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I keep seeing people comment that Lemmy is mostly men in their 20s and 30s. That's not my demo and many of the posts/comments i see don't seem to fit that.

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[–] Today@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Female - old enough to have adult children, but not old enough to retire.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having adult children sounds like it would rip you from arsehole to bellybutton dear

[–] punkskunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ahh the ol’ Lemmy WhyTheFuckDidYouPhraseItThatWay

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Phrasing! Are we still doing that?

Do we have ol' lemmy stuff now?

[–] redforbread@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

same, except male, and my wife and I started late so our children are nowhere near adults yet 😭

[–] Today@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Started early and thought we'd be done early. You're never done. Kids never give back the house key.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Your kids maybe

I lit outta town as soon as I could

My parents are great, but I could not wait to move to the other side of the continent