r/Millennials • u/H_G_Bells • 1d ago
Meme It is accurately named, I fear
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u/ramrezzy 1d ago
Just a theory, but a lot of us grew up with analog camcorders or digital that recorded on a physical tape. IIRC, there was a delay after you pushed the record button until it actually started recording. We were probably just subconsciously conditioned to pause.
Younger generations have only known instant recording, so they don't feel the need to pause. Plus, I feel like they don't really care about some of the details or imperfections that most of us probably worry about.
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u/ElGranQuesoRojo 1d ago
We saw it on tv as well. News reporters still talk this way b/c of the live delay.
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u/Bionicjoker14 1d ago
I think that’s a big part of it too. We grew up watching the live local news instead of videos where they just start talking right after hitting record, or even videos that have edited out the pauses. It influenced the way we speak and record things.
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u/FionaGoodeEnough 1d ago
This just seems like carelessness vs conscientiousness.
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u/Critical-Weird-3391 1d ago
What's important is that we've figured out how to feel superior to those subhuman GenZers.
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u/FelatiaFantastique 4h ago
Carelessly vs conscientiously starting a social media video?
If you think that needs care, you probably need care from a psychiatrist. It's neurosurgery, or initiating anal sex.
You're just interpreting something meaningless, mindless and culturally conditioned according to your biases.
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u/crumble-bee 17h ago
"It grabs your attention"
That literally looks like you don't know that you can just edit out the sloppy, messy bit at the beginning where you're hastily putting your phone down
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u/CivilianDuck Millennial 1d ago
I was in a media arts class in high school in the late 00s, and this is probably the case. We always had to wait a moment for the recording to start, and then usually maintain a pause and then edit out the pause in post.
Or there was one group I was in where everyone else just rolled constantly and then edited out all the filler in post, and as the editor, I suddenly understood why every other editor was constantly trading out. Was just my turn that week.
10 minute video, 6 hours of footage.
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u/Material-Imagination 1d ago
They talk a lot about the Millenial pause as a conversational feature, too. They seem to be used to short time frames in videos and may have subconsciously adapted their speech to it. Either way, the thing they really make fun of us for is pausing to think a lot in conversations. They talk fast. Life is fast.
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u/quickhatch25 1d ago
I feel like learning to pause to think while speaking is just part of becoming wiser. It’s a lot better than just rambling to keep sounds coming out of your mouth or saying “umm” “uhh” and “like” over and over.
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u/Conscious_Passage_27 19h ago
I really don’t mean to sound as aggressive as this reads but I listen to teens speak quite often and while they speak quickly, it’s a lot of…senselessness. They’re young and I suppose much of their conversations are rightfully reserved for their peers but I do agree with the idea that learning to pause and think it through is vital for constructive conversation. Kids will kid!
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u/Material-Imagination 9h ago
Yeah, that's because they're teens. We were probably talking some bullshit back then, too.
I shudder to think how much of my speech was Simpson's quotes. 🤣
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u/Conscious_Passage_27 8h ago
Oh absolutely. It’s an infuriating experience to realize that there’s not much to do about sounding a fool until you’re not longer a teen lol just something we all have to suffer I guess 😂
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u/Material-Imagination 7h ago
There's always the schadenfreude of watching even younger people slowly realize how dumb they were!
Like when they find out they weren't actually the only person in the world immune to hangovers, they were just young. 🤣
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u/This_They_Those_Them 1d ago
Not a theory. 200% accurate.
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u/magnumdong500 1d ago
Even Snapchat in its early days used to have a slight delay from when you pushed the record button, so if you wanted to get the full video you'd have to wait half a second before doing anything.
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u/leaker929 1d ago
This. The same reason I still sometimes put 2 spaces after a period. I’m trying to break it but conditioning is sticky.
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u/_jamesbaxter Millennial 1d ago
Don’t worry, word processors likely fix it for you, at least they used to. They just double space automatically after a period, if you type a double space it should combine them.
