Impressed with my Xennial friends here!

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BillyMackk@reddit

It's like that first bite of Stove Top after gettin' knocked out by Soda Popinski..

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Achillea707@reddit

Stove top was my original cheat meal. So bad but soooo good.

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comicshopgrl@reddit

StoveTop is so good but gives me wicked heartburn so now I have to eat the healthy alternative. Sucks.

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ee-5e-ae-fb-f6-3c@reddit

Tums and Pepto are lifesavers, but most of those problems went away when I stopped overeating. It matters less what I eat so much as how much I eat.

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moonlitmelody@reddit

Stovetop is a Thanksgiving tradition that will forever remain in yearly rotation. That comfort food has a place of pride on my table.

My husband and I both grew up poor and even though we can afford to eat ground chia and flax in our oatmeal and a $3 bottle of kombucha to wash it down I will not let go of my white trash beginnings. Cranberry can-shaped slices. Black olives on the fingertips. Mashed Potatoes and butter at equal volumes. Look, I calorie-in and calorie-out for the rest of the year, but my life is better with a big serving of nostalgia.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

Careful with it though. My father in law developed type 2 diabetes. Stovetop was the hardest thing for him to give up. It's processed garbage and carbs, so use sparingly.

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localjargon@reddit

You can make homemade stove top and control the garbage. For example, in this recipe you can substitute olive oil for the butter. You can also use whatever bread is suitable for his diet, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Homemade Stove Top Recipe

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Drum_Eatenton@reddit

The secret to a lot of good stuff is stale bread

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CMFC99@reddit

And the secret to beating Soda Popinski is to catch him with a body blow as he ducks to unleash an uppercut, then dodge his uppercut and counter with one of your own. Instant KO.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

Score!!!! Thank you.

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Achillea707@reddit

Lol, I am a grown adult and the last time I ate Stovetop was before the iphone was invented. More like your FIL should be more careful.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

I agree, but I have to admit that it is tasty and quick. He loved it though and misses it.

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Enge712@reddit

It used to be one of my favorite ghetto backpacking dinners. Other people would be eating a $9 backpack freeze dried mealy and I was pouring boiling water in a ziploc bag of stovetop

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errorseven@reddit

Soda was easy, Sandman on the other hand...

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WayneReidus@reddit

Sandman I could actually beat, but I always had trouble with Super Macho Man

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dontletyourcrownslip@reddit

Stove top was the key to my heart.

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Blaze_556@reddit

A/s/l?

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MaximumRatchet@reddit

Did anyone else have ICQ, or was that an Ohio/midwest/my own fever dream thing? I tried to tell my (also Xennial) husband about it recently and he looked at me like I'd grown up on the moon, he had never heard of it. (He had AIM. We didn't have AOL service when I was growing up.)

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WhippidyWhop@reddit

I almost remember my ICQ number! Your husband probably didn't play online games like Ultimate Online. ICQ was the standard for that game, with AIM being the 2nd.

You didn't need any AOL services for AIM.

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MaximumRatchet@reddit

It's been 20+ years since I've had to recall that and yet boom. There it was. I literally can't remember where I put my car keys five minutes after I come in the door but I'll be goddamned if I ever forget my high school ICQ number.

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alloy1028@reddit

I used ICQ a lot in West Virginia. It came out a little bit earlier than AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger. I don’t remember using anything before that except for chat rooms for specific subject areas and physical letters that were hand delivered or mailed.

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ee-5e-ae-fb-f6-3c@reddit

Prior to ICQ, I used BeSeen HTML chat rooms. My ICQ number was low/mid four digit, I think, so I didn't get into it super early.

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WhippidyWhop@reddit

Lol what, it was mid 4-digit? That is very super early!

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ee-5e-ae-fb-f6-3c@reddit

Now that you mention it, it was kinda early. Could have been five digits. This would have been probably '97 or '98.

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bakedveldtland@reddit

Mostly only my computer nerd “hacker” friends used it, but I thought it was fun and tried to get other friends into it when I could.

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MrsEmilyN@reddit

I used Yahoo. My dad didn't want AIM for whatever reason.

