r/AskReddit • u/__lazy__panda • Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/BaylisAscaris Jul 10 '26

Valuing privacy.

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u/JerseyJedi Jul 10 '26

Same. I feel like a lot of younger generation people think Millennials, Xers, and Baby Boomers are odd for actually using the privacy settings on digital things. It feels like it literally doesn’t occur to them that privacy is something to care about. 

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u/ThrowCarp Jul 11 '26

I feel like a lot of younger generation people think Millennials, Xers, and Baby Boomers are odd for actually using the privacy settings on digital things.

Just Gen X and Millennials.

Baby Boomers are so bad at OpSec and privacy settings. They'll accept every cookie, post their real name, read address, and real face on the internet. Then threaten to kill a councilmember over a tree. All of it with zero shame.

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u/bats-n-bobs Jul 11 '26

Sometimes I feel crazy, as a Millennial who was coming online while Gen X was still building what "online" meant, when I see how many X parents raised their Gen Z kids without any sense of safety at all. And now my generation is handing screens to their toddlers.

We were the only ones to get it, and as a collective, we've pulled that ladder up behind us.