Pity, really.

Computer literacy is weird because it feels like millennials were born into it and had to learn how to use the tools available... Then said tools were made a lot simpler with a lot less control over them, and Gen Z was born into apps and saas and did not have the chance to properly learn

We generally only taught a single generation to master our tech, I think it's scary, but also I trust the Zoomers to figure it out, they're creative

Gen-z here - I know how to torrent lol. It's insane how tech illiterate a lot of my friends are, even in my IT classes don't know what HTTPS is or what an ethernet cable is so... yeah

Feels weird being known as "the guy who's an expert at computers" despite being a noob

Dude I was born in 2000 and I get so mad when I realize how true this is. Apps/"smart" phones might be regarded as the biggest double edged sword in the history of technology.

It literally feels like we are at a moment in history where we are evolving backwards by force. This will only worsen as the ipad babies grow older.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will also know nothing and be happy.

This might be true, but it's rapidly changing due to a collaborative effort from big gaming companies, streaming services and hollywood. People are relearning the art of torrenting.

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"be bisexual" ???

I heard that some employers are having to teach new 'gen z' employees how to download email attachments...

Ahh the halcyon days of downloading one song from a private FTP server with upload ratios, found by Lycos FTP search. Over a modem, natch, so it took about 50 minutes...and that's when your mom didn't kick you off the internet so she could make a call.

I remember when the go-to search term was "warez."

I still don't know if that was supposed to be pronounced like "wares" or "war-ehz." 🤔

What's the original to template? It looks hilarious!

Found it! It's eat hot chip & lie. The text in the original reads:

any female born after 1993 can’t cook… all they know is mcdonald’s , charge they phone, twerk, be bisexual , eat hot chip & lie

I can torrent, I just suck at it.

Besides 1337 who is good?

Teach us then 😭

I was born after 2000 I have to teach my parent how to torrent its not a generational thing lol

Reading this as someone who torrents debian ISOs instead of directly downloading then in the hopes of reducing server load, while at the same time, not torrenting any pirated stuff.

But well, I was born a wee bit before 2000

bodies_hit_the_floor_teenage_wasteland.mp3 is my favourite song

I know how to torrent but choose to use one click hosters instead since they are safer to use here and I dont want to pay for a vpn. People who get fines here are people who torrent because they want to bust seeders since they are redistributing

But they must only be like 8 years old. What are they doing down loading warez

needing a paid vpn to torrent without getting spooky ISP notices is a pretty big barrier for me tbh :|

Untrue, I was born in 2003 and torrenting go brrrrrrrrrrrr

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What's the 411 on steamunlocked ? Just malware ? Can we just get the cracks like in the old days ?

I do torrent but only legal stuff: Like every Linux Distro ISO or Some other legal document and stuff. If I have to torrent some ~mhm content I use remote torrenting using Telegram.

that took an interesting turn towards the end...

I only learned to torrent because my dad used to when I was a kid. But these days I use XDCC instead because it's just so much more convenient. Though to be fair most of my friends who are also GenZ probably don't know how to do that either.

How true is this or are we doing the same thing "generation killed industry/way of doing things" that the boomer media is so fond of?

we gotta step our game the fuck up then.

For me it's usually easier to "watch free online" rather than searching and downloading torrent, like, I have client installed just in case, but I barely use it. Last time I used it actually was official 9front iso, not pirating.

Usenet.

i do both

Anonymous torrents on I2P FTW 🏴‍☠️ Best way to safely find stuff unavailable on streaming sites.

Anti Commercial-AI license

people do this stuff?

Guess we need to pick up the pace then.

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

i know how to torrent, usenet newsgroups are just safer and costs the same as an acceptable vpn.