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[–] [email protected] 274 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

Millennials are old enough to remember analog cameras and photos of people with red eyes. Man, people need to update their definition of which generation is “young.”

[–] [email protected] 126 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The oldest millennials are in their early 40s now but to boomers they will always be teens.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Using the most common definition of those born 1981-1996: Oldest millennials turn 44 this year, youngest turn 29. Next year we'll officially transition to "30s to mid 40s."

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow thanks I'm going to go cry now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't leave me high. Don't leave me dry-igh-igh...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

And people acting like "boomers" are now usually Gen-x.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

True. It is not a boomer who made that meme. It is either a troll or yet another bitter Gen X.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

: Takes a sip of a juice pouch:

It is true. A millennial becomes more bitter with age.

: smacks tongue, eyes roll back as though recalling a childhood memory:

But millennials have these... : swishes liquid millennial over palate:

Bracing tannins that challenge you and require further observation.

: Looking at cup:

And he pondered, how DID he find himself at some sort of pre-historic blood ritual? Was this not his beautiful wife? Was this not his beautiful car?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

As far as mental maturity goes I skipped from 15 to 65, which is to say I've never truly behaved as a normal adult free of childish and/or eccentric whims.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Even the digitals you had in the 00's didn't have very good red eye correction (if any at all)

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago

I distinctly remember the first digicams to be worse than analogue in this regard

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It was so bad that the PC software that came with the camera often had a red eye removal feature. I remember being fascinated when I figured out you could use it on things other than eyes and it just took the red out of anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did it do some form of automatic eye detection or did you have to manually select the eyes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You had to select the eyes. The software I remember had a little square box that popped up, and you moved it over the eyes and clicked to remove the red eye.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I immediately jumped to magical thinking and every person you took a picture of was robbed of blood.

Before anyone asks, yes, I'm on the line with RL Stine as we speak.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Red eye correction didn't come to the default camera app on iPhones until 2013.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

My oldest nephew was born in 2003 and I was still having to manually remove red eye using Paintshop Pro 7 from my mum's digital photos of him when was about 6 or 7.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Millenials" just means "people younger than me" now.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And at the same time, “boomer” means anyone over 50, somehow. Soon I will be a boomerlennial.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a Xennial, this terrifies me, but I'm thankful I'm old enough to dodge the draft when the first round happens.

I hope I never have to utilize the skills GI Joe taught me.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago

Hell, even the older Gen-Z grew up with analog cameras, VHS players, paper maps, and no computers.

I'm not sure people realize zoomers are almost 30, and millennials are nearing 50.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

im 40. im a millenial.

...im old

<.<

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Wait until they find out about GenAlpha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Red eye happens because of the flash. So still happens on digital cameras. It’s just nowadays they automatically detect and correct for it after the shot has taken. Or some cameras can do a pre flash before the flash for the shot fires or a light turns on when you half press the shutter button. That way the pupil will shrink and less light will enter the pupil and not light up the back of the eye.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I hate cameras that do the pre-flash with a burning passion, there's a period in time where every (flash) photo of me either has me with my eyes closed or visibly straining to keep them open.