Gen Alpha Is CHANGING Society.

[@JunkMeister.]

I was born in 09 but I never actually had access to the internet until I was like 10-11 years old. When I was a toddler the only electronics I had was the leap frog explorer and 30 minutes of pbs kids.

[@Nova_music19]

I was born in 07 and I didn’t know how to use the internet until fourth grade and I also a had a leapfrog explorer and I wasn’t allowed to get a phone until I started high school two years ago.

[@Spacebomb36]

I had a leap frog and still have it but i doesn’t work unless it’s plugged in cause well its like 10 years old

[@MagicZ_YT]

Im a 08 and i have had internet acess since like 2011-2012 and its sad seeing prettymuch the downfall of the internet

[@TacoBenYT]

Same here

[@Clayton_Williams]

Wait bro actually just described my childhood 09 here too

[@lunarsartcorner]

Continuing the topic at 4:48 A few years back, when I was driving with my dad, we called my grandma (dads side) to ask what life was like in the 1920s-30s (my grandma was born in 28') and here is a transcript of what I can remember she told us. After I was born, I lived in a box car next to the railroad for a few years down in New Braunfels, Texas. The box car had a kitchen, sleeping area, and bathroom all in one. Once I got older and the economy changed, we moved into a house and started school. I did great in school and was the valedictorian. I got married at 20 and had 2 kids. After years of realter work, my husband died and I had to move on. I married my 2nd husband (my grandfather; also dead) and adopted a few kids, whilst also having your dad around 15 years later. After everyone (9 kids i believe) grew up, I retired and stayed in New Braunfels up until now. My father was born in 1965 and is the youngest of 9 kids. He and more than half of his adoptive and blood siblings are in the medical field. My grandmother didnt go into much detail since dementia has pretty much taken her over. She is in a nursing home right now about a 15 minute walking period from me right now. She is one of the most kind people I have ever met. The worst she has said in front of me is "damn" Which I find pretty insane since society has changed so much. We are going to move her to this really big nursing home that makes sure she will be okay with medicare and all that soon. Sadly the only memory of the beginning of her life is quickly fading and since there is no other memory of it except me, and anyone who reads this. Im sure my dad has forgotten about this experience but its okay. *TRUE ANSWER TO ORIGINAL QUESTION* My grandma said she would kick rocks, play with sticks, and clip this patch of grass with these tiny scissors her mom had. They were something like those small eyebrow scissors if anyone knows what i am talking about. Anyway I have to go to this writing contest in an hour so yeah have a good day.

[@KingCold-vd5cn]

You're so sweet ❤️

[@clash1505]

WOW this is a wake-up call for parents, educators, and policymakers alike to consider the long-term implications of our digital habits and to actively work towards creating a more balanced and mindful approach to technology use, particularly for the upcoming generation.

[@togsana]

And the call gets left on hold

[@centrifical]

I barely make the gen z cut im 14 born in 2009 and I remember life before technology. It was boring but more fun and made life more enjoyable. When people say “it doesn’t feel like Christmas” or something like that it is because of technology and not being off of it with friends and family

[@Darth_yapper]

Technology was a thing before you were even born

[@whimsical_fay]

@@Darth_yapper😭

[@evilblackgod5020]

@@Darth_yapperyou probably weren’t even born also

[@Darth_yapper]

@@evilblackgod5020 U seem soft cuz I never said I was born or had a life before the internet

[@kfaIcon]

@@evilblackgod5020"Errmm.. but what about you?" Regardless, it doesn't make his point any less wrong

[@DMBMOTIVATES]

I’m only 17 and I see freshman with 0 credits claiming they have “motion” bc they sell vapes

[@stormi5765]

LMAOOO THIS IS SO FUNNY

[@kiyahrenae]

So cringe omg 😬

[@mara-toswag4u]

Nah the only “motion “ they gonna have is when they drop the soap in jail

[@nxtreme0]

@@mara-toswag4uCACKLING

[@adamash4413]

frrrr

[@Blank_Bar]

Im only 15 but I remember before having a phone, picking random objects to look at and inspect while taking a shit so I didnt get bored

[@DMBMOTIVATES]

the worst part is the school aspect. I’ve always chosen paper copies instead of digital if I had the choice.

[@twinxnari]

i LOVEE using paper copies, i hate digital, so i agree

[@LebbyTalks]

I like using paper copies on tests and stuff but on essays and stuff with paragraphs of writing I HATE using paper typing is so much faster dude

[@DMBMOTIVATES]

@@LebbyTalks agreed. I was mainly talking about math things of that nature.