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moonlitmelody@reddit

I quoted a Modest Mouse song (Heart Cooks Brain) to a kid who was a few years younger than me and going through a hard time. We moved from ICQ, to Hotmail, then Gmail, and then finally Facebook. We shared good news and bad. Heartbreaks and marriages. Parenthood. Adulthood. Stable jobs. We watched each other’s lives unfold all through chat.

I’m so grateful for the bonds that early days instant messaging brought into my life. I still keep in touch with quite a few people, some who I still have never met but our friendships are almost 30 years strong.

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moonlitmelody@reddit

I quoted a Modest Mouse song (Heart Cooks Brain) to a kid who was a few years younger than me and going through a hard time. We instantly bonded. We moved from ICQ, to Hotmail, then Gmail, and then finally Facebook. We shared good news and bad. Heartbreaks and marriages. Parenthood. Adulthood. Stable jobs. We watched each other’s lives unfold all through chat.

I’m so grateful for the bonds that early days instant messaging brought into my life. I still keep in touch with quite a few people, some who I still have never met but our friendships are almost 30 years strong.

I’m always amazed that I watched him grow up. We formed such strong bonds of friendship through such an impersonal medium. It was honestly more connected with less, no constantly updates and best of reels. I miss it.

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GreenHairyMartian@reddit

Icq was dope

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Blaze_556@reddit

I had icq. Me and my friends mostly used yahoo chat though.

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LacyKnits@reddit

42/f/FL just doesn't feel like a reasonable response to this!

I guess the answer in my heart will forever be 18/f/California (just like it was as a 13 yo who had never been further west in the US than Ohio.)

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BrontosaurusB@reddit

I assumed everyone I was talking to was lying about all details, but since I’m in California I never thought about people wanting to specifically lie about being from California. That’s hilarious. I was just as bored as you just sitting at a computer saying nonsense to strangers, not unlike this very comment.

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LacyKnits@reddit

California seemed exotic (sunny!) and glamorous to kids from small towns with long winters!

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MightBeAGoodIdea@reddit

I think a lot of kids did that. At least we smart about not sharing our real location when pretending to be 18+. Youd get kicked out of some rooms if you said under 18. Looking back as an adult i feel so lucky didn't get end up a tragic story for the to catch a predator show.

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lilecca@reddit

I lived in the middle of Canada and the answer was always 17/f/California lol

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MrsEmilyN@reddit

42 (on Wednesday)/F/IL

I kinda miss Yahoo chat rooms.

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TwistingEcho@reddit

Made a friend in (West?) Virginia - Yankville and even called from Australia a couple of times. It was a different world then. Thanks for being a freind to a kid from down under Jess Livengood.

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Chet_Phoney@reddit

This generation is probably the most wholesome ever. Lack of empathy, accountability, the internet and extreme codependency has ruined the last couple generations.

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OkPie8905@reddit

I blame the victim narrative that exploded online, and their penchant to follow critics on social media, not critical thinkers. It’s easy to be angry without offering a solution.

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WhippidyWhop@reddit

Yea, everyone is so triggered and polarized, it's obnoxious and exhausting.

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empanada_de_queso@reddit

Nahhh let's not do the old people "kids these days" shtick

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ee-5e-ae-fb-f6-3c@reddit

Why, we're about the right age to take up our parent's mantle. 👴

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Far_Scientist_5082@reddit

I work with teenagers and I like to remind them all the time that the internet was a mistake.

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WhippidyWhop@reddit

It's the only subreddit of people that I relate to completely. Politics was always such a minor focus and now it's the forefront of everyone's minds. I miss the old days.

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TotallyRadDude1981@reddit

I don’t do politics. I’m so over it.

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MightyBigMinus@reddit

as the last people to have time to graduate and get a job before the 08 crash a key distinction between xennials and millennials is that many xennials still live in a boomer/gen-x "no politics" (conservative) world. as the last of the middle class many are the last to be able to afford to believe the system is fundamentally good enough and close enough that talk of changing it is unwelcome.

the rest of the millennial's cannot afford to suffer such a delusion.

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PostTurtle84@reddit

Naw man, I'm left of liberal. But I need places of peace. Where I spend my time, the books I read, even the food I eat changes during an election year.

I'm a high strung very nervous soul and I've maxed out my anxiety meds (not willing to take benzos except for the odd one for twilight sedation) so I have to actively look for peace and calm and avoid stressful situations.

