This Generation Was the First to Be Raised Online

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THIS GENERATION WAS THE FIRST TO BE RAISED ONLINE Google TAUGHT ME how to get away with murder tumblr TAUGHT ME hedgehog yao Lucas You Tube TAUGHT ME the alt right pipeline Vine TAUGHT ME everything you love will die deviantART TAUGHT ME rouge the bat rule 34 who the f--- uses, Blogger TAUGHT ME blogger racist facebook. TAUGHT ME all my relatives are Instagram TAUGHT ME('m fat and ugly Etsy TAUGHT ME furry body pillows, twitter TAUGHT ME people are s--- AND I WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY

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Lucas THIS GENERATION WAS THE FIRST TO BE RAISED ON You Tube TAUGHT ME TO PINGAS TAUGHT ME TO CLEVER CHILDREN TANGHT ME TO DIE (NOT) GIVE TAUGHT ME TO CREDIT TAUGHT ME TO HAVE MERCY TAUGHT ME TO LAUGH TAUGHT ME TO GAY LUIGI TAUGHT ME TO SHARE DINNER TAUGHT ME TO SPAGHETTI TAUGHT ME TO SQUADALA AND I WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY

Lucas THIS GENERATION WAS THE FIRST TO BE RAISED ON RUSADER KINGS CRUSADER KINGS III paradox INTERACTIVE TAUGHT ME racism against mongols TAUGHT ME racism against scandinavians EUROPATAUGHT ME racism against turks VICTORIA TAUGHT ME racism against confederates TAUGHT ME racism against germans TRONT"! STELLARIS TAUGHT ME racism against space aliens AND I WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY

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Summary

This Generation Was the First to Be Raised Online refers to an exploitable image featuring a character with rainbow hair and a Tumblr shirt, with the caption, "This generation was the first to be raised online", listing various sites and what they supposedly taught the original poster. The format originally rose to popularity on Tumblr and 4chan in early-to-mid-2014, and continued to maintain a mild presence, regaining popularity in 2020 through 2023.

Origin

At a date believed to be in 2012, Tumblr user Gundham^[2] commissioned fan art of Mother 3 from sharkie-19^[3]^[4], featuring Claus and Lucas in Sunflower Fields during a clear and starry night (shown below).

At a date no later than April 10th, 2014, now-deactivated Tumblr^[5] user the-boy-in-the-trapper-hat posted a traced version of the above art, recoloring Claus to have rainbow hair and wear a Tumblr shirt, and captioned it with the text "This generation was the first to be raised online", listing 10 websites and what they allegedly taught the poster, and ending with "And I wouldn't want it any other way" (shown below) The post received 7497 likes and 8417 reblogs in 9 years.

Lucas THIS GENERATION WAS THE FIRST TO BE RAISED ONLINE Google TAUGHT ME TO BE CURIOUS tumblr TAUGHT ME TO BE INSPIRED You Tube TAUGHT ME TO BE MYSELF Vine TAUGHT ME TO LAUGH deviantART TAUGHT ME TO ASPIRE Blogger TAUGHT ME TO REACH OUT facebook. TAUGHT ME TO MAKE FRIENDS Instagram TAUGHT ME TO SHARE Etsy TAUGHT ME TO BE PROUD twitter TAUGHT ME TO LISTEN AND I WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY

This generation was the first to be raised online
Google taught me to be curious
Tumblr taught me to be inspired
Vine taught me to laugh
Deviantart taught me to aspire
Blogger taught me to reach out
Facebook taught me to make friends
Instagram taught me to share
Etsy taught me to be proud
Twitter taught me to listen
And I wouldn't want it any other way

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Over the following years, the original image was edited in numerous ways mocking its intended message. Many of the variations either expressed the negative effects the websites had on the poster, or the message was changed entirely to something ironic. For example, on December 30th, 2018, Know Your Meme user Ted Burges posted an edit that gained over 240 likes (shown below, left). On April 11th, 2014, Tumblr user @wildworkingbluebottles^[6] posted an edit mocking each website, gaining over 8,900 notes (shown below, right).

made you a spider faceboob. taught to wreck ass tumblr told you to finger kid s Je is fortn ite Pine copied2 aqnj dumb deviant TART IS a deep autistic. pjZza Blogger Etsy haha SOMETHING AWFUL too lazy to get an alyze CHEEZ BURGER taught you that leaving your dog in your car in summer was the best idea ever and you a f-- ヒwiヒヒer t--- killed osanne and James 9unn told you do something productive but you're too lazy and stupid because looping and pooping is a crime. nae reddi ttaught you to be bitchy and thats cool You have no appreciation of what the Internigga is capable of and are a c--- in a f--- machine hellbent on destroying p---- And for that, you have earned our edgy weed

Lucão THIS GENERATION WAS THE FIRST TO BE RAISED ONLINE Google taught me how easy it is to get free p--- taught me I'm a cisgendered privileged scum and my tumblr. opinon doesn't matter unless I'm an autistic trans minority You Tube taught me the pain of others is funny deviantART taught me how to fap to my childhood Blogger taught me how to not be tumblr facebook. taught me how much I hate the people I know Instagram taught me how to take sepiatone pictures of food Etsy taught me what happens if you want to do arts and crafts for a living twitter taught me how proper grammar is dated taught me that you shouldn't believe 4chan everything read or take your values from the INTERNET AND I WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY

Variations began appearing in the early 2020s. For example, on January 26th, 2023, Tumblr user yharnam-is-a-fuck^[7] posted a variation about Bloodborne bosses, gaining over 3,000 notes in two months (shown below, left). On July 28th, 2020, Tumblr user socialmediapersonified^[1] posted a lewd edit that gained over 200 notes (shown below, right).