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The headline refers to celebrities on the Today show, not "people".

It is sometimes hard to wrap one's head around the fact that generational change happens at the speed of... generations. One year per year, on average. Tune in ten years from now, when the average age of gamers may well be 47, yet gamers over 40 will be considered "weird" by people significantly older than 40.

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I think it's more of a "you should have kids/be spending all your time with your kids in your thirties!" thing more than a "you shouldn't be playing games in your thirties" thing. So if, ten years from now, the average age for childbirth has not increased, we may still be seeing this kind of prejudice.

Good point. Time does march on, and human activity is not age-invariant, especially after age 120.

This is also a better hypothesis because it has better explanatory power: The Today show is predominantly watched by people who are not scrambling to get to work in the morning, and that group is going to contain a high percentage of people with kids, and such people think like... people with kids.

Interesting point - maybe they're just saying that early adopters are weird.

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