[@range685]

The problem is that nowadays it's impossible to do lots of classes without technology. School without a device (At least for me) is just spending half the class doing nothing waiting for a paper copy of something.

[@therealthog]

I feel the same, paper feels like I've done something and I agreeeeeeee x 90231392%

[@Kitty_kat_kat.]

20 year olds: “we grew up with technology” 3 year old:”we grew up WITH technology”

[@21n0.]

what

[@FCTV230]

@@21n0. the first one grew with technology and the second grew up with technology

[@Lifon316]

i think he means the 3 year old was advancing as fast as technology

[@potatoes1567]

As an 09 kid his perspective is completely correct. I grew up with a Kindle fire tablet, ps3, Wii and old Minecraft KZbinrs. When I was bored I would play action figures and toy cars with my cousins. Now I still have a grasp on reality and as the very last year in gen z, gen alpha is cooked 😭🙏

[@ryanlopez7315]

Yep same

[@shinypl6447]

You can’t really say gen alpha is cooked when your a year off being one

[@hohnmagna6903]

You're basically gen alpha don't know why you're insulting your fellow toddlers

[@nothanks1508]

dawg who are you to insult them when you're basically one of them lmao. a year doesn't make or break a generation

[@RandomInternetUser-yi5cc]

There's 3 generational tribalists acting like people born after 2005-2008 are automatic gen alpha. Damn, y'all literally have someone younger and normal on your side, lol.

[@reesebennett5244]

I agree with Joe, TikTok fucks your life up. I was depressed and never had any motivation and then I deleted it and other social media and became dedicated to the gym and now I’m pretty jacked and happy with my life.

[@_Yellowjacket_]

No Ik ur a fucking kid I saw your recent comments

[@JoshuaPollock-rb6zh]

Nice man

[@kaiserflxme]

i was born in 2009, it seems like most of my classmates call their friends daily, go to their friends houses weekly, but also scroll on tik tok for a bit. they dont seem too internet addicted. most people got a phone in 5th or 6th grade

[@HerculesCoronaBorealis]

GEN infinity here... absolutely love your show Joe. Down to earth and you tell it like it is. No fluff or crazy. Total breath of fresh air. KZbin is such a great platform. Once you weed out the nonsense, you find original folks just speaking to us all.

[@mr.breadguy_]

My goal if I become a parent later on is to have a kid who will enjoy the outdoors. It's frustrating to me how much im on screens because it feels like there's constantly nothing to do.

[@Nova_music19]

Same, when I stop being on some kind of screen I always feel like there’s nothing to do but go back to a screen

[@lex1h]

finding new hobbies away from screens can be the thing that will help you spend less screen time. it takes time finding new hobbies but i think you should try it out, ive been doing that for the past few weeks and i only watch youtube once in a while now

[@YinAndTheYang17]

Joe is in the group of people I could enjoy being in a argumentive conversation with. sadly though there's plenty of people that cant even have a conversation they just state their opinions and or facts and think whatever you say is obsolete or not worth their time to hear.

[@Jamiewingleflopperthe3rdsfrien]

Erm what da sigma

[@NateKunka]

I was born 09 and i think my parents did amazing raising me, up to 2022 i was only able to be on the internet/ video games for 30 minutes a day, read everyday and go outside

[@JavierEscuella1911]

I was also born in 09, but I didn’t fair that well tech wise, still on the internet for an unhealthy amount of time, but I still want to go outside and I have several outdoors related hobbies

[@Nneeras]

Joe is so correct when it comes to interacting and having conversations with people that have much different views than yourself. Isolating yourself from the differences creates a close minded state and losing majorly important life skills. Like being able to have a mature and respectful conversation. I’m grateful that I surround myself with people who have different views as well as people who share views with me.

