Other than the TikTok-headed part, the phrase could easily be applied to at least as far back as the 80s (NES) depending on definition of game-playing. Before then, there was foosball and pinball. Nevermind the kids that play card/board games. Also, while not staring at a phone implying smart phone use, it was often said about teens having a phone growing out of the shoulder from them constantly being on the phone with friends.

So, yeah, kids these days...are just like the generations of kids before them.

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xboxnolifes a minute ago | parent | next [-]

Kids these days ruining their brain by writing things down.

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mghackerlady 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And what is tiktok if not MTV on steroids

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dylan604 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's personalized and made by peers vs professional Hollywood productions. Of course, I'm thinking about original MTV and not whatever it evolved into with reality crap programming.

	▲	mghackerlady 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Right, but it still has the same kind of energy as MTV. Music, counterculture (to en extent), and crude humour. It got to the point where when Beavis and Buthead got a reboot, they reacted to tiktoks

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chadgpt3 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which is a good thing.