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AIBU to wonder where all the mumsnetters like me are? V left wing, Extremely Online millennials only need apply

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whoamongstus · 22/12/2020 16:37

Where are all the mumsnetters who:

  • are mid-millennial
  • Extremely Online
  • left wing
  • probs on Twitter
  • do not think gaming is the scourge of society and causes you to turn into a zombie
  • does not know anyone who unironically plays golf

Bonus points for ex-emo kids.

Do you exist?

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GiveMeCamembert · 22/12/2020 18:41

I'm here! I also used to put song lyrics in my MSN name and repeatedly alternate between appearing offline and online so the boys I fancied would definitely know they were about them.

queenofknives · 22/12/2020 18:41

@MrsMiaWallis

Yes I know .

Library kid, Dolcis shoes, Fine Fare bag.

It made me laugh too @MrsMiaWallis. So grandiose.
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whoamongstus · 22/12/2020 18:41

@Laiste

PS4. Red dead, minecraft, call of duty. ect ect. Old PS. tomb raider crash B the old shoot em ups. DH likes a good horror.

Yes i do see a difference between my Mils and my Zs. It's very subtle but my older 2 remember getting PS1 (and our first PC) and watching me work out what to do with it and remember learning how to play spyro/crash. GenZ (only 3 years younger) remembers it just always being there and could use a mouse (for eg.) at 2. I remember eldest asking me to help her sort out how to use MSG and she got bored and wandered off and left me on it like Shock That was old so quickly.

My little one (6) - well it's just in the blood isn't it? She has one of her older sisters DSs, and i pad and she can switch the telly between all three play stations. I'm waiting for the day she asks for a phone already. With my older ones they were allowed one when they started secondary.

I often wonder how the hell i coped growing up without a mobile. Sodding about in central London every weekend at 14 till the small hours hoping to find a phone box which worked. Shudder to think of my DDs going as far as the end of the road with no phone!

I'm the same your older kids then! I remember getting our first PC and having a printer that had the paper with the holes down the sides haha - we got a PS1 and Crash 2 for Christmas one year and it's still my favourite game of all time Grin

What made me feel very aware that I didn't grow up with it in the same way is when a colleague's 5 year old intentionally spent a fair bit of money on a mobile game. And knew how to do it and what that even was. Back in my day ( Wink ) it was a Gameboy or nothing...

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whoamongstus · 22/12/2020 18:42

@GiveMeCamembert

I'm here! I also used to put song lyrics in my MSN name and repeatedly alternate between appearing offline and online so the boys I fancied would definitely know they were about them.
The universal mating routine hahaha. Also only listening to cool songs from Limewire so that it would show up under your username...
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whoamongstus · 22/12/2020 18:43

[quote ReallySpicyCurry]@whoamongstus definitely not the Jane Norman and Rockports type either, goodness no

More the "I can't wait to grow up and get away from this shit" scene Grin[/quote]
AHA so, the actual cool kids then. The ones who didn't give a shit about any of the social groups were always the coolest Smile

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Nousernameforme · 22/12/2020 18:45

Mumsnet has lots of gamers. We used to have our own WOW guild Nest of Vipers back a few years back.

Your op did seem like you were expecting people to be all pearl clutchy and "Surely not, the horror of it." I think that's why people are all 3edgy5me. There are people here from all walks, In any, am I the only one situations, the answer is always no, in the millions of users mumsnet has you are not the only one who is of the myspace generation.

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LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 22/12/2020 18:45

I don't get it. Why does it matter where they are? Can you only post if you think your fellow gal gang will respond and agree with you?

Nymeriastark1 · 22/12/2020 18:45

Me 👋 except I don't have Twitter. I also don't have blue hair 😂 not all of us identify as non binary or gender neutral..whatever it is. Personally I think Sam smith is an attention seeking twat.

BabyLlamaZen · 22/12/2020 18:46

@AliceAbsolum

Bleugh. Do you have to have blue hair and be non binary too?
Millennial, not gen z Grin

Me, I think. Most of my peers are child free. I feel we are rare!

Lougle · 22/12/2020 18:46

This is all a bit navel gazey isn't it? I am who I am. No more, no less. Why would you want to 'belong' to an artificially constructed societal group?

qwertyuiop098 · 22/12/2020 18:46

Yes to pretty much all and don’t understand the reaction of some here.

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whoamongstus · 22/12/2020 18:48

@Nousernameforme

Mumsnet has lots of gamers. We used to have our own WOW guild Nest of Vipers back a few years back.

