[ska]

Pretty big jump to make from the article. There have always been people around who embrace anachronism, and teens who find unusual ways to differentiate themselves.

I'm not saying you are necessarily wrong, but we have nowhere near enough information to make such a judgment.

[jaredhallen]

Also, both could be true. It doesn't have to be this binary situation where he either was or wasn't "parentified." Isn't everyone a product of their experiences? Seems another reasonable is that of course he was influenced by his upbringing. AND he had fpund something with which he identifies and takes joy. May it cause him grief over time? Maybe, bit the same thing could be said for lots of things adolescents do.

[csdvrx]

> There have always been people around who embrace anachronism,

TBH I love tech from the 1990s and before: CGI, terminals, sixels etc and I refuse to carry a cellphone (though it's ok to have one at home, plugged 24/7)

I didn't realize it before, but I now I can see how I embrace being anachronistic :)

[bee_rider]

That’s just good taste, technology peaked in the 90’s, before dark patterns infected everything. The 40’s were a while ago.

[zozbot234]

https://gwern.net/improvement has a good counter to that particular argument.

[csdvrx]

I posted it on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38689459#38689872 along with a summary of this discussion to provide context

[zozbot234]

Discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22441865

[csdvrx]

I'm not fully retro (I use Wayland for hyprland) but I'm sure there must have been some great stuff in the 1940s.

It's just that I don't know it. Maybe if I did, I would love it like he does?

[solarmist]

I took it as a speculation, if that comment is true, then ...

[ska]

> I took it as a speculation,

Ok but it's pretty groundless speculation then.