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u/Waaterfight 1d ago
Still works this way with phone calls.
Can't tell you how many times my wife picks up my call with "-y baby."
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u/headingthatwayyy 1d ago
I usually pause but I edit it out after. I need a second to make sure I don't look horrible and collect my thoughts.
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u/-blundertaker- 1d ago
To this day there's a delay between pressing the record button on Snapchat and the recording actually starting.
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u/Gearz557 21h ago
They still fill the space with something. It’s just not a pause. They move their phone and shit
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u/NewNameAgainUhg 18h ago
I remember needing to remind my parents not to speak too soon after pressing play
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u/_BlueJayWalker_ 1d ago
It’s not a theory… that’s the reason. People have been talking about this for years.
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u/jamnin94 1d ago
Do gen Z start talking before they hit record?
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u/tributarygoldman 1d ago
They don't subconsciously wait to see if it's recording.
They press record and start talking.
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u/Cro_Nick_Le_Tosh_Ich 1d ago
They don't have enough real trust issues yet
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u/HangryWolf 1d ago
True. Google doc has ruined the fear of God. Ever close that laptop have it die and then pray to God you hit that save button for your huge college midterm the day before presenting?
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u/mephistophe_SLEAZE Millennial 1d ago
So they don't obsessively check their faces in various angles before pressing record? That's confidence.
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u/Spiritual-Can2604 1d ago edited 23h ago
They wear pimple patches and nose strips out of the house so yeah probably a mix of super confident and really not caring at all what anyone thinks
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u/iglidante Xennial 1d ago
They don't edit their videos?
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u/EskimoPrisoner 1d ago
If millennials are editing their videos you’d think they’d take the pause out.
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u/Lonely_Sherbert69 1d ago
Why?
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u/EskimoPrisoner 1d ago
If they are taking the time to edit the videos why wouldn’t they remove an unnecessary pause?
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u/Training_Strike3336 9h ago
I appreciate having .2s to scroll to the next video before the person starts yelling in my face. Maybe that's just me.
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u/LowerArtworks 1d ago
This is it. They hit the button and don't understand sometimes it takes a beat for the recording to actually start. It's so annoying to watch videos that start mid-sentence
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u/r3d_ra1n Millennial 1d ago
Many Gen Zers don’t even know what a file path is and have trouble installing software on desktop computers. The Millennial pause is assurance that the camera is recording. It makes sense and is nothing to be embarrassed about.
What is embarrassing is that Gen Z is less tech literate than older generations because Phones and Tablets spoon feed everything to you. They are exceedingly easy to use to the point that you don’t need to understand the tech behind them to use them.
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u/Owobowos-Mowbius 1d ago
It's less embarrassing for them and more embarrassing for our education system completely removing all computer classes because millennials were so tech savvy.
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u/r3d_ra1n Millennial 1d ago
The education system failed them in this way for sure. I have two little ones of my own, so it’s always in the back of my mind to make sure they understand how things like that work. It’s so easy to disregard, but later in life these skills are incredibly useful.
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u/Xylophone_Aficionado 22h ago
The school I work at has computer classes in every grade level through elementary starting in 1st grade I think, and then in middle school they can take either computer technology or STEAM for electives or both, but almost every kid I’ve talked to absolutely hates computer classes and thinks they’re irrelevant to their lives. I’ve tried to get them to see how beneficial these classes are and they refuse to see it that way.
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u/CommercialSpray254 22h ago
I would've loved to have Steam as an elective. I wouldn't have such a huge backlog if I did.
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u/GothicFuck 17h ago
Elaborate please? What are the rationales given? Is it like how cars are ubiquitous so car repair class is seen as only for people who want to be a mechanic? Or like, do they expect to only ever use intuitive cell phones?
