Odd Stuff (Part 4)

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Um… yes. They do. My gen Z has dozens of sketch books for example… If she’s not using paper in class, for one, it’s not by her choice. That’s the school pushing as much possible online, not her making a choice about how she does her work.

Also, this sounds like made up bullshit, that kids ā€œpauseā€ before speaking because they heard it in their music… do Gen Xers get half way through a conversation and then do a flip before continuing, because many of us grew up on vinyl?

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It’s true, I was being slightly sarcastic. What I wrote was more of a get-off-my-lawn reaction to stuff like:

Becoming aware of the phenomenon has caused some millennials to question whether they are becoming too old.[10] People have also noted that, once they have been made aware that their recordings include millennial pauses, they find their own habit embarrassing, but also have trouble breaking the habit.[19]

I’m not embarrassed for this pause, and I’ll make no effort to break this ā€œhabitā€ either.

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Certainly funny, but my attempts to find it on their site (for research purposes) at the San Jose (ge) store haven’t been successful.

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This Is Us Emmys 2017 GIF by Emmys

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not that i’ve ever noticed. however, i grew up listening to 8 track tapes and will occasionally pause in the middle of a sentence and say ā€œclickā€ before continuing. weird, that.

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That’s silly. They put a pencil in their mouths and twirl it!

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(Guess the Manchin family fails on space exploration. Too bad.)

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I thought that was from watching all those eXtreme sports in the 90s

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There’s a good movie about the theft of the stone of destiny by some college students starring Charlie Cox.

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It’s on Prime- with ads.

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Maybe not, but the Japanese have perfected the technology:

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On January 18, 2023, a zoomer posted a TikTok video describing how zoomers often start recording their videos right before placing their cameras on a stable surface. […] Lindsay reported that she has also found videos that begin while the recorder is in the middle of a task, such as finishing a bite of food, so that it may take some time before the recorder actually addresses the audience.

ā€œBefore stopping to say, ā€˜oh, sorry, I didn’t see you thereā€™ā€

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Well, here’s one: https://www.queerty.com/what-on-earth-is-bubbling-and-why-did-it-cost-aussie-rugby-star-todd-carney-3-million-20140702

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Tarmac, the Mackintosh, the flush toilet, and…sex

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Microbrachius - tiny arm? That ain’t no arm

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