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I have two 15 years old sons. One of them is never home. He is always going out with his friends, either to the gym, or just walking around town. The other one rarely leaves the house. He’ll invite his friends over to hang out, and sometimes he visits them, but they usually talk at school or online.

One difference I noticed is that back in the 1900s, we had to get a ride from our parents in order to play video games with our friends, but thanks to the Internet, it’s very easy to play and socialize with your friends from home, and being in the same room now PREVENTS people from playing together.

The kids are actually socializing MORE because they don’t need to meet at the same location, and I don’t have to drive their asses all over town, so I’m ok with that.

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Today@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
1900’s… 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the age gut punch.

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- Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  One of my kids said it a few months ago, and I decided that MUST be how I refer to it from then on! 😂
  
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  - Philolurker@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I like to say “before the turn of the century”, but someone always gives me shit for it.
    
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    SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Next time say “last millennium.”
    
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I don’t think they had video games in the 1900s, since Tennis for Two was invented in the 1950s.

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- Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Hate to break it to you, but 1950 is only halfway into the 1900s.
  
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  - SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No, 1905 is halfway into the 1900s.
    
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    Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Bold move doubling down on that one. I’m excited to see if your attempt to change the internationally accepted name for an entire century can be redefined to only include one decade pays off! Keep me updated!
    
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    Today@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Hmmm… So if i say that both World Wars occurred in the 1900’s, you would disagree?
    
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- robotrash@lemmy.robotra.sh ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The 1950s are part of the 1900s… same as 1850 was part of the 1800s. They were just being facetious using “1900s” anyway. That will change as we all get older though, eventually it will just be the 1900s.
  
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  - bela@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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    robotrash@lemmy.robotra.sh ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    That was 10 years ago. The further we get from “the 1900s” the broader the term will become to include the whole century, much like the 1800s is 1800-1899. I imagine in another 10-20 years it will be more and more common to see this shift when referencing past events.
    
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