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isuxirl@reddit

Oh no, this sub is cringe. I'm so embarrassed for my generation right now.

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Glazed_Tofu@reddit

I learned how to drive at 14. Mom would send me to the store with a note giving me permission to buy her cigarettes and a signed check.

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TheyCallMeGreenPea@reddit

like sending all your money to an AI scammer because you can't tell the difference between a robot and your child? or eating lead paint chips?

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Current_Ad_9912@reddit

Why would anyone want to be part of that generation?

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SirViciousMalBad@reddit

Feeling like I’m in trouble all day because I’m sick and stayed home?

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Gen X shit is standing with three friends at the top of a very steep hill, a hill that is also a street. A street that is also a main route in/out of town. A main artery that is also currently covered in snow and ice. Gen X shit is standing at the top of that hill, holding some kind of make shift sled, and not daring each other or trying to psych out each other about going down, cause your all going down. That’s already in the book. No the Gen x shit is without speaking trying to be the one who played the closest game of chicken with a car on the way down. For. No. Damn. Reason.

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Warm-Tumbleweed6057@reddit

That would be Solsbury Hill.

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WhatIsThisSevenNow@reddit

I got a plastic plate in my head, so I can't participate, Clark.

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Misanthropemoot@reddit

It sound like the stairs in my childhood home. We would ride beds cardboard bed sheets down the stairs and into a wall. Good times.

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Stock-Yoghurt3389@reddit

Wake, saying “fuck it” and stating the day.

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xczechr@reddit

Is stating the day similar to Michael delcaring bankruptcy?

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milleez@reddit

The day… is MONDAY!!!!

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libmrduckz@reddit

technically the statement goes: *‘…fuck it, MONDAY!’* …just to clarify

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MiMiinOlyWa@reddit

Damn near every weekday morning

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Ahleron@reddit

By GenX shit, are we talking about Tylenol PM? Because I've got this pain in my forearm that's really annoying and it's getting close to my 10:30 bed time.

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gruesomeflowers@reddit

What the fuck is genx shit?

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cvtuttle@reddit

AdvilPM works wonders but gives me weird(er) dreams…

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Ahleron@reddit

I can't do Advil. It'll trash my kidneys thanks to a prescriptionI need to take.

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mrkrag@reddit

10:30? On a work night? Some of us aren't party animals anymore.

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xczechr@reddit

Right? I took 1/2 a Tylenol PM last night and went to bed at 8:00.

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Remote-Obligation145@reddit

Sometimes when I hurt my back doing absolutely nothing, I’ll take three PMs and feel like I’m back in the club for a while.

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culture_creep@reddit

Boomer ass meme

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MyGrandmasCock@reddit

You mean down four ibuprofen and a shot or two of bottom shelf whiskey with our coffee ‘cause we’re about to go to a job that requires us to do painful shit that would wear out a 21 year old because we never did the smart rich guy thing and our retirement plan is “die with our workboots on”?

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ProfessorCrazyClay@reddit

Are you in my kitchen?

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Bob_Hydrocarbon@reddit

Pass the bottle and warm the truck up. I'll grab the ice chest.

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Western-Corner-431@reddit

You dying with them boots on because you can’t bend over to take them off. We all know it

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MyGrandmasCock@reddit

Not gonna lie. There have been many a night I get home and the missus has to take my boots off for me and help get me to a hot shower. And many a morning she’s helped me put em back on. Angel in yoga pants is what she is.

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Western-Corner-431@reddit

You speak for us all

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vankirk@reddit

If you're gonna die, die with your boots on If you're gonna try, well, stick around Gonna cry?, just move along If you're gonna die, you're gonna die

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missdead_lee138@reddit

🤘 🤘 🤘 Gosh I love Iron Maiden ♥️

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mrkrag@reddit

Yeah, that. Anyways I gotta get to work, good talk.

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w3woody@reddit

Oh, I feel that in my bones.

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MowgeeCrone@reddit

Look at you over here bragging about still being able to take ibuprofen, alcohol and caffeine ;)

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LambSmacker@reddit

👏 👏 👏

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bookishjockaz@reddit

As a 38 year old millennial I still look up to Gen X as my older sibling that I need when the serious shit starts to go down. Both my parents died by the time I hit 30 and sadly my bio Gen X sister passed in 2012 suddenly. She raised me on Hair Metal and I miss her dearly. I love and appreciate y'all!

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Difficult-Ad3042@reddit

🫶🏼 feel the same about them. they’re the cool older sibling. kristen wig in whip it.

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BarisBlack@reddit

Then we love ya back. Internet hug to ya.

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Stay_At_Home_Cat_Dad@reddit

It's 11:30 pm and I'm home alone. Just like when I was a kid.

