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Re: Gen Xers and Older Millennials Prefer to Live ... Before the Internet

By: micro in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (0)
Mon, 19 Jun 23 3:59 PM | 26 view(s)
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That's an interesting article about preferences of the generations behind us.. My son in law whould be an exception. He cannot keep from playing with his cell phone all the time, literally. I don't know if its boredom or just that he will not exercise any social skills and put the doggone thing down, but I would not hesitate to take a 2 pound hammer to it for him..

Their kids, being raised by him, did not fall far from that tree. They could not hold a conversation if their life depended on it and yet they both want to be teachers.

'To me, that's a hoot. My grandson says he wants to teach history and loves the civil war.

I have offered him an entire library book case full of civil war books for him to sink his teeth into, Shelby Foote's television series on the civil war, and even a newspaper I have from Philadelhia that was printed in 1864. My cousin collected these.. She graciously gave me one when I was out there last time.. To me, it's priceless.

SO, for someone who loves this era of American history, why don't they avail themselves of more resources than they have at their colleges? Beats me. All I can do is offer it to them.

On a different topic, I am trying to figure out what to do with my book and library collections upon my death.

I would like someone to have them that will appreciate them and use them. That pretty well leaves out my family that lives here. I doubt highly my lawyer daughter or her family would want them either.

So, I have a small dilemna..

Anyway, I am having my last will and testament re-done and will need to know these answers before that.. Of course everything just transfers to my wife because it all is in her name as well as mine for that very reason.
She will be a wealthy woman when that happens which was my plan all along.

Anyway, these are the things I am pondering and trying to figure out.

Besides remodeling the second full bathroom. New flooring, new vanity, sink, plumbing, new paint on walls.

So far I got the plumbing done underneath the vanity top which also is brand new. SO I have to remove it completely from thatroom as well as the Kohler toilet to get these things out of the way so I can remove and replace the flooring. Its only vinyl tile because the bathroom is small and hardly anyone ever uses it except me. I love it personally. A small 36 inch square shower stall that is plenty big for getting clean. I made that entire family room by converting my garage amd added a second full bath as well as a laundry room behind that.

So miz micro has been waiting to POUNCE once I started moving and acting like I was ready to go again! loL!!!!

SO that's my day.
Hope yours is better! Thumbs Up Laughing

later,

micro...


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Gen Xers and Older Millennials Prefer to Live ... Before the Internet
By: Fiz in 6TH POPE
Mon, 19 Jun 23 2:33 PM 		Msg. 43654 of 58530

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http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/23/06/18/2142258/gen-xers-and-older-millennials-say-theyd-prefer-to-live-in-an-era-before-the-internet

Gen Xers and Older Millennials Say They'd Prefer to Live in an Era Before the Internet (fastcompany.com) 137
Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday June 18, 2023 @09:34PM from the survey-says dept.
A new Harris Poll shared exclusively with Fast Company found that most Americans would prefer to live "in a simpler era before everyone was obsessed with screens and social media," reports Fast Company, adding "this sentiment is especially strong among older millennials and Gen Xers."

The Wrap summarizes the poll results:
77% of middle-age Americans (35-54 years old) say they want to return to a time before society was "plugged in," meaning a time before there was widespread internet and cell phone usage...

63% of younger folks (18-34 years old) were also keen on returning to a pre-plugged-in world, despite that being a world they largely never had a chance to occupy. In total, 67% of respondents said they'd prefer things as they used to be versus as they are now.

"Interestingly, baby boomers were slightly less eager to time hop, with only 60% of people over 55 saying they'd prefer to return to yesteryear," notes Fast Company:
While Americans may want to unshackle themselves from the burden of constant connectivity, an overwhelming 90% also said that being open-minded about new technologies is important, a finding that mostly held up across demographics. About half of respondents even said they tend to adopt new technologies before most people they know...

Just over half said they found keeping up with new technologies overwhelming, and about that same percentage said they believe technology is more likely to divide people than unite them. Here, it was younger respondents who took the most pessimistic view, with 57% of people under 35 agreeing that technology divides, versus 43% who disagreed.

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