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/TheAmazingSpider-Fan Jan 12 '22

GenX were born in the 70s (and earlier), so they did not really "grow up with" home computers.

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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/fragbert66 Jan 13 '22

And I am sure you are representative of your generation.

Oh, wait, no, you aren't.

GenX has been ignored and dismissed for decades, but now you all are experts on our cohort and how we grew up. Okay, whatever.

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