This is a moving story about a cafe in Japan that allows house-bound people to join in with society and find a purpose, using remotely operated robotic avatars.

    • drspod@lemmy.mlOP
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      9 hours ago

      You made a tasteless joke because you didn’t watch the video.

      Watch the video.

      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        I apologize. I’m an elder millennial so asking me to watch a whole video instead of read something violates the social contract that once was. I’d delete but I’d rather leave it up as a cautionary tale for other old people.

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          30 minutes ago

          Noted. Won’t watch.

          Will play tetris and look down one of those red binoculars that you put picture disks in.

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            7 hours ago

            They have a point. I’m an elder millennial and I abhor being sent a video. I prefer text based news, and usually don’t intentionally click videos. But on the other hand, that’s probably more because I have to be in the right setup to watch a video (where I can dedicate my attention to it without disturbing anyone or being disturbed), and so my preference is text.

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            8 hours ago

            I was born in 1981 so, in the United States at least, I’m considered an “elder millennial” rather than Generation X or a Baby Boomer. It’s a silly thing but we give our generations names.

            When I was growing up, Google didn’t exist (much less YouTube) so watching a video was a pain in the ass. It took whole ass minutes to download, you needed RealPlayer/codecs, and then half the time, it could have been a text article that took 30 seconds to read. So, asking someone to watch a video that could have been an article was considered rude. Now, it’s probably the opposite and video is preferred.

            It’s a bit similar to “this meeting could have been an email” but I meant no disrespect. It’s just that I’m old and prefer text Internet to video.