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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 102 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I figured it was over 30...

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 97 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I'm pretty sure the average Fediverse user is a 37-year-old male working in tech or IT.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

37-year-old

36

male

Last time I checked

working

Yep

in tech or IT.

Ah, driving instructor. Cars are tech, though, right?

Close enough!

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

29 - miss Male - hit Engineer - hit

2/3 as well.

[–] jonathan7luke@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Damn, OP accidentally discovered a new social engineering hack...

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Now everyone share your porn star name. I’m hunter2.

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[–] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A modern car can have over a hundred different ECUs (electronic control units), all a little computer in itself, controlling the engine, brakes, seat heating and entertainment system etc.

If anything, you are working with MORE tech than a regular IT guy.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

Cars have enough tech bullshit built-in nowadays that it might as well count

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why yes! This ~~human~~ user here is absolutely right! There is nothing but human males here!

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are a lot of us non-techies here, but you sure outnumber us

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

I love you non techies. And am happy you are on Lemmy. A lot of you are probably techie but you just don’t do it for a job.

Today I have read comments from a driving instructor and a high school teacher.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

... Leave me alone.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Oh nice, I'm bringing the average down

.............just

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mostly I wanted to emphasize that we aren't all borderline literal children here, but yes, the average age is probably higher.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I’m over forty and act like a child constantly

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

You and me both, brother

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[–] zammy95@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I JUST turned 30 last month, does that count?

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Me approaching 50 in a couple of years…

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

I, too will be approaching 50 in a couple years...

And a couple years after that.

And a few more years after that.

And maybe several more afterwards, as well.

[–] nemo@piefed.social 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

over forty crew, represent

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hang on, give me a second to get up

[–] nemo@piefed.social 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I came to lie down
I came to lie down
Get on the couch don't make a sound

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

Word to your mom

I like a bath bomb

If my skin gets dry

I rub in a cream balm

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[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 weeks ago

Wait, you mean you're all real???

Brb, I need to apologise to my dealer.

[–] jjmoldy@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Feels like the average age is 15 whenever the discussion topic is political.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

No, no, there's definitely an at-least college-age level of idiocy going on in political topics.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Definite 'never progressed beyond their first year hot takes' mentality in some spaces, but I'd argue an engaged older high-schooler will often end up in similar political boats

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

And your instance doesn’t even have hexbear.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We remember what the Internet used to be and naturally gravitate towards that.

[–] Brocon@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

I miss the old internet. I feel we lost so much along the way. It was wild, but it didn't feel like everything just existed just to sell you something. Or sell your data.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Let's be honest, Lemmy may not be the most difficult site on the internet, but the fact that it requires more thought than "sign up" is gonna drive away a lot of casual users of social media. Like the young ones.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

What is the sign up process like now on something like X or TikTok, phone verification via text message? I might think selfie, but they probably assume you will post those anyway so they don’t even need to ask.

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[–] Almonds@mander.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The few times I've seen a teenager mention their age, they end up with a pack of down voters following them around. I don't know if it's the fact that they are teens or that they tend to post the type of cringe that comes with being young, but it's happened enough times for my inattentive ass to notice

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[–] sga@lemmings.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)
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[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Almost 50. I'm driving up the numbers here.

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[–] 257m@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah its weird to think everybody is old here. I am 17 and yall are about as mature as me.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 11 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

One of the more disappointing things about growing up was when I realized that "adult" is an illusion and that all the adults I had looked up to as a kid, were pretty much just big babies doing their best in life while often not really knowing what the fuck they were doing. Cobble that with unresolved issues from childhood that has manifested in stunted growth in different areas and there you go.

We are all kids. The only thing that changes except out bodies, is that we gradually learn to deal with the challenges life throws at us so what is insane at 20 is not so insane at 30 and what is difficult at 30 is not that hard at 40 etc etc.

In some ways, it is a relief to know that there is no end stage. You are a kid for life and you learn for life.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The first sign of Reddit going to shit was around 2015 when a bunch of tweens (and then their soccer mom moms) started posting.

The soccer mom moms were first checking to make sure it was a safe site, since Anderson Cooper had recently at the time said it was a site for pedophiles. Then they liked the site more than the kids and started to become mods. And these communities were way bigger than their Facebook groups, and the mods had way more powerful buttons than on their Facebook group. And then sub banning became the preferred method of disagreement rather than downvoting (which was also originally not supposed to be used to express disagreement.) anyway I digress.

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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Reddit, and primarily game forums and Tumblr before that. I was but a sprout myself at the time, though.

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I call bullshit unless someone posts a source for this information.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
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[–] Pappabosley@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

just over 20?

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We’re all neurodivergent furries though.

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