties on film before digital. And in the bathtub with brothers and sisters. It was like a right of passage. Some how today's special snowflakes need their safe rooms and trigger warnings. Who truly gives a flying fig if they are on social media except a special snowflake.
Really, give it a break. I'm willing to bet that virtually everyone here is in such a picture, and that picture has been shared numerous times with family and friends. It's a big deal only if you make it so.
Give it a break?
Of course everyone has photos of them when they are younger. The difference is that twenty years ago it wouldn't be posted all over the internet. How many times does someone post something they think is cute or funny and the next thing you know it's viral, often embarrassing for some of those involved? Who are you to decide what is embarrassing for her? Some people have no problem posting pictures of themselves in certain situations and others do---I don't understand what's so difficult to understand about that.
Who gives a flying fig if they are on social media? Did you ever think people don't want to be on there? That makes them a special snowflake---NOT wanting to be on social media? You have some screwy thinking.
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Give it a break?
Of course everyone has photos of them when they are younger. The difference is that twenty years ago it wouldn't be posted all over the internet. How many times does someone post something they think is cute or funny and the next thing you know it's viral, often embarrassing for some of those involved? Who are you to decide what is embarrassing for her? Some people have no problem posting pictures of themselves in certain situations and others do---I don't understand what's so difficult to understand about that.
Who gives a flying fig if they are on social media? Did you ever think people don't want to be on there? That makes them a special snowflake---NOT wanting to be on social media? You have some screwy thinking.
I see the problem now, city living.
Your perspectives are constrained by your environment. Unlike my grandchidren.
P.S.
They also know what the bull is doing to that cow, and not embarrassed at all about it. Funny having my 3 year old granddaughter shouting out loud that the dog and the neighbors dogs are making puppies and are stuck together. Your children are probably protected from "that kind of stuff".
P.P.S.
As this is a PUBLIC forum, and I can't restrict who views it, unlike FaceBook. Notice no identifying features are given. Not even a license plate.
Of course everyone has photos of them when they are younger. The difference is that twenty years ago it wouldn't be posted all over the internet. How many times does someone post something they think is cute or funny and the next thing you know it's viral, often embarrassing for some of those involved? Who are you to decide what is embarrassing for her? Some people have no problem posting pictures of themselves in certain situations and others do---I don't understand what's so difficult to understand about that.
Who gives a flying fig if they are on social media? Did you ever think people don't want to be on there? That makes them a special snowflake---NOT wanting to be on social media? You have some screwy thinking.
I agree. There is a huge issue here. If parents post possibly embarrassing pictures online and share them with a 1000 facebook 'friends', you create a virtual footprint for your kid and he/she can't do anything about it. Or post a facebook status saying something about your that may be embarrassing in the future. Some parents don't understand that once you upload something on the net, there is no guarantee that you can take it offline. Ever.
Cyber bullying is a serious issue these days, and if the parents provide the bullies with material, it's even worse.
Apparently we see things differently. And that is OK.
Now, about that tea, oolong or jasmine?
Except that what I said is an actual fact. You can't compare an old photo in your own home to one posted on the internet for everyone to see. They aren't the same. The girl didn't ask her parents to destroy the photo so it no longer exists. She asked for it to be taken off the internet. If they had done that, it becomes like the old photo in the parents' closet, not able to be seen by the general public, and not doing any harm.
Except that what I said is an actual fact. You can't compare an old photo in your own home to one posted on the internet for everyone to see. They aren't the same. The girl didn't ask her parents to destroy the photo so it no longer exists. She asked for it to be taken off the internet. If they had done that, it becomes like the old photo in the parents' closet, not able to be seen by the general public, and not doing any harm.
I shared a story earlier how my mom did take out the "embarrassing" photos of my sister and showed them to her boyfriends and my sister was mortified. It was bullying. This is bullying on a grand scale with use of the internet.
I really feel for the daughter. Because it did matter to her and her parents clearly knew that they were hurting her. That is the point of this whole thing. My sister wasnt wrong that it upset her...I think its valid to be mortified when someone is bullying you.
They have classes now teaching kids how to be safe online. We need classes for parents of how not to be jerks online.
I shared a story earlier how my mom did take out the "embarrassing" photos of my sister and showed them to her boyfriends and my sister was mortified. It was bullying. This is bullying on a grand scale with use of the internet.
I really feel for the daughter. Because it did matter to her and her parents clearly knew that they were hurting her. That is the point of this whole thing. My sister wasnt wrong that it upset her...I think its valid to be mortified when someone is bullying you.
They have classes now teaching kids how to be safe online. We need classes for parents of how not to be jerks online.
Your perspectives are constrained by your environment. Unlike my grandchidren.
P.S.
They also know what the bull is doing to that cow, and not embarrassed at all about it. Funny having my 3 year old granddaughter shouting out loud that the dog and the neighbors dogs are making puppies and are stuck together. Your children are probably protected from "that kind of stuff".
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As this is a PUBLIC forum, and I can't restrict who views it, unlike FaceBook. Notice no identifying features are given. Not even a license plate.
What does this have to do with the topic? No identifying facial information is shown and they are, I don't know, NOT NAKED. Do their parents know you shared this?
My brother and sister-in-law do not want any photos of my niece online. None. My parents, however, kept posting photos after explicit instructions not to. Guess who doesn't get photos of their granddaughter (who they only see once a year) anymore?
Privacy matters, whether you think it's superfluous or not. I wouldn't care if my naked baby pictures were shared, but you better believe I would take full action if someone shared them without my consent.
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