My brother is conservative af, but we've learned that for our parents sake we can't talk about politics. I think that's what's going on here. The rules say no modern politics, we want to be able to talk to other people who have similar childhood experiences, so we mind the rules. It helps to keep things peaceful.

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MrsEmilyN@reddit

but we've learned that for our parents sake we can't talk about politics.

My dad always told me growing up, never talk politics or religion with friends.

So I never did.

I'm not religious and know nothing about politics.

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PostTurtle84@reddit

Oh we definitely discuss politics with other people, just not with each other. It goes as far as "you still a liberal atheist?" "Yup. You still a conservative catholic?" "Yup"

Our parents urged caution in discussing politics and religion with friends, but that it's good to know where your friends stand.

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TotallyRadDude1981@reddit

You really think the 08 crash only affected Millennials and younger? You’re delusional.

And we all have our political beliefs. You’re not the only one. But not every aspect of our lives has to be filled with political talk. You want politics? Go to a political sub. This sub obviously isn’t for you.

Have a nice day!

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

The eldest of us graduated HS and entered work right into the loving arms of the dot com bust. We foresaw the struggles ahead.

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graceful_mango@reddit

Or. We all have political leanings and opinions to some degree or another. If we recognize that not every space of our lives has to bleed into every other space.

When I want to talk politics I go to those subs. And when I don’t. I want to enjoy discussions on other topics. That’s what this thread is celebrating.

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No-Championship-8677@reddit

This is me. I’m very passionately political and care very very much. But it doesn’t need to be in every space. I love that this space isn’t political.

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FlyingAnvils@reddit (OP)

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supersoup2012@reddit

I bought my nephew a Hypercolor shirt for his 5th birthday. He will live all the highlights of my life!

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morrisboris@reddit

I’m in business school and someone pitched bathing suits with heat activated color changing fabric… and I was like… hypercolor? crickets and blank stares

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Glass-Marionberry321@reddit

No one needs to see when someone has heated genitals😆

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morrisboris@reddit

I know right lol I was like it will all be the hot color anyway and stay that color from the body heat. Hyper color armpits were so embarrassing, and my boobs would make marks lol I was like the ghost of Christmas future.

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JennXL@reddit

They still make them??? I had one that was actually a guy in a suit, and when it warmed up, the suit turned into like board shorts and a t-shirt? It was amazing, and no one else had one like that.

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likeusontweeters@reddit

Brother in law just bought one at Walmart recently... I was surprised they're making a comeback

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Cer-rific_43@reddit

I did! I forgot about it until now, though. Thanks for the memory unlock

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PuroPinchePedo@reddit

As an elder xennial (1977) I am done with politics since it seems like a lose-lose. If the cynicism of the 90s taught me anything it’s that you’re on your own anyway. I’m also just ready to retire to the mountains. 😂

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DerbGentler@reddit

Let's unite and make the lose-lose into a win-win!
e.g. voting for good-willing third parties. Constant dripping wears away the stone.

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allthesamejacketl@reddit

When they come to mine and clear cut your mountain because they’ve disbanded the EPA tell them they can’t because you’re done with politics.

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PuroPinchePedo@reddit

Even without trees it will be cooler than the central Texas hellscape

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Jingoisticbell@reddit

Aaah, thanks for bringing down the mood.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

I would encourage you not to. Staying away from party affiliation, it's still undeniable that gov't decisions have the most long-term impact on lives. I would say, find non-sensational news sources, fact-check like crazy, and just vote. Don't engage in discussions w/others on the topic.

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Golden1881881@reddit

It will be heavily developed into an upper class vacation home destination a few years after you move there

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DerbGentler@reddit

Cheers! 🙂 I think the same!

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Sea_Buy9017@reddit

I definitely feel a different kind of kinship with strangers around my age (42). We share so many memories and life experiences. Feels good man.

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allthesamejacketl@reddit

I went to a Dead Milkmen show once and finally felt like I belonged somewhere lol. The kindest pit I’ve ever been in too :)

Dear god I’m now realizing that was like ten years ago and we were still old then….

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NonCorporealEntity@reddit

I actually really enjoyed thier recent albums. Pretty music for Pretty People was classic Milkmen

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JimMcRae@reddit

If you don't got Mojo Nixon than your subreddit could use some fixin

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Poison_Ivy_Rorschach@reddit

Used to blast them driving around in high school.