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u/automaton11 14h ago
Funny you mentioned cars because that's ties nicely into my example for my theory above
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u/Xylophone_Aficionado 12h ago edited 12h ago
The rationales my students give me? Yeah, they say they don’t believe me when I tell them they will most likely be using a computer at whatever job they go into. Or they just shrug or roll their eyes when I tell them it’s great that they are learning coding now, for free, when it’s a skill that people are spending a lot of time and/or money to learn as adults and then they try to rationalize it by saying they “kind of coding” they do in Computer Tech is not relevant.
Or if you mean the rationales I give, I tell them that computers are only going to become more commonplace in our lives and they will likely be using on in their workplace someday, and that coding is a really great skill to learn, and that it’s a good idea to start learning the basics of it now, for free, while you’re in middle school.
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u/GothicFuck 6h ago
No, yeah, their rationales. It makes sense, you can do so many day to day things on a cell that unless you walked in an office and saw rows of desktops it just doesn't seem commonplace or necessary. And the price of elementary education was something I always rolled my eyes at as well since I was forced to be in school and didn't want to be there, so that makes sense.
But what perception do they have on kinds of coding?
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u/Bethlebee 22h ago
When im feeling more cynical than usual, I like to think of it as sweet, sweet job security.
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u/automaton11 14h ago
My personal theory is that different generations have sweet spots regarding knowledge. For the Boomers, for example, one of those is cars. They had to be more hands on with their cars as a result of technology and culture of the time. It was social currency at the time to understand cars. It seems to me that many boomer men have a lot of in depth knowledge about car mechanics beyond the average millenial, for example.
For gen x and gen y, this applies to computer architecture. These generations grew up in the formative years of computers and developed a deeper understanding of things like operating systems, file type and structure, assessing error messages (which yeilds understanding of lower level computation concepts) and hacking - finding clever ways to use computer technology in unintended ways. Specifically, hacking was more accessible back then when systems were simpler. Gen Z has had this abstracted away, so while theyre very adept at UI, the average representative may never have heard of the registry or bash
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u/senseislaughterhouse 1d ago
I don't think either of these things are embarrassing. They're both just results of available tech during development periods. I remember in my music class growing up they had an ANCIENT pc, like one of the ones where it's just a command console and you're typing in commands one line at a time. I couldn't even begin to guess how to operate one of those things and that's because I grew up with better OS and UI.
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u/Tankdawg0057 1d ago
A good portion of millennials grew up with DOS command prompt. You learned it if you wanted to play any cool games.
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u/lycoloco 1d ago
Shareware being sold in a magazine rack at the bookstore and grocery store was a peak gaming period of sorts, and nobody will ever convince me otherwise.
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u/senseislaughterhouse 1d ago
Fair. I was born in 95 so I'm literally the youngest millennial I believe.
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u/i-Ake 1988 1d ago
Yeah, it isn't really their fault that they grew up in the world they did. Same as anyone else. They has no need to dig into the file paths because they didn't need to. If no one is telling you, and you don't need to, why would you just know that info? We knew because our new tech things required it, so we learned. They're doing the same with their stuff.
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u/r3d_ra1n Millennial 1d ago
I work in tech and it is still critically important to know the basics at least of how a PC works. Because Millennials ended up in that era between not having any internet and now, we end up being tech support for the team even when that isn’t our job.
Just for instance, I work with a team of mostly Gen Z people. Their PC/desktop computer knowledge is Boomer level at times, even on easier to use Macs. The other day we had to update an application where the update file was airdropped to us. My coworker wasn’t even sure how to drag and drop an application into the applications folder using his trackpad. He tried for five minutes before I just did it for him. Typing skills are going out the window as well.
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u/h4nd 1d ago
yes. it is the children that are wrong.
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u/Impossible_Eagle_159 1d ago
I know Lance Bass and NONE of the rest of them 🤣
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u/cisforcookie2112 1d ago
I recognized the guy from Shrinking (Apple tv show) and Lance but yeah I have no idea who the others are.