[@loganconnolly9884]

Imagine if joe got a high fade with waves

[@boji2x]

that shit would be wild

[@AstroVistable]

he gotta do this

[@m7tips]

not much to work with

[@Bilalcane223]

would be fire

[@superdoodlemz]

imagine if joe did the thug shake

[@galaxy_gamer8215]

born in 08 and i grew up with less tech other than saturday cartoons, a kindle, and later like 10 or 11 i got netflix. years later towards middle school a playstation and a phone. i understand a lot thats wrong and everything said here is so right on, i have a brother born in 2012 whos gen alpha and the effects are so clear. he was born around the time i got a kindle, so when he got a little older we were getting netflix and services and very soon video games and so on, and since then his behavior is just insanely different and i do believe that these things cause possible early and easy mental illness and struggles with basic society

[@just-ivann]

I was born in 2010 in Belarus. I didn't know anything about technology and all that kind of jazz. I grew up on the playground and the neighborhood kids. I only got my first phone when I was 8, and I still didn't know what KZbin was. I literally only play jurassic Park Game, some fishing game, and this dragon egg game.

[@Spacebomb36]

Yea

[@Spacebomb36]

I got my first on at 9 and like i stay off the weird parts of the internet cause well it weird and i just dont want to see that kind of stuff

[@nath.350]

I got my first phone last Christmas (im 13 yo😭)

[@niganools1502]

You’re still gen z tho tbh, just late gen z

[@alexglitter2466]

@@nath.350me too

[@LoicCT7567]

As someone born in 2009, i grew up with fixed phones, listened to music on a Walkman with cassettes (still do) and didn't get a ps4 until 2 years ago

[@marawanelgabry]

I was born in 09 and I’m 15 now, but I didn’t get any form of technology until I was 10

[@rennayeah]

That’s crazy that yall 09s can get ur permits

[@najahdixon3801]

@@rennayeahyup, I’m getting mines!

[@thcsienola_772]

@@rennayeahi😊😊😊I i😅😅 lmk kids

[@Kajdat]

Bro it’s so easy to stop scrolling, just go to settings and turn off colour filters. Your screen becomes black and white but it helps since the fluorescent light of the screen keeps you on the phone.

[@ZachSaysYo]

Ok seriously after watching this video all the way through, (being born at the end of 09) this is genuinely opening my eyes to what our future is sadly going to become. Like, seriously, mental disorders will rise, more global division because nobody knows how to talk feuds out, and lots, lots more very major issues. I'm genuinely terrified of what's going to happen within the next decade.

[@reidithink]

It's not even the next decade. I'm gen z and my sister is gen alpha and we can't see eye to eye on anything

[@mikeolehilemokgwabone2375]

What do u expect?leave the ​child alone

[@EmperorOfImperialJapan]

Bro the sheer despair of the people in chat when joe said that people born in 2010 are gen alpha. 😂😂😂

[@TheRealLegoDocOck]

I’m an early Gen Alpha and “Skibidi Ohio Fanum Tax” makes no sense to me, it’s just a random mix of Mumbo jumbo words

[@toasted3632]

Fr, i am an early gen alpha too and I grew up with watching Cartoon Network and Redbox movies with my family. It’s not far to be associated with the toddlers 😭

[@noveltyjerusalem]

​​@@toasted3632 I'm early gen A aswell (13 this year) and I think it's pretty unfair to the toddlers that not even people of their own generation don't wanna be associated with them. They are the biggest victims in this case, they don't need any more hate.

[@jumpyuppy5134]

@@noveltyjerusalem i get that, but I DO NOT want to be associated with "Skibidi toilet" or any of that shit. Im the first year of gen alpha and i just tell people im gen z ngl

[@noveltyjerusalem]

@@jumpyuppy5134 I understand that, stereotypes are annoying.

[@doge3446]

Ong

[@dannyyyyatk]

I feel like boredom is a very important thing, i kinda feel like it shapes ur personality and u find ur own ways to have fun .

[@TheWorldWillNvrLearn]

I’m a 90’s kid and I’m so glad I don’t have social media even to this day! I’m so happy without it! Boredom creates the best games and sometimes the best entertainment

[@ApcTvf]

wha you on youtube, you on social media, youtube is social media, wdym your not. I think your are a litle pooperston

[@implodedbrain3465]

youtube is social media

[@sandeshchechi7811]

then how u watching and commenting on this video???

[@totallywatchable2799]

this is social media not trying to be mean

[@Tyler_The_Dope_Dealer]

this is social media...

[@mmmmcatea]

I remember the time I didn’t know iPad’s existed, I used to be in a bike gang with my friends, biking around, buying ice cream, coming home during sunset

[@destroyerfishy8240]

I have bad attention span, really only because of my severe anxiety, but when I see the stuff these kids do now is just kinda crazy

[@BenBeClownin]

As a 2011 kid (ik im gen alpha, go ahead and throw ur tomatoes) i think its so disappointing how things have changed Until i was about 10, i lived in a pretty poor place where not many people had the internet. Back then me and my friends used to have conversations and actually enjoy nature. Now, since ive moved to a more populated place where everyone has the internet, everythings differant. Instead of actuall conversations, everything is a contest to see who can say the most out of pocket joke in response.

