• papalonian@lemmy.world
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      Slightly off topic, but it just dawned on me that the youngest generation might not have as universal of a childhood compared to some before.

      Like, everyone in school knew what SpongeBob was. Maybe you didn’t have a TV or you didn’t like watching it, but you knew the characters and the general gist of what happens in the show.

      With kids on such giant platforms like YouTube, there’s so much variety, I wonder if the “brand recognition” will be as strong in 10 years.

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        51 minutes ago

        I’m sure most kids know about Skibidi Toilet, the Paul brothers and Mr Beast.

        What’s worse, is that the Paul brothers and Mr Beast use their influence to promote products directly to the children. Like Prime.

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        I’ve noticed with my kids it’s more about streamers. They all know them by name. They’ll talk about their latest videos like we would with TV show episodes.

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        They seem to be talking about it (and by extension streaming) as a replacement for TV. But TV was still a big thing 18 years ago.

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    That seems like an older millennial. It’s younger millenials and gen z that are swinging conservative.