The article recounts the author's unexpected venture into online commentary sparked by a TikTok video about a woman celebrating post-election hopes. Previously content as an onlooker, the author found themselves embroiled in a debate over Trump's economic policies, fueled by a desire to correct misinformation. This experience highlights the tension between lurking and participation in online discourse for elder millennials, who often view public commenting as abnormal but can be drawn in by provocative content.
I went in. I explained the perils of punitive tariffs as if I were a learned economist, mostly by Googling and then regurgitating the talking points of said economists, like I was feeding a baby bird.
Until that fateful day, I'd always been content to lurk. I think most elder millennials are. We were there for the advent of Instagram, but we are now old enough to regard an overly online personality as a bit gauche.
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