lmao, that is actually a great point.Yeah, it is a bit rich that the generation driving every younger generation off Facebook is complaining about internet stuff and phones.
lmao, that is actually a great point.Yeah, it is a bit rich that the generation driving every younger generation off Facebook is complaining about internet stuff and phones.
It's almost as if our military operations are slightly more morally questionable than they were back when we were fighting nazis that were crushing Europe under their heels.
^This one made me chuckle. It seem like something that would actually happen if it already hasn't. I've accidentally trespassed into a private factory area that had clear signage not to trespass and then had security guards come to kick me out.... all because I was trying to catch a Magikarp.Well, not all these images are new. Some are from the 90s, some from the 80s, and the Pokemon Go ones were from the brief craze.
Example of what I mean:
Seems kind of twisted to be glorifying kids being sent off to war as if that's at all a good thing.Greatest Generation kid dies while Gamer generation kid gets to play WoW on a console
Opposite for me. I thought it was great. I'd meet up with friends I hadn't seen in ages locally, and we'd catch 'em together. Everyone out playing was so friendly and nice! We met a lot of temporary friends that way. Just teaming up with people to run around catching 'em. It was great. :)As terrible as most of these comics are, the Pokemon Go craze was annoying as fuck. Anytime I'd go anywhere nice with someone they'd be more focused on what stupid fucking pokemon they could find instead of being in the moment.
LikeIt's especially hilarious when you see that demographically, boomers and gen-xers are the ones that overwhelmingly killed the big box stores with online shopping.
My girlfriend nannies for a wealthy family (wife is in her late 30s, husband in late 40s) and all they do is shove tablets in their kids' faces. Like we didn't just come out of the womb thinking "durr i want an expensive phone" but I understand that any older generation complaining about any younger generation isn't really in good faith.
As if more proof was needed that (with some exceptions) newspaper comics are generally the lowest form of humor.
Especially political ones.
Older than 50.So boomer just means anyone older than 30 who doesn't "get it", right?
Kids today with their got dang technologies. Why ain't they conversin' like we used to?
Exactly what I was thinking. It's so uninspired it's hilarious.I can guaran-fucking-tee that the person that did the RAM comic probably has no idea what RAM is or what it does.
This comic was part of a large museum exhibition about robots. The exhibition was amazing otherwise, but it was awful to see this included.
I feel like you kinda have to cut newspaper cartoonists a little bit of slack here. They're forced to come up with a drawing and a new timely joke for every single day of the week -- of course some of them are going to be stupid and dated and silly hot takes. If someone went back a decade and looked at what you were posting on MySpace/LiveJournal/NeoGAF it would probably be pretty stupid too.
This one is actually pretty good. Our phones basically own us.
Probably not what Piraro intended, but a little kid understanding what RAM is (or at least how it's useful) would be pretty great on the part of the kid.
It's really about how the devices (and social media) have made us obsessive so that we're constantly minding the tech.No, it's not true, and it's not good. It's a really bad comic that only works at first glance.
Let's go through the statements:
1. All things on the "In you mind" side: True. These are purposes of a cell phone, which are fulfilled
2. "Charge me":
This is some bullshit right there. That's like claiming people are slaves to their cars because they need to put fuel in them, or like saying that I'm a slave to books because they yell "TURN MY PAGES" at me. It's hardly something that puts the machine in any sort of "master" position.
3. "Gimme some wifi! Now!"
What? I use wifi to save data at home or at work. Sometimes it doesn't work properly at work, and then... I don't use it. More importantly, I've also never heard of a phone telling anyone it wants wifi. Framing it like a phone is ordering you to give it wifi is like showing a PC that demands "more RAM", or a car that yells "WASH ME". It's not something that's required most of the time, and it shows how much the author was struggling to find things the phone makes people do.
4. "New Email! READ!" and 5. "Answer this call"
These are the best. I love them.
OH NO! The phone forces me to read a new e-mail. In reality, people put their email-account on their phone because they want to receive emails on there. You carry a phone, or at least that was the original purpose for me, because you want to be contacted and contact people, via calls and text messages.
Might as well show an old landline phone that screeches "A CALL! ANSWER!". These statements literally belongs to the upper image, as the phone is a servant, bringing you your mail because you want it, and letting other people call you because you want it.
Again a nice display of how thoughtless the whole comic is. I mean, many people don't even read their emails the moment they get it, and a lot of people don't even pick up calls from numbers they don't know. How's that for being a slave to your phone.
6. "A restaurant! Check in!"
This one simply baffles me a bit. I mean... I've been asked if I want to check in by my phone before. I always ignored it. Have you guys ever felt pressure to do this because the phone gave you the option? I didn't. Funnily, this is probably the most valid point the author makes, because the previous ones were so bad.
But have they? Stuff like "charging" and "connecting to wifi" are not priorities, they are minor things that I reckon take up a minuscule amount of time in most people's lives still. It's just part of owning the device, just like refueling a car or tying your shoes.It's really about how the devices (and social media) have made us obsessive so that we're constantly minding the tech.
The phone (or whatever) isn't literally demanding, it's our priorities that have changed.
I mean, i said it wasn't funny.But have they? Stuff like "charging" and "connecting to wifi" are not priorities, they are minor things that I reckon take up a minuscule amount of time in most people's lives still. It's just part of owning the device, just like refueling a car or tying your shoes.
Maybe there be a point made about people being available for calls and emails all the time, but the comic does this very badly.
You're correct, our priorities have changed. We want to be able to have calls and emails instantly, and not when we check a mailbox or are in the vicinity of a landline. But the comic is portraying it like this is something we didn't choose.
In reality, it's the phone going "A call!" and "A new email!", and the human going "Cool." and then answering it or read it if they feel like it.
OK this comic is epic
Nancy knows the truth about The Inter-Generational Discourse™:
So boomer just means anyone older than 30 who doesn't "get it", right?
The pokemans under the bed one. /s
Okay yeah, I can see that.You might have a point in some other context, but I don't think this applies here. The comics are clearly much closer to complaining about millennials since they're so far removed from reality that it's hard to even say they're just having a bit of fun, and the posters here (most millennials, I guess) are making fun of the comics for being stupid.
Not in this country they didn't, and they're still always talking about how kids these days need toughening up, etc. Polls have shown them overwhelmingly in favour of bringing back compulsory military service, which ended in 1960 - so of course most of them didn't have to do it.Early boomers got drafted to Vietnam and got spat on when they came back. Just FYI.
Nobody loves Synch.I wonder how Generation Xers feel about their generation basically not even existing in people's mind now.
"Look at our dumb kids staring at screens we bought for them", says the mom staring at a big screen with her husband.
Anecdotal, but I've seen boomers spend more time on their phones than millenials.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/health/pokemon-go-players-fall-down-cliff/index.html^This one made me chuckle. It seem like something that would actually happen if it already hasn't. I've accidentally trespassed into a private factory area that had clear signage not to trespass and then had security guards come to kick me out.... all because I was trying to catch a Magikarp.
Two men in their early 20s fell an estimated 50 to 90 feet down a cliff in Encinitas, California, on Wednesday afternoon while playing "Pokémon Go," San Diego County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Rich Eaton said. The men sustained injuries, although the extent is not clear.