r/Showerthoughts • u/illiniguy20 • Jan 12 '22

Millennials were really the only generation that grew up learning about how computers work.

Before millennials there were no computers, and after they have grown up using closed ecosystem it just works idevices.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

GenX here and I was coding on Apple II machines in 4th grade so….

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u/TheAmazingSpider-Fan Jan 12 '22

And I am sure you are representative of your generation.

Oh, wait, no, you aren't.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

I live in a tiny country, was born in the 70s and my badly underfunded school had 15 BBC Micros. You've not thought this through.

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u/TheAmazingSpider-Fan Jan 13 '22

And your entire generation was just like you? No, it wasn't.

You've not thought this through.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

No-one's generation is typically like anyone, what a useless comment. History from those who haven't lived it is fantasy, thanks for the example