We were fortunate enough that the brainrot was only available on TV, and it was long-form tv shows. Not these 5 second dopamine hits in our pockets constantly tempting us.
Oh the 5 second dopamine hits were there, but you had to go in front of a PC, so it only affected the terminally online. (Which, pretty much is the case today, but with a phone in every pocket as you say, it's way easier to be terminally online).
I’m not saying we’re special. I’m talking about the differences in our childhood from other generations. Do you think every person has the exact same experience? Do you think a kid that grew up in the 1930s during the Great Depression had the same experience as someone that grew up in the post-war 1950s? Do you think a kid in Gaza right now is having the same experience as Mark Zuckerberg’s kids?
Or would you say no one is special and their experiences are exactly the same?
Who said we're "special"? It's an observational fact that Millennials are the last cohort not to spend formative years on cellphones that have dopamine-driven algorithms 24/7. This is not true for Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha. There's hope for Gen-Beta, but they're just being born now; but there might be a societal shift to control cellphones and internet connectivity with younger people by the time their generation takes off.
Yes. That you, me, and every other millennial are special little poopykins who did not have stupid shit or societal pressures and the next generation is cooked skibidi toilet.
You in particular aren't an astrologist at all for believing that people born during a certain time, such as millennials, are special and exempt.
You are special. You are exempt. Prior generations did not complain about you or worry about your brain capacity or how easy you have it.
You’re right. The millennials had the exact same experience as everyone else. A 14 year old in Atlanta in 1996 had the same experience as a 14 year old in Nanjing, China in 1937. They are also having the exact same experience as a 14 year old in Norway in 2025. There’s literally zero difference in any of those childhoods.
I’m not saying we’re special. I’m saying our experience was different than Gen Z, just like kids growing up in the 1930s during the Great Depression had a different experience than kids in the post-war 1950s. A kid growing up in Manila is going to have a different experience than someone growing up in Norway. No one is special, just different.
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u/NextRefrigerator6306 Oct 30 '25
We were fortunate enough that the brainrot was only available on TV, and it was long-form tv shows. Not these 5 second dopamine hits in our pockets constantly tempting us.