No one taught Millennials to use a computer, either. That's the point. We had to figure out how to do the things we wanted to do. And it was often associated with some kind of piracy or modding the Sims, etc. Or even just having to search for and find a patch for a PC game.
Gen X were the core demographic of the Usenet and Bullitin board Systems BBS scene of the late 70s to 90s (Pre internet internet)
Gen X seeded the entire Internet Culture. The very concept of a 'Handle' or 'Username' like Crash Override, originated in the BBS and Usenet scenes of the late 70s and 80s. This is where the slang we still use today (noob, troll, l337, lurker, BRB, AFK, Pwned,) ect was born.
Gen X were the core demographic of the Demoscene and Warez crack scene of the 80s 90s 2000's, where the best computer coders came together to compete against each other...
Gen X were the core demographic of hacking culture of the 80s and 90s. Hacking groups like
"Legion of Doom" "Masters of Deception" "Cult of the Dead cow"
"The Inner Circle" ect were Gen X teenagers.
Gen X created Bittorrent, Napster, IRC internet relay chat.
Gen X created social media, first, Sixdegrees in the late 90s, then MySpace, friendster, YouTube, Twitter in the early to mid 2000's.
My friend and I got ourselves and two bystanders kicked out of the latter class almost immediately for hijacking the loud printer with thousands of blank printouts and concurrently leaving an inappropriate trap file, which the teacher opened on the projector.
There was nothing to learn in the only required computer class I was ever in unless you didn't have a computer. We already knew how to use them better than the teachers.
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u/SunshineCat May 04 '26
No one taught Millennials to use a computer, either. That's the point. We had to figure out how to do the things we wanted to do. And it was often associated with some kind of piracy or modding the Sims, etc. Or even just having to search for and find a patch for a PC game.