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Thing I have noticed about millenial/zoomer "debate"
| Diamond Dallas Trump | 10/30/25 |
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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:43 AM Author: Diamond Dallas Trump When I was coming up on the gaming forums during the True Console Wars, the primary method of argumentation was logic and evidence based, often with detailed bulleted lists that interlocutors would refute point by point. Even the typical junior high kid could present a structured, well-reasoned defense of his favorite console, formed from his own opinions and research.
That is very different from today. Trolling forums likely with heavy contingents of millenials and zoomers, what I am seeing is that their most popular method of "argumentation" is to liken your opinions to those of such-and-such influencer, which is then treated as prima facie discrediting them. It is entirely foreign to them that a "take" might be the author's own opinion, because they have never formed any opinions themselves. The only opinions that exist in their eyes are those that have been curated and disseminated by influencers. They entirely lack the ability to dissect and respond to any argument through the application of logic, and can only debate by analogy to the "takes" of influencers.
Many of these people are in their 20s and 30s now, yet lack the reasoning abilities of the typical seventh grader from our generation. I am pretty sure there has been an average IQ loss of 15-20 points over the last 30 years. |