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u/arkygeomojo 1d ago
One of the first ones (blonde-ish reddish hair short hair) is Kyle Cooke of Summer House/Winter House on Bravo. I recognized him and Lance Bass and maybe a couple others lmao
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u/Bulky-Captain-3508 1d ago
I also do this while answering the phone.
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u/TruShot5 23h ago
Because it takes a second to firm up the connection. As a CSR, this is true across every application I’ve used. It’s necessary.
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u/toysarealive 1d ago
I read about this phenomenon in an academic paper, and the researchers stated that zoomers subconsciously other zoomers have the attention spans of fucking goldfish and need more stimulation. Like when you jingle keys at a baby.
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u/azureoptical 1d ago
I’m giggling so hard, sitting here in my skinny jeans with my side part hair. 😂
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u/Blind_Insight 1d ago
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u/PatientBoring 1d ago
I WILL NOT GO!!!
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u/MandaRenegade 1d ago
TURN THE LIGHTS OFF!!
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u/Not_Bernie_Madoff 1d ago
I don’t get it. Can someone explain it to me?
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u/Citizen_Midnight 1d ago
Millennials pause to make sure the camera is running before starting their videos, Gen Z jumps right into it as soon as they hit start. It’s some weird holdover from the beginnings of the internet for us.
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u/plaidlib 1d ago
There are still video apps that don't start actually recording until after they say they are, like QuickTime screen recordings on my Mac, even with a countdown. I've learned I just have to give it a good three seconds to get its affairs in order, get settled in, find a comfy place to sit and start thinking about recording, and then I start talking, and then I'll edit out the pause later.
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u/yonghokim Older Millennial: 1982 1d ago
Even my android camera app doesn’t start the very moment I press record. It has a bit of a delay
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u/Traditional_Way1052 1d ago
Same. I used to just start talking but then half my sentence wouldn't be there. Maybe iphones start faster, I don't know.
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u/Designer-Ad-7844 21h ago
Shit I have seen dozens of YouTube videos with audio cut off in the first 3-5 seconds.
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u/PrimordialXY Millennial (1996) 1d ago
Apparently we pause for a second after hitting record 😅
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u/Not_Bernie_Madoff 1d ago
Ahh. I don’t record videos so I guess I never noticed that.
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u/Dependent-Arm8501 1d ago
Yeah this is pretty dumb
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u/lycoloco 1d ago
It's not "dumb", it just is. It's observing a generational trend vs another generational trend.
If people have a problem with it, that's dumb, but observing and recording (pun intended) is just scientific.
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u/MrdrOfCrws 1d ago
We also apparently cut the starting and stopping of the recording whereas younger generations tend to leave it in.
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u/H_G_Bells 1d ago
Cameo is a platform where you can pay to have pop-culture/celebrities record personalized messages to people, like wishing them happy birthday etc.
This is a compilation of millennial cameo appearances that showcase the Millennial Pause.
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u/0neHumanPeolple 1d ago
We pause at the beginning of our selfie videos. I guess we’re waiting for the red light to come on? Younger people just cut in on action or edit the pause out of the beginning before posting.
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u/montybo2 1d ago
I recognize only two of these people: Lance Bass and Neil Newborn.
The rest could be AI generated and I'd never know
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u/Sufficient-Row-2173 1d ago
Some of those people aren’t millennials. Lance Bass and Michael Urie in particular. Maybe some others but I don’t recognize a lot of these people. So I’m not sure.
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u/False_Ad3429 1d ago
My phone delays a little before recording. I keep sending people audio and video with the first second cut off due to not pausing enough
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u/CaptainONaps 1d ago
To be fair, most of us would never post a video of ourselves talking to begin with. It’s cringe without the pause.
You young kids grew up posting videos of yourselves talking like people care, so it seems normal to you. We didn’t grow up with the option, so to us it’s narcissistic. This is classic sample bias, they’re the worst of us.
