I’m 43. Internet nerd since ’88. 27 years online. Narrowly avoided Neckbeard my whole life so far, even though I have a beard on my neck.
Got over my conspiracy-theoriness between 1983-1984, obsessed with “Chariots of the Gods” and ancient aliens, Nostrodamus, and The Illuminati.
1984. I was 12 years old.
X-files came around in the 90s. Couldn’t believe people were buying it left and right. But they did. I didn’t watch the show for years because it was the same shit I read about 10 years BEFORE.
Now. 2015.
Generation Z mocks conspiracy theorists of their PARENTS generation quite freely while playing Super Smash Bros Brawl in their 420noscoped smokeweedeveryday jetfueldoesntmeltsteelbeams language. And I think it’s freakin’ AWESOME. Best Generation since… well, it was better than mine.. and GenY – GenY were too serious. They believed X-Files was fact. They still do.