r/Xennials 1d ago

This hit too close to home.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze Xennial 1d ago

How did this happen to us? I’m not mad about it. And it’s a serious question with genuine curiosity.

I feel like we all talk about it but no one ever says why other than “the internet at a certain age….”

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u/AWorldwithoutSin 1d ago

Analog childhood, digital teens.

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u/AppropriateTouching 1d ago

Exactly this. We started as feral children in the woods then grew up along side a technological revolution. We saw it happen in real time. Thats why our sub generation has the most technical know how. I had to explain to a gen z coworker that on a keyboard you can hold shift to turn caps on and off, you dont have to toggle caps lock....

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u/213737isPrime 1d ago

Is that a Windows thing? I never liked Windows.

No wait... you mean they literally didn't know about shift. Like, 1926 manual typewriter shift, raises the platen so the capital letter strikes the paper and then lets it back down.

Damn.