DeepGradientAscent

DeepGradientAscent, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I was born in '81 which is only sometimes part of the millennial age range and never part of the gen x age range.

I was '83. Last I heard, we’re referred to as “xennials”, but I always called myself an “elder millennial”. People need a label for everything, I suppose.

DeepGradientAscent, 1 year ago

I think the divider for elder and not is that I remember when we got a computer and Internet.

I agree with this.

My first computer was a 386 running Win3.1 and DOS. I sometimes ask, “Do you know what an AOL installation CD is?” That, most of the time, let’s me know who was when.

DeepGradientAscent, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Why?

It’s just a contraction that represents “you all”.

As in, “Ever since I moved to Europe, it seems [y’all/you all] seem to hate Americans to try to look cool in front of your friends.”

DeepGradientAscent, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I’m an American who’s been lucky enough to travel to many other countries, and I’m currently living in the EU.

Blanket statements on praise-worthiness are stupid; one should only praise things, people, and nations when and where they deserve it. There’s a lot to admire and there’s a lot to be disgusted at when considering just about every country and government.

What I find in EU culture socially is that people are far more exclusionary, prone to isolationism, and prejudicial about my and my countrymen’s competence and intelligence than what I was told to expect. I expected some “haha, dumb American” memes, but I didn’t expect people here to honestly believe everyone thinks and acts like our worst people back in the US. It was very eye-opening in a negative way.

EU citizens need to stop treating outsiders as 1-dimensional caricatures, but regrettably, that’s been one of humanity’s greatest faults, and I doubt it will be rectified anytime soon. I try not to get too butt-hurt about it, as we say, but it is irksome after encountering that attitude in conversation after conversation.