Reddit, and primarily game forums and Tumblr before that. I was but a sprout myself at the time, though.

Oh man, I'm so seen

over forty crew, represent

Mostly I wanted to emphasize that we aren't all borderline literal children here, but yes, the average age is probably higher.

Feels like the average age is 15 whenever the discussion topic is political.

No, no, there's definitely an at-least college-age level of idiocy going on in political topics.

37-year-old

36

male

Last time I checked

working

Yep

in tech or IT.

Ah, driving instructor. Cars are tech, though, right?

Close enough!

I miss the old internet. I feel we lost so much along the way. It was wild, but it didn't feel like everything just existed just to sell you something. Or sell your data.

Oh nice, I'm bringing the average down

.............just

I’m over forty and act like a child constantly

Hang on, give me a second to get up

My number is > that, but I wouldn't describe myself as "not a kid"

There are a lot of us non-techies here, but you sure outnumber us

I came to lie down
I came to lie down
Get on the couch don't make a sound

I know you are, but what am I?!

We’re all neurodivergent furries though.

29 - miss
Male - hit
Engineer - hit

2/3 as well.

A modern car can have over a hundred different ECUs (electronic control units), all a little computer in itself, controlling the engine, brakes, seat heating and entertainment system etc.

If anything, you are working with MORE tech than a regular IT guy.

Let's be honest, Lemmy may not be the most difficult site on the internet, but the fact that it requires more thought than "sign up" is gonna drive away a lot of casual users of social media. Like the young ones.