[@Toopavix]

Gen Alpha is genuinely cooked, imagination in childhood is EVERYTHING and these kids that are consuming media over and over. They won't be able to think critically from what it seems. And as member of the Gen Z generation, we had technology, bitch we had iPads, but it wasn't shoved in our face. The fucking races of water on windows during car rides or counting things is an example. Boredom is important in a childs life, because of the fact that when you have nothing, a young imaginative kid is still faced with so much to do just because a kid can think of so much.

[@lobsters12111]

You sound like every generation talking to the generation below them.

[@Spacebomb36]

Oh when i was younger in the car i would count train carts as we passed them and i still do cause its fun.

[@WilsonDaBoss06]

@@lobsters12111it’s true though.

[@lobsters12111]

@@WilsonDaBoss06 Again, every generation says another form of the same thing. Kids these days, right?

[@Toopavix]

Its literally a cycle. Our parents went through the things that we don't think are bad until we experience it ourself, and we wont want our future kids to do it. And they will be in the situation we are in TODAY. And it keeps going@@lobsters12111

[@Ben52810]

2012 is the last year of gen z

[@2wayfans]

Right!!

[@savvy.005]

GEN alpha basically are just very self-absorbed people (not all of them) but majority of them are because majority of their parents give in, and just do whatever the child asks

[@togsana]

In the end it’s just the parents fault because they have no spines and just give them an iPad and leave them alone

[@bunnybunnyrunny]

True, but most children are like that, gen alpha or not

[@togsana]

@@luminary.capcut it is

[@litfiremars]

Im a gen alpha but i dont do this, kinda disappointing to see gen alpha do stuff that arent necessary

[@ronman_the_great]

I also notice gen Z being sucked into this

[@skoots4boots663]

I distinctly remember driving to kindergarten in the car with my pink cup filled with dry cheerios and my mom putting in the Little Mermaid soundtrack CD in the car 😭 I can’t believe cars don’t have CD players in them anymore for gen Alpha

[@heirloom6397]

in like 2012 whenever I was bored I would get really scared cause I would start wondering what if someday I stay bored forever.

[@Abyss1773]

I’m currently in 8th grade and when I was in 6th grade my parents Only let me have a flip phone. Back then I hated it Becuase everyone else had all of these fancy iPhones. Now looking back on it, I’m glad they did

[@Verdun16]

I never got TikTok. I will always think that is the worst thing a child could possibly get.

[@usecode_guest]

nah word cuz seeing that most tiktok users are 10-11 yr olds is scary

[@luminary.capcut]

@@usecode_guestI’ve seen 6 year olds watch TikTok’s before.

[@slickrick75150]

thanks for making me feel old, I was born in 87 you child!! I can remember people having pagers, the first gen where it only showed the number for you to call.

[@mr.penguin296]

Cant believe joe thought people were lying with 15 while i have 13

[@zanewithdasideye]

When I'm old enough I'm gonna try to start a business forcing gen alpha to do stuff with 0 electronics.

[@Crooked-60]

I remember when I was a kid I never really had any sort of technology and for some reason when I was a kid I always used to wake up really early, so since I had nothing to do I would sneak into the other room and watch King Of The Hill or George Lopez until Cartoon Network came on.

[@123isharderthanabc]

I think the internet can have one of 2 effects on people; one he mentions at 17:03 and where you use the diversity of the internet to actually open your mind instead of closing it. There are all kinds of options on the internet if your someone who is willing to read them

[@loganharris1669]

It would be cool to see Joe or someone like Joe on Survivor.

[@musicwrld1822]

I’m 15 and my mother would never let me spend more than 1-2 hours on electronics aka my kindle fire a day when I was younger the problem with now is the outside world is viewed as a secondary option to live life with the first option being the virtual world and that’s what I believe the problem is.

[@Hyyper_]

I was born in 09 and my parents didnt give me a phone until I was idk 12? Back then i was mad at them for not giving me one but, looking back i am glad that i did not have as much contact with technology when i was young.

