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Rampsquatch ,

Nice try little Timmy, but I won’t be telling you how to pass as an adult.

frazw ,

Because you are a kid and you don’t know but are pretending to be an adult. Nice try!

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

That’s what a kid pretending to be an adult would say.

When I was your age, no kids did that, 'cause we had no damn internets back then. We had to actually walk outside to talk with others.

electro1 ,
@electro1@infosec.pub avatar

And now you’re here, arguing with kids, because you’re also a kid… Nice try.

Freefall ,

Tell me more about this “outside”. Can I get it on Amazon?

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Yep: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09C937K7Y

SeaJ ,

Everyone knows you hop on another kid’s shoulders and put on a trenchcoat, fedora, and sunglasses and gave the name Robert Businessman.

mar_k , (edited )
@mar_k@hexbear.net avatar

if you wanna tell apart american gen z from gen alpha, ask them if they know what this is:

https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/3cc3ca3e-8e13-42bd-a7bc-3440c951d5e9.png

gen z used these smartboards and the teacher always made someone recalibrate the touchscreen to the projection when it was off

https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/30bc4ead-302a-4d52-9be7-4fa27032961c.jpeg

afaik the new spoiled shits all get these in every classroom, they were rolling em out when i was graduating:

https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/09c726c5-2ae0-48c4-975c-2f8cbaf48f47.jpeg

at least in places that can afford it. this might be more true in a few years

Leg ,
@Leg@sh.itjust.works avatar

I never got to see these things in action while in school, but I remember hearing they were on the way. To this day, I’ve still only interacted with analog boards.

SeaJ ,

My very rural school used a technology grant to get a few smart boards (that first kind). I’m an older millennial. They were not as useful as a white board for drawing stuff on the board but quicker to setup for slide presentations.

AssortedBiscuits , (edited )
@AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net avatar

I’ve read the lemmy.world responses, and they’re all predictably trash. The real answer is there’s no good way to tell if someone’s a kid because they’re plenty of mature 12 year olds and plenty of dipshit adults with poor writing skills (ie boomers). To rephrase the question, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually not a kid?

  1. They talk about mid- to low-tier shows that your average zoomer wouldn’t know about. So someone talking about The Simpsons or Batman: The Animated Series doesn’t mean much, but someone talking about Biker Mice from Mars or Extreme Dinosaurs means they’re some millennial.
  2. They namedrop social media sites that no longer exist. Remember Xanga and Vine?
  3. They complain about body problems. Knees that feel funny before it rains. Bad back. Nose hair that never stops growing. And so on.
  4. They demonstrate an understanding on how old and obsolete technology works (typewriters, payphones, VCR, floppy disks, Limewire, DOS, modems, Blackberries). Like, average zoomers don’t know how to use those map guides that are in the form of a book.
  5. They remember how the pre-modern web was like or life before the web was like. Someone who’s <18 years old was born after 2006, when the modern web was still being build.
  6. They remember ancient memes and fads that are obscure enough that it isn’t some zoomer looking up random memes on knowyourmeme.
  7. They’re horribly out of touch with what kids enjoy. Notice this is different from passing judgment on what kids enjoy because they’re plenty of things I thought was stupid when I was a kid. But when you say shit like “only 13 year olds like Tiktok” or “only kids like Minecraft” yeah you’re just out of touch.
Palacegalleryratio ,

Also Minecraft is old as shit, I remember when it was just creative mode, no crafting as an early beta on a web page back in like 2009. That’s 15 years ago, Minecraft is almost old enough join the British army!!

frostysauce ,

They don’t drink at all and they think consent is literally impossible after any amount of alcohol.

buddascrayon ,

Ask them if they think that the movie “The Wall” is a good representation of the song.

Weirdfish ,

I’m old enough to remember when both released and I don’t have a good answer to this, assuming you mean the pink floyd movie and not some other I’m not aware of.

buddascrayon ,

I am and I am, and it’s a trick question because the movie is the entire album which is a rock opera.

boatsnhos931 ,

They keep talking about how much they like turtles

tetranomos ,
@tetranomos@awful.systems avatar

the gettier problem

Socsa ,

Y’all trying to get me banned from .ml again. I’m not falling for it.

