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I noticed that there are a lot of old people on this site and very few Millennials. There are also older people on facebook and twitter, but they tend to be religious and/or conservative. I was wondering why are the vast majority of atheists and skeptics here are a lot older than me when I expected them to be Millennials or even younger.

Krystal_H 4 Dec 20
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Then a person can go on a different site where younger people hang around. Yes most of the older people are on Facebook but more younger people are using Twitter. Most of the current celebrities use Twitter and ones that were famous use Facebook and if a person wants lots of followers on Twitter, always use # hashtags.

Lots of young atheists use Twitter.

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A lot of funny and appropriate replies to @Krystal_H. Maybe, like most of us, she expected this to be more of a dating site and hasn't figured out how much of what goes on here is about community too? It's also good to have your expectations fucked with a bit. Most our age would not be on a site like this. Most but not all... Still "old people" was kinda fucked up! Don't worry Krystal, I at least forgive you. 🙂

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Word9ie walt's comment was great, YES I belive that the anveneical conservating want to develop a group wher thet can pass law and beliefs that's aking is so thye canpass laws on how everyelse must live. They're goint to hate and fall apart when cutrual diversity really beginst to
really evolve

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I think there are lots of young atheists, agnostics abd skeptics - they just have things to do that are so much more fun than nattering away on here or facebook!

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Don't try to steotype age groups it is too simplistic to say if you are in this or that age groupbyour opinions are likely tto be.... what ever. I enjoy learning from old and young alike

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Oh dear, this post seems to have touched a nerve with some of the 'young at heart' in this site. Might I suggest we all agree that support for Atheism and related views has nothing to do with age, but mental outlook and (hopefully) our shared hope for a rational, reason-based world.

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Some of you older people should be writing for SNL.

Tomas Level 7 Dec 21, 2017
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Whoa... no old people here... some just a tad older... kidding.
Thats a curious question, why would you expect atheist/agnostics/skeptics to be youthful?
On occasion, age brings wisdom, or so we think... we’ve been questioning “things” our whole lives, especially the Bible, Jesus, the whole megellah... years later guys like Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris come along, tell us we were right in not buying into the religion crap.
We were 30/40 years calling religion bullshit... so I guess we were in the “head start program” for athiests, you’re just newbies... don’t worry, you’ll catch up... n get old.

Tomas Level 7 Dec 21, 2017
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I think us millennials struggle to figure out what makes them different. It's only when you know what to look for you come here. My hypothesis anyway. But I've just got a thing for old people so what do i know...😛

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Who you callin ‘old?’ Don’t you know that ‘old’s the new middle-aged’ 😉 My daughters laugh at facebook … we’re not even ‘friends.’ Snapchat & Instagram are their platforms, I think..

I feel those ‘your age’ are surrounded by like-minded age-related friends. As you’re forced deeper into society you’ll lose track of those friends and likey learn the oppression and intimidation of religion, assuming you were fortunate enough not to have grown up amid it.

For me, I’ve been impressed at the number of youngsters! - and women! Crap, when I first became active with Atheists you’d show up at ‘a meeting’ to 95% men ..most older than I was.. Well, if you’re concerned with a social evolution away from religion - enjoy the company of those having led the charge ~

Varn Level 8 Dec 20, 2017

Well said.

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Old age brings the following:

  • fading senses. Like - ALL of them.
  • bad short term memory
  • justified crankiness
  • less ego, ironically
  • perhaps some wisdom thanks to life experience

Millenials are characterized as self absorbed entitled spoiled shits raised by helicopter parents who wanted their children to be their buddies. I don't know you, so I'm certainly not applying that description to you, but I have a shitload of nieces and nephews that fit it to a tee.

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Not exactly sure what age is from my perspective maturity outweigh age by megatons.

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I don't think this site is marketing itself to that crowd

GwenC Level 7 Dec 20, 2017
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This was an entertaining read lol.

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I'm not sure millenials can afford access to the internet, what with all their student loans and low pay.

d_day Level 7 Dec 20, 2017
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We've had more time to consider things..

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Who you calling OLD?

@irascible 57 here, but I can say I do not look a day older than 56 and a half have experienced the same thing 🙂

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Maybe it's because us old atheists and agnostics have lived in a world seemingly dominated by religious people longer and learned how to cope with them quietly. Also, I believe that for most people, becoming an agnostic or atheists is a long process involving both unlearning some things and finding a solid basis for not believing.

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Sorry Krystal, to make you feel you've wandered into the "brain gymnastic for the elderly" or something. My daughters are too busy to spend time here. They'd be more your age. And a lot of young men are too busy playing computer games.

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Hey thanks Krystal, I didnt think i was an old person till now LOL

With a name like Funeralgirl, it's a 'dead' giveaway.

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I'm 57. I'm not offended at being referred to as "old" so, I'll answer this as honestly as I can given that there isn't a definitive reason for it.

My generation is full of the IT guys that (25 years ago) were building the Internet and the tools that you use to access it. We're very active on social media everywhere.

And, as far as your observation that my generation on Facebook and Twitter tend to be religious and/or conservative, you're just mistaken. The vast majority of my friends on my social media accounts are like minded with me. Most of them are pretty liberal.

This place is still pretty new from what I understand. Given more time, I'm sure you will find many more of your kind on here. Have you invited any?

Duke Level 8 Dec 20, 2017
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you can get more points and get to higher levels faster if you recruit people to the site

And the benefits are...???

thought getting to a higher level would entertain a millenial like winning at gaming . its just a number

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they havent heard of the site yet?

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Can you speak louder I CAN'T HEAR THAT WELL?

godef Level 7 Dec 20, 2017

what was that? you can't get out of the whale?

LOL

@btroje Come on! I'm trying to eat my lunch and you caused me a great coughing fit! 😉

@kmdskit3 even geezers have skills

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older people have time for more wisdom. it's not young men who send the old to war to die.

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