Old people have no idea...

[BTExpress]

They may not know why, but it's been around for at least 36 years, since Simone ("Ferris pashed out at 31 Flavors last night . . .") answered "No problem whatsoever."

 

[FileNotFound]

Old people have no idea what it's like to be 12 years old and have access to multiple globally accessible media platforms on which you and all of your peers can broadcast your worst moments.

 

[Batman]

Old people have no idea what it's like to be 12 years old and have access to multiple globally accessible media platforms on which you and all of your peers can broadcast your worst moments.

I think plenty of them have found that out when they're 30, 40, 50 and 60 years old and had their livelihood crumble out from under them over one ill-advised tweet — sometimes from when they were 12.

 

[dixiehack]

I think plenty of them have found that out when they're 30, 40, 50 and 60 years old and had their livelihood crumble out from under them over one ill-advised tweet — sometimes from when they were 12.

If a 12-year-old sent out a tweet the first day Twitter was accessible to the public, they are now 29.

 

[X-Hack]

There may be the occasional outlier among the billions who post stuff everyday But generally speaking it would take one seriously ill-advised tweet to go viral to the extent that your world crumbles. And if you're tweeting something that ill-advised, it's probably pretty consistent with who you are offline anyway.

 

[Azrael]

Don't put it on the rank and file Americans.

You mean "voters"?

C'mon.

 

[Batman]

If a 12-year-old sent out a tweet the first day Twitter was accessible to the public, they are now 29.

Give a little leeway for literary license?
How many people have had a five- or six-year-old tweet resurface and bite them in the ash? There have been several athletes who tweeted out rap lyrics that contained the N-word when they were teenagers, then found themselves in hot water when someone dug it up several years later.

How many people in the media industry alone have lost jobs and careers, or been hounded by the internet mobs after tweeting something dumb?
Point being, the social media mistakes should be an all-ages fear.

 

[X-Hack]

I don't know. You tell me. How many have actually had their careers/lives ruined over one dumb tweet (that didn't simply more or less reflect their overall body of work but went "just a little too far this time")? I'm having trouble coming up with examples. Maybe the PR person whose racist tweet blew up while she was on an international flight? But then ultimately became kind of a cancel culture cause celebre for a while as a result? Bring the goods. Because the other examples I can think of aren't exactly how you describe it when you peel back the onion a bit.

 

[Liut]

Just the opposite. I tell kids all the time joining the military is a great start. I left home at 17 and have essentially been independent ever since.

Thank you for serving.

 

[BTExpress]

You'd think with the cost of college, military would be an option a lot of people could consider. A lot of "win-wins" along with the caveat that yeah, you'll be challenged.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I don't know. You tell me. How many have actually had their careers/lives ruined over one dumb tweet (that didn't simply more or less reflect their overall body of work but went "just a little too far this time")? I'm having trouble coming up with examples. Maybe the PR person whose racist tweet blew up while she was on an international flight? But then ultimately became kind of a cancel culture cause celebre for a while as a result? Bring the goods. Because the other examples I can think of aren't exactly how you describe it when you peel back the onion a bit.

 

[X-Hack]

I think in his case it was a tad more than a single tweet going awry...