[@JDT0801]

Bro said back then like it wasn’t like 2 years ago😭😭

[@niganools1502]

@@JDT0801deadass😭😂😂

[@bellaisthestar]

i’m 07 who did grow up with stuff like the XBOX and the Wii but i’m glad my parents made me go outside cuz playing outside with friends and making up stories and imagining situations at the age of 7 was the happiest i’d ever be.

[@mtr.visuals]

I was born in ‘04, I grew up with hotwheels and gi joe and stuff like that. I didn’t get any actual tech until 2012 when I got an Xbox 360. But my younger brother… he got an iPad when he was THREE YEARS OLD. He’s a complete demon spawn after being desensitized by cocomelon and skibbidy toilet. He acts like a drug addict when his iPad dies, and boy… if you take it away, he starts breaking shit and screaming. My best choice was to move out in late 2023. I genuinely do not want to see my brother until he finally matures.

[@IhsanBali-x4m]

Man, i loved hotwheels (i was born in 12)

[@edwardrobinson8027]

I was born in 06 and when i was a kid and was bored, i took my bionicle and lego figures and sank in the most epic, saddest, complex and heartbreaking storyline imaginable.

[@julienyeah_velo]

as a 2013 kid, i hate being gen alpha because back when i was 5 i was out playing with my friends until i got a phone. i still played with my friends but most of my time was watching youtube and tiktok, but when i grew up i was looking at a different prespective when i was watching tiktok and that perspective made me see how bad it was. watching tiktok in 2017 was mid but when it got to 2023-2024 brainrot was made, brain rot has many things like skibidi toilet and sigma edging ect. i just wanna say dont let kids watch skibidi toilet and different brainrot make them watch bluey or just cartoons in general

[@Blusha]

get out of here dawg

[@TheMostMechyGold]

Exactly

[@Walrus498]

@@Blusha2004 here LOL SHUT UP

[@mellebellebo]

@@Blusha shut up i swear we have an 09' kid in out hands

[@TheMostMechyGold]

@@awakenednemesis8867 same

[@Cadh-ln2tx]

My mom and dad "you need to go outside more!" while they're sitting on the couch watching TV for 12 hours

[@allieeeruiz]

i was born in 09 but raised like i was born in 90

[@Nozburger]

im born in gen alpha but the only technology i had until i was 7 was a ds and a wii, good times

[@Isaacthegamer123]

I was born in 2010, and I love your videos, watch them full through and am 13 I love SpongeBob SquarePants in my house. We never got any fancy channels like Nick Junior or Nick Tunes. We only got BBC the British broadcasting service because our house is a very old house Victorian house made in the 1800s, you can’t go outside you That’s how old my house is you can’t really go outside because of the dangers of people being dangerous and maybe kidnapping you so I was stuck inside most of the time when you’ve got a main and also life was good but we had a farm which was my Grandma’s old Farm. Great Grandad originally I would go there every weekend loved it. The first time I got a device was a Kindle iPad, a lovely thing it was still hands up, today as a good device, I like playing with Lego like making tanks and planes. Also went to a school long way away. Only about 50 odd people, but times were simpler then, but now I must cope with people begging me to download TikTok, but I refuse since I do not want the devils app on my phone only 13

[@user_stfub]

5:03 my grandpa actually taught himself Spanish and German with the sports radio so he could listen to it and now he is teaching me because he became a teacher

[@Bilalcane223]

Damn gramps really like that

[@user_stfub]

@@Bilalcane223 ikr he’s lowkey a goat (not the animal but ykwim)

[@siwudhsosiheudisusu]

When bro was speaking "facts" he was reading something on his phone lol

[@karma-cu8lx]

nah he's just that smart

[@BrodciousD17]

I am 14 going on 15 in summer and I had an Amazon fire by 5, but only got to use it for 30 minutes. The devices and social media are a problem, but the parents are too. Also, when someone has a different opinion on the internet, I couldn’t care less. And on top of that, if they want to argue with me about it, I will remove myself if I don’t know enough to argue.

[@warmouse4085]

there’s going to come a time where you find this comment cringe

[@mohamedzahran4115]

Joe sure aint a women but he sure knows how to deliver

[@blocklmao]

🤓

[@SilenceisaW]

@@blocklmaowhat’s with the emoji. He wasn’t talking abt sexism prob about birth

[@JunkMeister.]

@@SilenceisaWbecause this is exact comment is so heavily overused that it’s just cringe now

[@DaHunter-tq2nh]

16:53 Joe was spitting the most facts here If you disagreed you’re part of the problem

[@JSYTT]

Honestly yeah TikTok was most definitely what has ruined most of society today.

