Oh triangles are everywhere. My 9 yr old nephew spotted
Illuminati in his Pokemon. His generation (GenZ) mocks
Illuminati and conspiracy theories. It's the stuff of GenX and
GenY, and all over the Internet. They'll be a psychologically
healthy generation I think. Just say the words, "Jet Fuel
Doesn't Melt Steel Beams" and you're in. They're also really
rough with their treatment of 9-11 clips... but that's ancient
history to them - I mean, they weren't even born yet, so the
bodies falling to the ground and going thump is amusing to them.
Understanding a 4th grader's head in 2015 requires a lot of
cultural anthropology on my part, so I try to stay ahead of him
in all the memes. It's funny - he was all about ORAS until he
saw a video talking about its flaws. At first he argued with the
video, like any of us argue about anything here.
Then he got X+Y for his birthday (3DS XL I think he has). Now
he's agreeing with everything that video said and prefers the
graphics of the old style. He talks like he's been playing
Pokemon for 20 years, and considering he's watched videos made
by people who HAVE played pokemon from the beginning, he's
acquired all of their knowledge in compressed form and become an
old pro. lol hipster / trend setter? I dunno I don't actually
*play* unless I'm playing it with him. I just find cultural
shifts fascinating. I'm 43 yrs old, been online since 1988 and
love noticing trends and patterns. I don't participate in them
but I like making the connections. I also put myself on every
social network.
I *did* run a Minecraft server for 23 months though [got 28,000
unique players total] - at first for my nephew but then I fell
in love with the game... and I AM hooked on Vine (made over
10,000 videos), so a hipster? Probably. But I know I'm just a
foolish middle aged guy who enjoyed things that are "new".
Things get old quickly to me, so I like things that are
genuinely novel to my eyes, which don't come around often.
