• @rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    1365 months ago

    I’m in the “Z-lennial” group, it’s mostly just the cost for me. Why would I spend $20 on 2 drinks at a bar when I can get a 12 pack for $16 and play terraria with my friends?

    • @fidodo@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      There’s also the fact that games and Internet are a social option for your generation at all. Previous generations didn’t even have that option the same way. Even as a millennial it wasn’t nearly as accessible as it is now.

      • Flying Squid
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        45 months ago

        Not in the same way, but I made a lot of friends on MUDs and local BBSes in the early 90s.

        • @fidodo@lemmy.world
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          65 months ago

          Yeah there were options but they were not convenient or mainstream. When I was a kid I played online games with friends, but that involved calling them on a land line phone, logging into the Internet, which meant turning off your house phone for most people without dual phonelines, and no video call and text chat only.

      • @QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
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        45 months ago

        For sure. My 8yr old plays with his friends on FaceTime and Roblox as soon as he gets up. In the winter online play is probably 75% of how they play. When the weather is better that changes to 25%.

    • @GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      75 months ago

      You’re supposed to walk in just sober enough to get past the bouncer, dance/flirt, maybe but a single drink, leave.