[@nelson.stevens.3507]

Dude ‘10 is me but I swear I had the 2000’s childhood, going outside, watching finding Nemo, never really watching anything except when it got dark. Good times.

[@kasparpruul651]

1:31 that is my school tf

[@Griffin_wayne]

😭

[@KenzieTrinityDeasy]

I’m 32, I was born in 91. I remember when KZbin was just starting, I remember making my first MYSPACE account when I was 13 or so. It’s crazy to see the world now. My first cell phone was a NOKIA 5110. Daily Screen time for my phone is 11 hours 27 minutes

[@JacksContent]

BRO I CHECKED MY SCREEN TIME AND I SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 15 HOURS ON YT ALONE (Although I do have yt playing when I'm sleeping for like background noise)

[@Eclipse_RLx]

I have an average of 1hour 23 minutes and use noise buddy o pal

[@YTNxnja]

I was born 09' and I an extremely late Gen Z. But it's glad to grow up with things like flip phones or the old playgrounds with swings and multch. Not to mention the old youtube logo and old google one.

[@thewhatsupbros4911]

bro my average screen time is 11 hours, I thought that was normal

[@Unfunnyfunyname]

bro what

[@thewhatsupbros4911]

@@Unfunnyfunyname Yeah Dogg, I don't know what I was on 5 months ago, I just checked my screen time and now it says 3 hours

[@sushitVA]

My dad lived in a small town so he wasn't able to hangout with friends because his friends lived in the next town over. Because if how bored he was, he would just smoke 😭 He had so little to do that he resorted to drugs

[@chippy7734]

My mood changes to positive so fast when Joe posts

[@t1sd3d]

2:22 slick aren’t you

[@Barrymckociner074]

I was born 2006, i played with grass clibbins, but i thought i was a farmer bailing hay at 10. Good times good times

[@Toestuber]

0:42 left the vid immediately to much talking

[@whimsical_fay]

Ur loss, joe is the best yapper

[@Project_Axiom]

Hargaga lemone moid​@@whimsical_fay

[@sofiako6198]

Joe… yes 👏 I loved this vid, it was so true and as a high schooler who goes to Socratic seminar classes for two hours a day I completely agree that it is essential to learn how to constructively argue with others so that everyone can come to a consensus. Instead of everyone holding their own opinions stubbornly, we really discuss and have open minds, and admit when we were wrong and can see the truth that way. Opinions are not knowledge, knowledge is true, opinions are not always true.

[@SebSellz]

Gen Alpha jus cool like that no cap on skibidi fanum tax 💀

[@TheRealLegoDocOck]

Bro, wtf is this

[@user-qk1vh1uz4e]

He is joking​@@TheRealLegoDocOck

[@PierceWehman]

maybe in ohio with kai cenat

[@istanbool]

​Ohio with Kai cenat rizz* please be careful about what you say ​@@PierceWehman

[@PierceWehman]

oh yeah my fault your the rizzler prob@@istanbool

[@kaidensimpson8824]

massive W to joe for that speech about how being on thwe internet and not social affects the world. im so faded rn

[@RordiandAidensclothing]

Bro changed it with skibidi

[@furrykatten]

Definitely not, haha

[@TheRealLegoDocOck]

Bro, what even does skibidi mean

[@CrilTump]

​@@TheRealLegoDocOckevil

[@naturalbadger5258]

Nah Joe spit some facts right before 20:10 I’ve seen it many times before where people just avoid others because they don’t agree with the other person’s beliefs. 11/10 yap session

[@Morbid_Haunter]

Even though there wasn’t really a moment where I didn’t have technology, I still didn’t really use it when I was young and just played with toys or played out with the neighborhood kids outside.

[@Majin_mercury]

As an 11 yr old gen alpha I must confirm were not ALL iPad kids I got my first iPhone last month and I’m using it rn

[@Fazbear-qy8mo]

I was born 2011 and I have never had a phone or any other device until a year ago unless you count an old flip phone they gave me to talk with them when I was at friends houses. I grew up watching most of the shows from the early to late 2000s. I can’t believe how some of the kids around me have developed. Half of the kids in my class already have Fs in the first week just cause they didn’t turn in a syllabus cause they “have better things to do” They can barely hold a conversation without trailing off to something else. Wish I was born a little sooner.

