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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 63 points 1 month ago (33 children)

I wonder: Has this happened with anything else?

Where an older generation struggled to understand at all, a middle generation adapted to it early enough to witness all of the quirks, and then a later generation was born into an already-smoothed out system — and they all lived simultaneously?

Seems like a uniquely modern thing, but then again agriculture and clothing and currency have all had periods of rapid change in the past.

Like were there Generation F dudes out there like “omg we’re the only ones who understand knitting frames smh”?

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

How many people you know could explain to you what happens when you turn on the light?

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

An electrical current runs through a thin wire with an extremely high melting point in a vacuum, safely using resistance to turn electric potential into heat and light. Do kids these days not know that?

[–] enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

LEDs kinda ruin the simplicity. Current runs into a chunk of Gallium Nitride and mumble mumble quantum mumble mumble bandgap and light comes out!

[–] Peter1986C@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TL/CCFL kind of ruined that simplicity already.

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