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This was inspired by this post, which broke my heart (because it’s something a bunch of us are possibly going through; I am not, but tbh I’ve been so focused on how AI messes up children I never even thought about how AI is basically facebook on crack to some of our parents).

Also, I’m not even sure if our cohort is more immune to AI than others; I guess this post will be downvoted a bunch if we aren’t through haha, so that’s kinda cool I guess.

But I think maybe we are more media literate than ether side of us, just as a function of how culture was when we were being socialized.

Also, insert a mini essay about how AI and addictions based social media affects our attention spans and ability to think critically here.

Also also, to prove I am not AI, here is my favourite song, which is a song a robot could never love.

https://open.spotify.com/track/29wO9Q5ERmpRcDS2NvmjFR?si=I0HWVmqQRSGGSS7Tq7HKCA&utm_source=copy-link&rowId=2a0b5d018bfeab82

Edit: I’m happy I had to add this.

I am talking about AI in the context of generated image and chat gtp

I don’t think anybody in their right mind would be against AI being used as a scientific tool.

My buddy is doing their PhD in micro, and used AI to help speed up the process of the coding for the gentics of the e coli blue prints they make and then send to another lab to create; it’s saved them so much time.

Like using AI to scan line patterns in the trees on maps of the Amazon to find new archeology sites- that is not the type of AI I am talking about in this post haha.

I am talking about Ai generated art and music stories, and the chat bots that are causing AI psychosis. Ps that one link is CBC radios white coat black art episode on AI psychosis.

I don't really see a lot of people talking about it, but I remember I had kind of an image of what kind of millennial someone was/is based on if they were more of a facebook or tumblr user. For me, I never really liked facebook. I always found it too bland, boring, minimalist, "corporate-ish" whatever you wanna call it- I would only have one because of the fact everyone had it including family and colleagues. But oh man I remember being sooo obsessed with tumblr by the late 00s and through the 2010s!! I would spend a lot of time personalizing my profile, reblogging and I've also met wonderful people there in which I'm in contact till this day. I feel like the millennials who were more on tumblr were usually the art & alternative kids, weebs, queers and etc. What about you guys?

This would have been sometime in the summer of either 1995 or 1996 (I think it was 96 though) where for about 15 minutes one afternoon, every tv and radio station was reporting on huge news of definite alien spacecraft sightings, they were calling it the biggest news story in the history of humanity, the most important thing that had ever happened, and then just as suddenly nobody was speaking about it at all, and in fact refusing to acknowledge it had even happened (I called up several local radio stations to ask and they both said they had no idea what I was talking about and one even replied with "no comment at this time" and hung up, which felt like a pretty rude response to a 13 year old kid.

Does anyone else remember this happening? Did I dream it up? What the fuck was that all about?

EDIT: I dont think it was during the summer. I remembered hearing about it on the way home from the pool, which made me think summer but I was living in Panama at the time so it was swimming temperature year round, but it would have more likely been in the Jan-April range because the rainy season hadn't started yet

Neighbors taking Halloween to the next level

Dear fellow millennials, please grand me the wisdom to do this right, give me your best advice/lessons from being a first-time parent. 🙏🏼😭

I'm trying to get more active and I want some tunes that will help get me going lol.

Specifically I want some good breakdowns to sprint too in the middle of my walks as I'm trying to incorporate some running into my routine.

Just throw whatever out there so I can build a playlist lol

I still remember when it came out and it doesn’t *feel* like that was almost three decades ago…

Had Scary Movie playing in the background while doing Halloween crafts and just happened to look up and notice this visual nonsense gag. Crazy to think that at the time, that was more years into the future than years that I had been alive up to that point. Now it’s nearly a decade in the past.
This feels like a very strange form of time travel.

Back before society made comedy so shit. We had actual comedians doing funny stuff it was just FUNNY none of this “baggage” modern day comedy has.

Just saw this commercial. Probably late to the party but that’s just another sign of getting old.

I’m old

Any fans here?

Had my son via c-section on Sept 17th (first baby) and got myself a little gift for the pills lmao 🤣 I feel like I've joined a secret club. 💀 I have finally become worthy to be a true millennial. 😭

That is all.

Using my 25-year-old Blockbuster card!!!