Reddfugee42 ,

Oh that would be such a loss

probableprotogen ,

Probably just internet slang and the skull emoji. That and poor grammar are (possible) indicators.

homicidalrobot ,

It might disappoint you to learn that among american english speakers, literacy isn’t a good indication of maturity by age. Barbara Bush made a literacy initiative that’s still around, the One Good Thing® left over from the bush regime. The site has a handy map to show you the 40-60% adult literacy rate counties spread all over the states. It definitely helped me come to terms with the fact that sometimes a kid who is trying is gonna be more eloquent than an adult repeating the same tired take they’ve been rebutted for a thousand times.

It’s easier for me personally to gauge age as it scales up when anonymity is involved - referential humor, recognizance of the ancient runes (Duckroll, Bill Murray’s face with only the jaw moving), and informed chitchat about presidential behavior predating Bush SR are all dead giveaways that a user is older, but with younger users you have a lot of hobby/interest overlap going all the way up to people in their 40s. You can’t look someone in the eyes and see if the light of youth has gone out yet on forums and imageboards.

Bytemeister ,

Easy, just ask them what show was on channel 3 when they were a kid.

PunnyName ,

The Amber Alert going nationwide is also Bush era. But I don’t wanna detract from the remainder of your comment.

homicidalrobot ,

True, I’d forgotten about this and I’m glad to be detracted in this way tbh

sunbunman ,

Kids Next Door on some recon huh

Today ,

Wait! I thought there were no kids on the internet. Men are men, women are men, kids are FBI?

Weirdfish ,

And small blue creatures from alpha centuri where real small blue creatures from alpha centuri.

bcoffy ,

Excessive swearing, as if they just learned how to say “fuck”.

Not that any damn amount of fucking swearing means they are are a young fucker, but you can fucking tell when you read that shit and they manage nine goddamn swear words in one fucking sentence you know they’re a young bitch who aren’t allowed to swear any other damn time.

Nasan ,

Mother damn, that’s a shitting good point my bastard

thesporkeffect ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b3df77b6-6c5e-4c5b-9b43-4097b1526583.jpeg

SpaceNoodle ,

Fuck you, I’m in my forties

MystikIncarnate ,

Yeah, what’s this fucker on about? I’m an adult that doesn’t even get carded at the liquor store anymore, I fucking swear whenever I damn well please and as often as I give a shit to. Nothing wrong with some cursing, especially at those young fucks that won’t stay off my goddamned lawn. Shit, they’re at it again.

Brb, gotta yell at some asshole kids.

bcoffy ,

Don’t get it twisted, I love cursing like a sailor and do so regularly. But when I see it excessively in an internet post that makes someone seem like they’re trying too hard to fit in with adults online and be extra edgy

MystikIncarnate ,

Alright, just stay off my lawn and we’re cool.

wieson ,

Or they speak English as a foreign language. Then all the swear words hold no value or weight, unlike in your native language.

modifier ,

I don’t know about you all, but I have been posting as an adult human male for a numbers of years now despite being a 4 year old Alaskan Malamute. No one seems to notice or care.

Macaroni_ninja ,
@Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

Moon moon?

lesbian_seagull ,

Awooo to you, fine canine.

Bytemeister ,

Men come in all shapes and sizes.

Anarki_ ,

UwU

Alaskaball ,
@Alaskaball@hexbear.net avatar

https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/e5a50e52-b4fa-4a17-bd8b-0d7eeae9f8d2.png ask if they remember these

The_Jewish_Cuban ,
@The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net avatar

I’m a gen-z-er and I remember those. Relatively poorer area though so it may be related

kurcatovium ,

This bad boy was THE bane of one of my teachers. On her defence, she was old, probably over retirement age, but she just could not make this thing work. Ever. She usually turned it on, but left the cover closed. Or tried to turn it on while AC cable was unplugged. Or turned it on, but put everything in it mirrored. Or turned it on, placed everything right, but fucked up focus so it was blurry. It just never ever worked out for her…

Micromot ,

Have you ever been in germany? Everyone knows these things because there’s always this one almost retired teacher that is in love with the overhead projector

Simmy ,

Stop projecting.

Alaskaball ,
@Alaskaball@hexbear.net avatar

No u

essell ,

When someone explains something everyone knows or is obvious as if they just thought of it for the first time in human history.

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