Boomers are hopeless to speak to like you could speak to someone your own age.

@Scribblehatch

Old dogs do not learn new tricks.

And stop asking me ages.

what?

why?

Because I won't answer you.

@pratel they've had to cancel multiple cards. They don't get computer security at all because they can't see beyond their comfortable small town life. The world outside may as well be Rand McNally to them.

fair enough

I'm in hell

schwing

Completely different world experiences making it impossible to communicate at all. Like talking to aliens.

Coo.l Has it frozen over yet?

I wish

Found me a knife

Trying to explain algorithmic censorship to a boomer? Impossible.

This is still better than the UK

remember, up the stream not across the river

It sounds like you just don't like that your parents dont value the same stuff you do

or give a shit about it

well yeah?

its a position of relative convenience

the conversation was about explaining culture war problems to boomers to get their political support

im aware of what it was

i'm trying to take the position that it's really hard.

Yeah parents are people too

And they're vulnerable to "Got mine fuck you"

Like social security for example.

explaining culture war problems to MOST people is nearly impossible

because they generally don't have the same experience and there's no common basis upon which to explain the problem.

because why should they give a fuck

Parents know that you won't be getting social security.

they should give a fuck because we're about to abandon innocent until proven guilt in a court of law

But they see this lack of freakout and go "Well. It'll probably work itself out"

But they haven't worked out how.

current parent's, myself included, know WERE not getting social security

And neither have we.

No one has.

What the hell do we actually do when people can't retire anymore?

?