Your op did seem like you were expecting people to be all pearl clutchy and "Surely not, the horror of it." I think that's why people are all 3edgy5me. There are people here from all walks, In any, am I the only one situations, the answer is always no, in the millions of users mumsnet has you are not the only one who is of the myspace generation.

Ah nah, I've been misunderstood then! I was genuinely just wondering because I do it myself - under my other username I think I probably sound a little bit ...less like myself? And it's hard to gauge what people are like. I was genuinely hoping to see who was knocking around.

n any, am I the only one situations, the answer is always no, in the millions of users mumsnet has you are not the only one who is of the myspace generation.

Good and fair point.

If I could use a keyboard to play I'd join you on WoW cos I know a lot of people who play but sadly I've got lead hands and zero reaction times haha, but I hope you're enjoying the new expansion (if you still play!).

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TriflePudding · 22/12/2020 18:48

Judging from your obsession with identity and social trends and the fact your posts mostly read like a badly written freshers essay I would suggest you need to get offline pronto.

Gardeniaofdelights · 22/12/2020 18:49

Also living online clearly does degrade one's character and diminish one's soul. I hope that you find your way.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That’s you telt, OP. Drag your diminished soul out of here and think about what you’ve done.

Vitaminsss · 22/12/2020 18:49

I was born in 97 and have used Twitter for over 10 years now. This thread comes across as someone trying to be “down with the kids” as it’s very try-hard.

Extremely online has to be the most cringeworthy thing I’ve read. So much second hand embarrassment.

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whoamongstus · 22/12/2020 18:49

@qwertyuiop098

Yes to pretty much all and don’t understand the reaction of some here.
Me neither. I wasn't saying Everyone Like Me Is Super Cool And Everyone Else Is Shit. I was just... asking if there's anyone like my RL friends on here...!
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LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 22/12/2020 18:49

Anyway l'm definitely not a millennial, l was born in ancient times, also known as the 1970s.

Totally lolling at 'extremely online'

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whoamongstus · 22/12/2020 18:50

@Gardeniaofdelights

Also living online clearly does degrade one's character and diminish one's soul. I hope that you find your way.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That’s you telt, OP. Drag your diminished soul out of here and think about what you’ve done.

I know. I'm going to go and weep into my Pete Wentz body pillow now.
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Namechanged1122 · 22/12/2020 18:50

Bonus points for ex-emo kids.

I'm here...! 👋

SionnachRua · 22/12/2020 18:50

@Lougle

This is all a bit navel gazey isn't it? I am who I am. No more, no less. Why would you want to 'belong' to an artificially constructed societal group?
Mate, this place has a load of forums specifically for "artificially constructed social groups".

What's the harm in one thread where people reminisce about their Vans and Evanescence days?

I see plenty of threads where I'm not part of the group it's aimed it. I presume they're enjoying themselves and just don't engage Confused Quite easy to do really.

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whoamongstus · 22/12/2020 18:51

@LadyTiredWinterBottom2

I don't get it. Why does it matter where they are? Can you only post if you think your fellow gal gang will respond and agree with you?
No of course not! I post on mumsnet all the time to lots of people who are presumably nothing like me at all. Was just wondering, that's all.

Some people seem to be very upset about it ha.

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RUTheShitploppeeOrShitplopper · 22/12/2020 18:51

@Nousernameforme

Mumsnet has lots of gamers. We used to have our own WOW guild Nest of Vipers back a few years back.

Your op did seem like you were expecting people to be all pearl clutchy and "Surely not, the horror of it." I think that's why people are all 3edgy5me. There are people here from all walks, In any, am I the only one situations, the answer is always no, in the millions of users mumsnet has you are not the only one who is of the myspace generation.

To be fair, I started reading OP's thread thinking it was shit-stirring.... ....and I loved where it was going

But OP seems to be innocently looking for people to reminisce with. Nowt wrong with that.

Have also got a new shiny namechange out of it. Can't complain

Namechanged1122 · 22/12/2020 18:52

Can we discuss emo? Can we? 🙂

SionnachRua · 22/12/2020 18:52

@Gardeniaofdelights

Also living online clearly does degrade one's character and diminish one's soul. I hope that you find your way.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That’s you telt, OP. Drag your diminished soul out of here and think about what you’ve done.

"Diminished soul" is very emo sounding actually isn't it? I think I'd have prized having one myself Grin