(this is a GIANT commercial, really, for a big home builder... but interesting to see what stereotypes they are pushing 🙄 )
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/11/06/how-gen-x-is-reshaping-55-plus-living-in-california/
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@ai6yr the only mahjong that I have ever played is the matching tiles solitaire game on the computer 😂
@ai6yr I think I played some version on floppy disks when I was a kid? When games had very bad graphics.
I can’t tell you now how it’s played.
Maybe this?
@bolderbekah LOL those are Mahjong tiles, but not the game of Mahjong.
@ai6yr yeah no idea if this was even it, and it turns out there are multiple “1990s dos mahjong” games. Who knew.
@ai6yr Gen X here. Grew up playing Mahjong with family and friends. Still have the game with my grandmother’s hand-written instructions. It was my favorite game.
@ai6yr one of my fellow fabric mender volunteers plays mahjong ... She was telling me about it and how many different types she plays. I was like woah ... I thought there was just one type and it was played solo on win3.1.
@fullywoolly LOL the match the tiles Mahjong is not the social Majhong (as far as I know). Quite different. They only share the tiles?
@ai6yr why are they called the same thing?!?
@ai6yr I'm getting Groucho Marx quotation on institution vibes reading that
@ai6yr during my trip to Long Island, NY this last October I found out that mahjong is absolutely popular with that age group and even millennials (halo effect?). I was really confused by that. Anyway, that means there’s whole industries taking advantage of that trend and lots of money is being made on sets and cards and god knows what else
@rpmik 🤔 I just don't know anyone, apparently. Must be an extrovert thing, ha ha ha
@douglasvb @rpmik Mahjong was my parent's and grandparent's age game. Like Bunco on the more domestic circles.
I played mahjong solitaire, I’m Gen X.
@MCDuncanLab Okay, but mahjong solitaire is not mahjong, the social game. (as far as I know?!)
More from the article: "...When nested in a master plan, family or extended family might live within the same community, providing both proximity and access to services like grocery stores and nail and hair salons. ..."
Hmm. this sounds less like Gen-X and more like Asian-American (as well as other cultures where there is a lot of extended family living arrangements). 🤔
From the article: "...Today, single buyers make up almost 20% of our overall sales volume, and 90% of those are female buyers...."
Is this community for divorced/widowed Gen X women??!?! 🤔
@ai6yr is it now of those Sun City developments?
This whole article is an advertisement. 🤨
Anyway, the (non-electronic) game I hear people play in the closer-to-my-age group is Settlers of Catan etc. And most of the other people are playing whatever casual phone game of the moment is. 🤷
@ai6yr I have several (white) genx co-workers who play mahjong. It sort of seems like what playing bridge (the card came) used to be, lots of groups playing on the weekends.
"... We provide access while offering more variety, but let people pick and choose how they want to participate. Like, mahjong is super popular now, mostly with women but men, too. It brings people together..."
Okay, I don't know a single person who is Gen X who plays mahjong or EVER played mahjong. But maybe I don't know anyone.