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Kennedygoose@reddit

While smoking banana peels I hope.

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Poison_Ivy_Rorschach@reddit

I love this place

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Shoeboxer@reddit

In a bitchin' camaro.

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SAHMsays@reddit

The trauma bond is strong.

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NonCorporealEntity@reddit

I'm all about the member berries on this sub.

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freeisreal1@reddit

OJ was innocent and the reason everyone thinks he did it was simply because he was a large black man.

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

I was at an incubus concert last night & it was the ULTIMATE Xennial occasion!!! Xennials of all types & shapes & sizes vibing together. It was fabulous!

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KorukoruWaiporoporo@reddit

One of my best mates got into the funniest fight at an Incubus concert in the early 2000s. Some guy grabbed her arse in the mosh (both hands, quite pinchy, defo no accident) so she turned around and punched him in the face. He goes down, as much as anyone can in a mosh. The guy's girlfriend who saw the punch, but presumably not the grab, starts getting gobby on my mate. So my friend punched her too. Then she got kicked out.

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MaximumRatchet@reddit

The very first concert I went to by myself, in high school (well, with friends - just didn't have a parental escort)! I was so madly in love with Brandon Boyd!

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FKFnz@reddit

Haha I went to Incubus (and Live) a few months ago and thought the same thing. All the parents have ditched the kids for the evening and come out for a night of awesome tunes. But none of them are overdoing it because work in the morning/babysitter at home/kids will be up early.

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cats_n_tats11@reddit

I'm curious, how was it?? I never got to see them back in the day but they're playing a festival I have tickets for in a couple weeks. Still good??

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UnicornOnTheJayneCob@reddit

I sort of hung with those guys once back in the day when they played a local show at my school. It still blows my mind how they got so huge.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

Nice. I wasn't even a big Incubus fan and that still sounds fun.

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AlsoEatsTheFace@reddit

Sorry bout ur personal crisis bro, but we still munchin on this grindage of youth and the immortal peter pan syndrome of which we are applied to......... cheers!

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Morganafrey@reddit

CATS : ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.

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be_more_gooder@reddit

Someone set up us the bomb

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mutantbabysnort@reddit

We get signal.

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be_more_gooder@reddit

Main screen turn on

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lostmonster@reddit

You have no chance to survive make your time.

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realdevtest@reddit

What you say ???

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PapaTua@reddit

What?

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espo619@reddit

HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN *!! *

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ElectricSnowBunny@reddit

Boom goes the dynamite

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Eauxddeaux@reddit

The one thing I think our slice of a generation really got right was knowing how to live and let live. There’s a particular energy and attitude that I’ve only seen in people almost my exact age, that has an “I don’t care, you do you as long as you’re not hurting anybody” way about them. I think that has been lost or is seen as apathetic, but it’s not, it’s like a gentle “fuck it” but not in a fuck you way. It’s a detail I feel very thankful to find in myself, and in others of my generation.

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br0nzebison@reddit

This deserves a toast. Anyone have a Jolt?

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aqua_vida@reddit

When I come here it’s like getting to my lunch table in high school: the banter is on point, the references inclusive, and the tater tots are hot. I love it and wish lunch was longer🫶

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FlyingAnvils@reddit (OP)

That’s a great analogy!

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LiminaLGuLL@reddit

Cowabunga bro

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tugonhiswinkie@reddit

Where everybody knows your name... and they're always glad you came...

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CoastOk2453@reddit

I mean.........we ARE pretty awesome. I don't wanna toot our own horn but..............BEEP BEPP!!!!!!!!!!!

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Pristine-Buy-436@reddit

I agree, this is great sub.

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amygdala23@reddit

Take all my updoots

hugs all around

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McGrufNStuf@reddit

Welcome to be a Xennial. Where you’ve been told that you’re a different generation every 4-6 years of your life, your older sibling got all the angst, your younger siblings got all the attention, and you got the key under around your neck and a few hours alone after school.

No political here cause even if we do have an opinion we know there are just some places you keep it to yourself.

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darthduder666@reddit

This is really one of the only subs that stays on topic and avoids touchy subjects such as politics. It really does bring me back to our younger days when people rarely ever talked politics or other personal beliefs amongst each other, and just kept all that shit private.

