• UPGRAYEDD@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      No one from the 30’s is still alive?? I better go check on my grandparents.

      Also, why the downvote? I was just adding more explanation to a conversation about an idea.

      • Globulart@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        I haven’t downvoted you bud…

        Generation means something very specific when you’re talking about the last generation of humans, being alive doesn’t make you the same generation as everyone else currently living.

        Your grandparents by definition are 2 generations older than you are. That’s how they became grandparents.

        • UPGRAYEDD@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          Sorry, i just assumed we were at a point where no one other than the 2 of us would be reading this deep.

          Yes that is how generations work. But generations in general is a very loose term. If somone in my grandparents’ generation didnt have kids, they would still be the last generation.

          But it really doesnt matter. The point is that humanity has only had this ability in the last 100 years or so

          • Globulart@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            1 year ago

            Agreed. It’s just your original point really sounded like you meant people today are worrying about it for the first time in history.

            I gotcha now :) x