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ConstantPain ,

Just assume everybody is 12 and you’ll be good.

mindlight ,

Unable to understand and/or admit that both sides can be bad. It’s ok to admit the “your team” did some nasty shit and it doesn’t in any way cancel out what the other “team” did.

Also, Winning an argument doesn’t in any way make you a winner. Actually, an argument that someone “won” often doesn’t lead to a change for the better or even make anyone convinced that your arguments were valid.

PythagreousTitties ,

I fucked their mom

davidagain ,

This one right here. ⬆️

PythagreousTitties ,

360’d the neighborhood

frostysauce ,

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

petrich0r ,

when you see this: skibidi gyatt rizzler sigma grindset cap fr fr

twei ,

fax (no printer) is one I unironically like

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!!

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

I wish there were dead giveaways. It would be helpful to know if I’m talking to a teen or an adult cuz my attitude in delivering how wrong they were would definitely change. Certainly i can recall some truly boneheaded beliefs i have discarded through the decades so im more forgiving if i know they’re young.

On the other hand if they’re pretending to be an adult they ostensibly want to have their opinions considered on equal terms, as peers; basically to not be preached to. If that’s their goal then isnt it kinda the point to treat their ideas as if they were offered by one? If we think of it like that, maybe it’s not super important to know someone’s age. It’s definitely helpful of course to know who youre dealing with but the downside of anonymity is also its upside. ideas are ideas no matter how old the brain is what thinks em.

verity_kindle ,

Too much emotion in their writing. Personal attacks. Doubling down in the reply. Support for the Chinese Communist Party.

qjkxbmwvz ,

Lol, comment removed. It ended with, “…support for the Chinese Communist party” as a way of finding out someone is a child.

Which was then removed in a, dare I say, childish act of moderation.

(Which is fine, the folks at .ml are welcome to censor as they see fit, of course, and I’m sure this comment isn’t long for this world.)

Hextubewontallowme ,

Well, you could count redditor-esque petty opinions as part of that,

That, and using pepe the frog as a PFP… as childish…

frostysauce ,

Dude, fuck these tankie mods. Childish af.

TurboHarbinger ,

Support for the Chinese Communist Party.

Imagine thinking everyone in China is 15yo. It says a lot of you.

frostysauce ,

Imagine thinking everyone in China supports the CCP.

TurboHarbinger ,

I bet is very relevant to:

On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?

Cowbee ,
@Cowbee@lemmy.ml avatar

According to Harvard in 2020, 95.5% do. That certainly isn’t 100%, but it’s pretty high, I would say.

Psythik ,

They don’t remember what life was like before Google.

FryHyde ,

Why does he look so much like Pete Davidson

Shawdow194 ,
@Shawdow194@kbin.run avatar

💀

Rinna ,
@Rinna@lemm.ee avatar

The thing with a lot of the methods mentioned is that I’ve seen both teens that are more mature than me, and people in their thirties that should probably have their internet privileges revoked.

AlternateRoute ,

References TikTok as a source of knowledge

Alice ,

I have family in their 30s and 40s who do that 😭 I wonder if people subconsciously trust TikTokers more than other social media users since they usually show their faces.

oscardejarjayes ,
@oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net avatar

the only dead giveaway is if they get doxxed

sunbunman ,

Kids Next Door on some recon huh

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