There’s so many other subs, places in social media and in real life situations where shit always has to get political. It’s exhausting and toxic. To visit this sub and contribute to it with you all is refreshing.

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NerdingOutSkins@reddit

I go other places and people are so rude and so unkind. They make the craziest assumptions.

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monstereatspilot@reddit

IT’S BECAUSE WE ARE THE BEST GENERATION!! 😉

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NotanotherRealtor@reddit

I was thinking of posting something similar. This is the best and by far my favorite sub.

My sister and brother are both full Gen X being 9 and 6 years older and I never felt like I related with them. I never felt part of Gen X. The Millennial sub doesn’t connect either.

This is the subreddit I relate to and read your comments and feel understood. So, thanks all the Xennials. We’re the truly forgotten generation. Gen X spouts all this crap about being forgotten but then say they like it. I feel like our age group just gets glossed over by everyone.

Not quite a Millenial but not fully a Gen X-er. Ya’ll are awesome

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headcanonball@reddit

It's always the conservatives who want safe spaces to hide their terrible politics.

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LacyKnits@reddit

Dude. Read the room. This is NOT the right place for you to try to start a political shit show.

Have a zima (or Kool aid Kool burst if you prefer) and some bugles and enjoy our nostalgia fest instead.

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headcanonball@reddit

Cool, but I'm gonna go ahead and comment whatever I like, friend.

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adamcmorrison@reddit

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headcanonball@reddit

Lol. You're a conservative, so...thanks for illustrating my point?

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onions-make-me-cry@reddit

Yeah, I love it here. Everyone is so chill, yet supportive, and accepting. It's definitely my home on the interwebs.

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mmoonbelly@reddit

I think we were really lucky we grew up in a quiet time of optimism with great music. (I'm 46, so was 18 when I ignored the Stone Roses's last gig to watch Underworld play Reading in 1996).

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Scharlach_el_Dandy@reddit

I'd share my shark bites with you any day

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tafbee@reddit

I’m just here for the Tato Skins.

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Sandkat@reddit

Totally valid!

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ErrantTaco@reddit

Dammit. Now I really want some. But Inam not driving to Shari’s right now.

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timeye13@reddit

You people = my people.

Agree wholeheartedly.

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i_take_shits@reddit

“Good old days?” Sounds political to me buddy. 😉

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RosesUnderCypresses@reddit

This is subreddit is like CHEERS!

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IncredibleCO@reddit

Making your way in the world today takes everything you got.

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EmmalouEsq@reddit

Politics is one of my hobbies. I love it. But, it's great to come to a place where that's not really a focus and it's all about shared experiences with people who totally understand when you talk about the late 90s vibe being the greatest. Hope you felt that vibe just then!

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ErrantTaco@reddit

This exactly. It’s what I do professionally, and I do love it. Folks are more engaged locally than they used to be and it’s cool. But it’s also a LOT and this sub is such a breath of fresh air to not hear anything at all about that part of things.

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Mackheath1@reddit

Yeah, I love politics, but there's a time and a place for it: that one friend you both like to banter about it, etc.; not inundation.

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badmongo666@reddit

Genuinely one of my favorite places here. Lots of good reminders of good old stuff to show my kids so they understand what the internet used to be like.

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Delicious-Crow-7986@reddit

Yes! Remember when we could disagree on politics and still get along? It’s possible here. :) Trying to recreate that vibe for my children. Love this sub. ✨

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kkaos84@reddit

Yep. Found this place after deciding that there was too much political crap on the millenials sub. No thanks.

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Blaze_556@reddit

That sub is terrible

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FatterGuts@reddit

It's probably because most of the world has forgotten we exist, and that's just the way I like it.

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Jingoisticbell@reddit

💯

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harv3ydg@reddit

Be excellent to each other and party on, dude

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Waste-Reflection-235@reddit

Ditto.

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qualmton@reddit

Yeah but F your guy mine is the right one

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tbama11@reddit

I’m not sure what you thought was happening in a sub full of the coolest mfrs around, but glad to have you. Seriously though, how we get so much better than everyone else?

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Far_Garlic_2181@reddit

Most tranquil

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_R_A_@reddit

It’s somewhere I can go and not be bombarded with political trash.

And thank fricking laser finger Jebus for that!

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jacksonmills@reddit

I remember when we just called them timed shots