[@CrilTump]

Born in the wrong generation you say eh? You're delusional if you think this doesn't happen with every generation

[@juliuskrueger]

when i got my first phone i had a fliphone im 15 now and being bored was shit and when i tell my mom i am boreed she says to learn for school or something lol

[@BlackManNamedElite]

I love when Joe spreads my cheeks, jk😂 good vid

[@juliangranados148]

I used to rip up grass as a kid and make “bird nest” on the ground and put my favorite rocks in it. Pretty wholesome memory I’m glad I have

[@CXLY_Dev]

W video already

[@cooperhluschko7538]

W

[@Unnammed._]

I have 11 hours and its “9% less than last week”. Kill me

[@RiverHasALiver]

This all happened because of TikTok 😭

[@HenryEdwards-o9g]

Joe's face 💀21:11

[@Senacacrane]

One of the things I've noticed, from when I was a kid up to now is really just how when I was a kid and you know I'd get on the school bus here at UT some kids' phones and they might be a tad bit engaged but not like they're looking at it all the time now. It's like you know you see kids on the school bus just completely engrossing their phones. No one's talking. That. Just sad. Has anyone else noticed this?

[@JesseDanger]

19:24-19:56 fucking applause for that. Thank you Joe! Couldn't agree more.

[@daablurg3482]

damn i cant believe joe is a philosophical major didnt think he would be interested in that, thats sick man i love that shit to

[@CharlyEdits-xu3th]

I was born in 2011 on the 1st of january, im 13 but I still feel like the point made for 09' kids still stands for me. I got my first phone at 11 bcuz my parents got divorced and up until then i got an ipad when i was 8 and before that I played with my moms phone occasionally.

[@Dark-Phoenix-eg9uy]

born in 05 i agree with the boring part being torture but the grass was crazy i remember when i was bored id catch lizards and make em fight

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

Dude, i was born in 92. I remember having phone books, VCRs, cassette tapes, vinyl records, and home phone landlines. Dial up internet in the country was dogwater. I lived on a farm so i spent lots of time outside. That world is gone. It's like a myth now. I feel like an old relic from a bygone era.

[@gnomewarlord7128]

I must say, despite my young age, I still have a decent grasp of life before the internet. This is a direct consequence of my earlier years as I child. While I am currently a teenager, but I didn't have access to an iPad or really any electronics until I was like 9. I used to spend more time outside playing with the kids in my neighborhood, and living like a ancient Greek. But nowadays, I have resigned from that lifestyle, and I spend a huge part of my day behind a computer or sipping tea whilst reading my favorite of books. Though, I am still very grateful to have witnessed a time where I playing outside was a form of entertainment.

[@julian-y8j]

im eleven and i hate when people say im gen alpha because i am that one of those skibidi toilet kids like im not even gonna lie i still play with my hotwheels some times

[@julian-y8j]

and fyi i was born in 2012

[@victory548]

2012 is gen z tho

[@julian-y8j]

it is?@@victory548

[@ClutcherPG3D]

I am a bit younger (I’m 13) and I had my first tablet at about 6, I was only allowed 15 minutes of educational videos per day. My parents did a great job and did so much research to make sure that they raised a good kid.

[@Isaacthegamer123]

My friends who have TikTok can’t listen to me without getting distractive, have them properly educated on the world, history and geography since I do enjoy history and design technology love that practical work unless it’s science

[@wsspkyu]

YOUR PHILOSOPHICAL TAKES R SO REAL ILY

[@Zenrxn]

i was born in 04, i had access to a xbox, pc, and a phone pretty early on but a lot of my memories from when i was a kid was stuff that wasnt internet based, the internet was more of a side thing for me when i was younger and a majority of my memories come from hanging out with people, going to fun places, or watching my favorite cartoons before school in the morning. the only thing i can remember fondly that was on the internet was watching jacksepticeye, markiplier, and pewdiepie when what i believe was their prime. Also watching the evolution of vr as it got more advanced cause i was super fascinated with it

[@Saidzaki286]

I was born in 2010 if I’d just be born 1 year earlier bro

[@EpicYT-GAMERFORLIFE]

Gen z was 1997-2012

[@davidaltiere5244]

Joes psychology or whatever the hell his major is was really was hittin in this one😭

[@askejohansen5861]

I’m from 05 and had the partly no tech childhood with just watching music videos and funny complications and where we had rock throwing wars and fighting with sticks. Remember being hella exited about getting my older brothers iPod