Exclusive Why older conservatives are more likely to share #fakenews on Facebook

I appreciate your introspective reply and mostly agree. I spend a lot of time with my dad, because I have the time to spend, and he is close, my sister does not get the same amount of time because she lives far. She still thinks of dad as he was 10-15 years ago, and I keep telling her he is not the same person. He is confused much easier, he is way more forgetful, much more set in his ways and routines and takes lots of naps now. For me it really hits home that getting old sucks and certain things are inevitable, I am in the same age group as you are.

Certain things are not just getting old though, they are a product of our times. VCRs are not Facebook. Facebook is an instrument that has been used to brainwash people, so it requires a bit of social savvy on top of tech savvy to successfully use. Facebook has been engineered that way and takes advantage of people. In the beginning it was a great place for young people, but all the old people chased them away. I knew it was over when I said "this was fucking awesome" in a post and my dad counseled me to speak and present myself better, (actual sage advice from old dad, I do need to be better), but then soon after the posts from some of his generation have turned absolutely despicable. They usually are not as crass as to say fuck, but the general propaganda they regularly share is laughably incorrect and often hurtful. You dont have to be a tech wiz to not hit the share button. You only have to have minimal tech skills to google something before you share it. People our age and younger generally know this and it significantly erodes the respect that we have for their generation.

Our generation is in a unique spot. We were born and lived with modern tech, but are young enough to more easily learn the new stuff. Boomers and millennials might as well be different species. My prediction for our future is that tech will become more complex, but with AI it will reach a point where that won't matter to the average person. There will be significantly more complex things going on in the background to make the user experience as simple as possible, so things just magically work.

 

Well, you're increasingly threatened, so there is that.....

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/scientists-petition-australia-platypus-protection

 

Face it, you're just butt hurt because I won't join you at the Acropolis.

 

Only if it's @crandc.

 

Dude, do I really need to splain this to ya? The point was/is, it's never gonna happen.

 

Jesus christ this is pathetic, even for you.

 

I happen to think lap dances are in poor taste.

 

Huh?

That said, I mean, would it be virtually unheard of for a lesbian woman to strip for men/money in a nightclub?

 

Boomers gotta stick together

 

While all social media sucks in general, there’s no comparison. Instagram hasn’t caused millions of Americas to believe in conspiracies and idiotic stories that have no merit. For 99% of the older generation it’s pictures. Nothing is shoved down their throat like FB.