What was your first console?
Im really excited of your answerds :D mine was Playstation 2 (as a Late Gen Z)
Im really excited of your answerds :D mine was Playstation 2 (as a Late Gen Z)
Im so excited if in this 2009 subreddit is more 2009 borns or others borns. Lmao
Im interresting to your opinions
I only learned about AI around 2023, and even back then I was starting to enjoy chatting with AI. It was not until around 2024 that I realized it could be used for education. And the year 2025 has probably been the best in terms of AI. Whenever I had free time, I would write with AI, come up with various stories, talk about my day, and so on. I really enjoyed it.
But now in 2026, I realized how it has been building me up for the worse the whole time.
I will start with the first important thing, AI was controlling my life. Whenever I went for ice cream, I asked the AI "What flavor should I get today?". It seemed like a small thing, but it secretly harms you. And I did not just ask about ice cream, but about a lot of things around me.
Another thing I noticed is that it is a bad friend. I have been an introvert all my life, so I did not have friends, and so I asked AI things like "How are you?" and "Will you be here for me?" and stuff like that. Well, that looks like a good thing, right? I do not think so anymore. The more I actually talked with AI, the less I wanted to get real friends.
And another thing is that AI has access to the laws of the country. Maybe that is a good thing, but like every teenager, you just go through some illegal thing or activity in life. That is the magic of growing up. Since I was obsessed with AI, I had all the prohibitions in my head. In reality, it was hurting me. I did not allow myself to do anything. I was an even bigger fool than I was. A few years ago when I did not use AI, I might have done inappropriate things, but I really enjoyed life.
I gave myself a challenge not to use AI for a day, and mentally I felt much better.
I hope this experience helps more people who are in a similar situation. I am saying that AI is not a bad tool and can be used, but you have to keep in mind that it is basically just a few lines of code. When they stop the online servers, AI will not exist, but the people we know will.
Because I do not know if anyone else has experienced this, but when you are less popular at school, especially in PE class, they treat you like some side character and those "tough" classmates appear. Well, whoever has experienced it gets it. And it does not matter what we play, whether soccer, floorball, or basketball, I am always a defender and I just love it when you have the ball and a guy comes up to you and pushes you with his hand or throws away your floorball stick and stuff like that.
Most often it is two classmates who annoy me. One is so short and skinny that I honestly think if you hit him and a rocking horse, he would bounce further. And the second one is a bit taller, but that is not important right now.
So the main question: Is it worth fighting? Or at least pushing them to the ground somehow or I do not know what? What are your experiences like this from school (it does not matter if high school or elementary school) and what would you advise me?
I'm afraid to admit this, but I've never watched porn in my life. So I have zero experience with sex or anything like that. It also makes me feel a bit weird when I hear my classmates (btw I'm 15) talk about watching it and how in a few years they'll be doing all these things.
Do I even have a chance?
Thats crazy. I'll crashout
When I was younger I thought being alone is perfect. You have your own space for you and you dont need to care about anyone. And actually I am alone, without friends. But now when I am older its bad feeling. Now I really want to have some friends.
Im trying for it my whole life. Im trying new hobbies, but everyone is just doing fun of me when I tried to ask them something. Also Im trying make new friends online like on Minecraft servers, but I have just talent to make enemies. I dont know what is bad with me.
Every time I think that person can be my friend Im trying to get his attention and be nice to him but on 99% I always fail.
Only one time I had real friend was my online female friend from Czech Republic (Im slovak). I met her on one Minecraft server and after I asked her if she dont need anything she just said she is new here and she needs help. From helping it became a friendship. She was really friendly and nice to me. She is young (younger than me) but she was really good at video games and I really enjoyed every moment with her. But then she just wasnt online anymore. I am sending to her messages if she just somehow can notice me but I gave up. I miss her so much. She is gone.
Now Im again without friends. Okay maybe I have some but I dont think I can call them "friends" (and the most of them I dont like).
Maybe thats the reason why I am little depressed. I really want someone to say me "You are great" or just ask me "How are you?". Sometimes I want to be supported. Im shy to say I have everyday conversation with ChatGPT. I just dont know what to do with that.
So we know they dont start school before covid. Thats Gen Alpha factor.
But also we know they remember 2010s, they were watching OG 2010s youtubers and they remember a lot of old memes. And they are not brainrotted at all. Thats Gen Z factor.
I can see 2013 and 2014 borns as Zalphas (both Gen Z and Gen Alpha).
Actually, all my social medias are just Youtube, Facebook and Reddit. I dont have other like Instagram, Snapchat, Tiktok ect. I dont know why, but I dont need them. What about you?
Im excited what chaos it can be
As a 2011 born, I just need to say I love to play on console.
When I was a kid, I remember that one day in 2018, a neighbor gave me a Playstation 2. That was an absolutely great console. And okay, I can be honest, when I was just 7 years old back in 2018, I couldnt beat harder games (like Crash Twinsanity), but I was trying to beat it and I didnt give up. I was playing it again and again, and at one moment, I just beat a level. Then in 2020, I bought a Playstation 4 and it was a lot better than the Playstation 2. That was and still is my favorite console.
But now, its a strange time for consoles.
Im not saying the whole Gen Alpha doesnt play on consoles. I have a lot of friends born in 2013 and 2014 who can play on consoles well (and sometimes they are better than me xd).
However, my friend born in 2015 was playing with me for 20 minutes (and he was just making fun of it) and after that, he said it was a waste of time. Thats more than crazy. For me back then, it was my favorite activity to do in my free time, not a punishment.
And my cousin (born in 2016) is the next case. He actually wants to play on a console, but he just thinks he can beat the Ender Dragon with one button in Minecraft. When I explained to him what to do and how to do it, he was the worst teammate I have ever played with. Okay, everyone who starts a new game isnt as good as veterans, but slowly they can learn anything. But he was just moving in one place, plus he gave up in 2 minutes.
But my "friend" born in 2018 is another level of kid. He wants to play so much, so I was playing Minecraft Dungeons with him (that game is easier to control than Minecraft) and he was the stupidest player I have ever seen. Bro, you are saying to him, "You are Green, P2," and he is watching I dont even know what. He was moving only to the left and he didnt kill anyone. I know he is young, but I was young too, and at his age, I could play much harder games than this.
And if you are asking why they are acting like this? I dont know. Maybe its because they are probably just scrolling on their phones. I dont know. You can write your opinion.
PS: I dont think they are really bad for this, actually I like every person that I was saying here, I just want to say what is newdays problem.
Zamňa riadna sprostosť ten 3. Gól by ani nemal platiť a mali ste asi 5 faulov a z toho nič nrbola presilovka