266
Lemmy be like
(lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2025
266 points (95.5% liked)
Microblog Memes
10828 readers
278 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
RULES:
- Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
- Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
- You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
- Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
- Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
- Absolutely no NSFL content.
- Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
- No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.
RELATED COMMUNITIES:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
My grandma was born in 1929, grandpa in 1926, so they'd be 97 and 100 next year, and were approaching their 20s in the 40s. But that's just me. I'm not even 40. There are plenty of people on Lemmy over 40, 50, 60. ๐
Most people here are under 40.
Your grandma was only 16 when the war ended, so she didn't do a thing in it.
Most kids are born before their parents turn 30, so for most people who are currently 40 years old their grandparents were too young to fight in the war.
Even if you're grandma was older and your grandparents could have did anything in WW2, you'd still be in the minority for "most people on Lemmy".
Uh huh, uh huh. But you didn't say that at first.
You said:
And I'm saying there's plenty of them. Especially since the older you are, the older your grandparents are/would have been then. And I said I'm not even 40. So for those who are 40 and up, their grandparents would likely have been even older.
I just think you exaggerated a bit in your first take, that's all. And that's fine.
some families just have spread out generations, too. my bio family has 5 generations in the same span my wife's has 4. i'm the second oldest of the grandchildren on my side of the family, my wife is the second youngest of the great-grandchildren on her side of the family.
Sure, but 5 generations isn't exactly an average situation. Maybe not even 4. So on average I still maintain my assumption that there are plenty of people here on Lemmy with grandmothers who were older than 15 during the early 40s. โ
5 generations in 120 years is unusual?
7 would be unusual, 4-6 seems normal
I am thirty. My grandfather fought in WWII. Just because I'm in the minority doesn't mean we don't exist, let alone that generalisations are valid.
My generalizations are perfectly valid, because they're completely true. YOU are not most people, or most families. You are in a very large minority here, by being over 29, and being so young but had a grandpa who fought in the war. You're well below 5% out of the federation here.
*Final note to add: I specifically said (along with the original post) "grandma's". Not grandpa's. So your pawpaw fighting in WW2 isn't any validation as a sound argument. An old man will marry and have kids with a young woman. It seldom goes the other way around.