• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Writing in short form where a lengthier reply would work better and when confronted with such a reply some form of “not reading all that” or other thought terminating clichés.

    I’ve found that as arbitrary as it is - the ability to read a lot of information works pretty well as a mark of mental maturity. Also links to Twitter or Tiktok as discussion points. No one over the age of 19 browses TikTok lol.

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      5 months ago

      Writing in short form where a lengthier reply would work better and when confronted with such a reply some form of “not reading all that” or other thought terminating clichés.

      Ouch, I think I’m a kid in my 30s

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        To take it to a logical extreme, it frustrates me when a post that considers both (or more) views and is a well thought out post, is met with a single world reply - as if it’s some sort of “gotcha” or the fact that a single ambiguity in a largely solid argument somehow usurps the entire point.

        I tend to think they’re either young or generally underexposed to how human interaction works.

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          Agreed, it can be very frustrating - and is often used for that very purpose, to let the person know they just wasted x amount of time to compose a message no one is going to even read let alone take seriously. But I do not think this is really a good indicator for someone being a child, it’s just intentional insult.

          I tend to think they’re either young or generally underexposed to how human interaction works.

          There’s a lot of us who are not very great at communications for various reasons. I personally might just lose interest in conversation and can’t get myself to put in the effort to actually contribute value to it and just phase out, and same happens online in a way. As fucking annoying it might be for the person I’m conversing with, it’s not intentional nor meant to insult

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      5 months ago

      One of my coworkers is 43 and he’s on tiktok every day. The olds have come for the kids platform just like they/we always do.