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[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Well I'm Gen X and I hate X so I'm not sure that argument holds water

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago

Everybody hates Zoom, so that argument doesn't count.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I always took it as just taking boomer and starting with z. ironically xoomer could sorta be pronounced the same the way we use x. millenioomer is to cumbersome.

[–] rooster_butt@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It would be yoomer.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I haven't been a big fan of this millennium, but here I am.

[–] MonsterTrick@piefed.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I had to use it in lockdown and I dislike using it on my phone. If I remember, it was clunky to use and also kick people out the video-call if reached around 30-60mins if they're on a Free-tier.

I hate Zoom with a firey passion and I'm glad you didn't had to witness it

[–] Uri 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hopefully. I was once asked to use it once and refused. And they never asked again 🙃

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

Only a zoomer would hate something they have never used.

[–] Una@europe.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the term Zoomer was given because of the fact that people used Zoom for virtual learning (of which I hated school in general).

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They were called that before covid, I think it’s just gen z+boomer

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is correct.

It came into popularity beginning in 2018. Wikipedia.

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I only started hearing the term well after COVAIDS.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I very clearly remember it from before then. I was like “zoomer, that’s a stupid name” prior to the pandemic.

It’s actually why I’m here, because it had never once occurred to me that it could relate to Zoom, because “zoomer” predates Zoom being used by gen z

[–] notabot@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How/why do you hate a piece of software you've never used? How do you form a reasoned opinion on it without trying it?

[–] Uri 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This thing is a proprietary software, contains trackers, surely has something to do with ai etc etc

[–] notabot@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

Then it's not so much that you hate Zoom, but that you're consciously trying to avoid proprietary software. That's a good stance, and a good principle, but it's not hate for a specific piece of software specifically.

I realize you were just making a quip, but it struck me as so incongruous that I had to ask.