OK this is my list. But first, I need to say that this isn't a condemnation of those into such thing. They just don't vibe with me.

  1. Cannot get into ASMR. I've tried. Often its women 20 years younger than me, rubbing their fingernails on hairbrushes. The intentional sounds they make with their lips and fingers are things that would make me want to change seats on a bus.
  2. Instagram. I was maybe the last person to get a smart phone. It was probably 2016. I'm just fully lazy to take photos of stuff. This is a real issue when I'm single and I need to start putting photos on dating sites, as all pics of me in my phone are me squeezing carrots in my nostrils and similarly goofy things.
  3. My students' taste in anime. I try to be all cool and show off my cool taste in anime, maybe drop a Azumanga Daioh clip. It's all ancient history for 17 year olds.
  4. Photo and videos done in portrait mode. I guess I don't watch videos on the go. See #2

Things that the kids these days do better:

  • Usually better opinions on current events than people my age
  • I wish that cosplay existed when I was a teen. The default when I was younger was drugs.

If anyone insults the kids, I will visit you at your home and do an adventure-time

  • egg1918 [she/her]
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    5 months ago

    That's still different though. Like I get why people watch live streams of pro gamers competing, that's the exact same as pro sports.

    But watching somebody who isn't good at the game or even funny/interesting for hours? That shit will always be alien to me. I watch pro sports and sometimes pro games like Counter Strike, but I don't watch somebody who's shit at football fumble the ball for 4 hours straight

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      There's always a few people watching regional league soccer here so I imagine that's sort of the same except you don't have to drive 30km into a backwater to watch a 2hour game on a sunday

    • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      Except not everybody watches only professional sports, and not everybody who watches sports does so for the love of seeing the sport played at a high level.

      That’s why I compared it to sports teams, which people watch for the individuals, narratives, amongst other things

      • egg1918 [she/her]
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        5 months ago

        I think we're kinda in agreement. Like E sports has all the same individuals, narratives, back stories, underdogs and all that fun stuff. I 100% get it. And I get watching certain streamers (not even game streamers necessarily) that are funny or charming or entertaining or informative.

        But watching a charismatic black hole of a human fuck up at a game for hours or browse memes on teddit is something I can't understand.

        • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]
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          5 months ago

          Oh yeah some streamers definitely do not appeal to everybody, but in the same sense neither do all teams, players, sports, or genres