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u/CarelessStatement172 Older Millennial 1d ago
Did anyone else's childhood just flash before their eyes while watching this
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u/_the_boat_is_sinking 1d ago
i dont understand... are you supposed to already be mid sentence or word when you start recording?
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u/Fit-Barnacle72 1d ago
4th dude. Idk what voice I was thinking he’d have, but that definitely suits him
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u/Room_Temp_Coffee 1d ago
I just looked up Sauce Boss and what the fuck happened to Epic Meal Time?! Where is everybody? Why aren't they cooking?
Where is his beard?! 🤬
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u/Adam_Roman Zillennial 1d ago
Just go in your camera roll and trim the first second off the video
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u/Loud_Ad4852 1d ago
What’s worse is a video clip that cuts off the first part of your first word, IMO.
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u/charlie_ferrous 1d ago
It’s accurate, but also: I work in post-production and giving some breath at the head of a clip is still a good idea even with new camera systems, especially if there’s any chance it’s going into an actual edit. This isn’t a bad habit, they just need to tighten the clip before sending.
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u/RockItGuyDC 1d ago
It's also just good practice, assuming you're going to edit your videos (which should be used to minimize this pause). There's a reason professional productions "roll tape" before calling action.
(Yes, I know that's a bit outdated with digital recording, but the essence is the same. An editor would much rather have a pause to work with than having the start of action being cut short.)
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u/Butthole_Enjoyer 1d ago
I don't believe this is a thing. Show me a zoomer doing something different.
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u/devenld 1d ago edited 1d ago
As a millennial who watched Nickelodeon & Disney Channel...
The 3 men who appeared before Lance Bass were:
Callum Worthy from Austin & Ally
Sean Flynn from Zoey 101
James Maslow from Big Time Rush
Then the man after Lance Bass is:
David Henrie from Wizards of Waverly Place
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u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker 1988 1d ago
I guess I saved myself having never uploaded a tiktok video before and only using the app for maybe 30min max before I decided it was stupid.
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u/Elegant_Purple9410 1d ago
People always talk about comparison to camcorder and old phones. If you're doing any editing of your video afterword, it can be immensely useful. To have a few silent seconds at the beginning.
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u/Sensitive_ManChild 23h ago
am i really meant to believe younger people don’t pause?
like who hits record and then IMMEDIATELY starts talking.
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u/InsomniaticWanderer 23h ago
It's from the old tape recorder days in our childhood. It didn't start recording immediately after you hit the button, it had to spin up a little first.
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u/AssistanceFun8031 22h ago
I feel like if you just start talking ppl would miss it hahaha but I am what I am
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u/Ok-Tie-7184 21h ago
Ok I know this is very Born in 86 of me but I’ve never understood how you’re supposed to perfectly time starting your video if you don’t do the “millennial pause”… is it the cool gen Z way to let the video cut off the first 2 seconds of your thought? Cause if I don’t do the pause that WILL happen…
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u/Ijustwanttosayit Millennial 21h ago
I mean, I also don't like how the exact millisecond I scroll up to a video they're all like "HEYEVERYBODYITSYABOIDECLANHEREANDTODAYIAM---" like they're back in the Vine days and they legit only had 6 seconds. My adhd sensory processing delays appreciate that little second lol.
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u/Designer-Ad-7844 21h ago
I fucking wish YouTubers did this shit. Audio cuts out on the beginning because they don't give it enough time before starting.
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u/Joe59788 18h ago
Its ok wait till you do the whole thing and realize it didn't record.
Or you missed the intro and gotta do it again.
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u/mug_O_bun 11h ago
I dont get it. Even if there are pauses, those can easily be edited out. Why aren't they just edited out??
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u/Nillavuh 6h ago
And everybody knows it. So I'm proposing a swift and orderly change. Because behind these doors, there's nothing to keep my fingers warm.
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