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AirlockBob77@reddit

When I was 14 years old, my dad was working/living abroad. My mum went to visit him (I was in school and couldn't go). She was gone for 3 full months. I had to look after the apartment, cook, wash , pay bills (they left money) and study. I loved it and couldn't wait for next year.

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PrestigiousCreme8383@reddit

Latchkey FTW!

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missdead_lee138@reddit

I have a very similar story. My dad was working overseas and my mom went to see him. She left me and my younger sisters home alone for 2 months. I was 13, and my sisters were 5 and 6. I was basically living like a single mom , taking care of 2 lil girls, but I was only 13. I made all their meals, did dishes, rode my bike to get groceries, did the laundry, etc. At the time, it didn't seem like a big deal. But now that I'm an adult, I'm like wtf were they( my parents) thinking ? I remember my mom would call about once a week to see how things were ( on the good ol' landline, ) As a mom myself now, thinking back on this and imagining leaving my kids to do that, absolutely freaks me out . And we have cell phones and everything now, yet it still seems outrageous to do that. It's crazy how independent we were back then. I was so responsible & I loved the assignment . Didn't bother me at all. Cheers to us 🥂

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Icy_Reward727@reddit

Yeah. My parents went to Thailand for a week when I was a kid. My job was to look after my younger siblings-I was the oldest. Mom had a co-worker swing in and check on us after school in the afternoons, otherwise we were on our own. I turned 10 that week.

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Ok_Sundae2107@reddit

Damn! I was independent, but nothing like that. I've never heard of anything like that. Fortunately for you and your parents, nothing bad happened while you were gone. But what would have happened if there was an emergency? I'm sure you would have done everything right (call 911, etc.) But as soon as someone (the hospital, police, etc.) looked into the matter and found out that you were left on your own, you and your siblings would have been taken into protective custody!

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shimra6@reddit

We were never left at home, but we spent a lot of time living with our friend's families when there was a crisis, such as parental hospitalisations. I'm not sure if the "friends" families would be as forthcoming now.

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AccomplishedPlane8@reddit

A few days ago, in my country, 3 children died in a house fire after being left home alone. This has been happening for as long as I can remember. They leave these kids home alone and sometimes they're fine, but not always.

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AirlockBob77@reddit

Wow that's a different kettle of fish... being responsible for two little kids at 13....that's pushing it a bit...or a lot. I also think about this (my case) now and think...wow would I do that to my teenage kids? Not a chance.

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Cheap_Doctor_1994@reddit

Shit. People were paying me a $1/hr to be nanny all summer when I was 11. Had even taken the red cross course and took care of infants. ;)

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Blog_Pope@reddit

Very different watching kids for a few hours and being left alone as sole caretaker when you are 13 and can’t even drive. That said, they learned that shit from their parents. My grandma was a party girl, so my mom basically appointed herself mom of her brothers and took care of the house while grandpa was on military deployments. Grandma thought it was a riot but mom was basically robbed of her childhood and given anxiety disorders.

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CynicalAltruism@reddit

I had a couple of weeks watching my little brother when we were 12 and 10, respectively. Mom had a hysterectomy (which either had complications or wasn't a simple in and out back in 1982), and dad was out of the picture by that point. I didn't have to make sure bills were paid or anything, but was left a few bucks for food/emergencies (we ate a fuck-ton of pop tarts and frozen pizzas). I do remember it being exceptionally normal. Other kids I knew had watched their younger siblings for a week or two while mom and dad took a cruise or went to Vegas or something. Our childhood was absolutely ripped away from us. We had to grow up a lot faster than I'd have allowed to be the case for my kids. The anxiety issues came later..l

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Mysterious-Taste-804@reddit

I love that she called once a week!!!!! Lolololo

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missdead_lee138@reddit

That was very generous of her. Huh? 😆 I can't imagine doing that and leaving my kids alone. Now that I'm a parent myself, I look back on these memories and think wow..can't believe nothing ever happened. So easily could've had something go wrong . Especially for that long of a time.

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ThickerSalmon14@reddit

You are Gen X royalty. Gen X'ers were asked to be adults when we were children, but that is crazy. Kudo's to you.

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No_Salt5374@reddit

And if something did happen, hospital,etc. You would've been in foster care

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MNConcerto@reddit

Yeah, that's not ok.

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Dry_Tourist_1232@reddit

My best friend had her permit at 14. We used to drive all over town, every day, weekend nights, in her car. I asked my mom a few years ago why in the world she let me ride with a 14 year old!

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yurtfarmer@reddit

Beyond latchkey

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ComicOzzy@reddit

My parents went out of town for 8-9 days every year during my birthday week, and it was honestly the best thing ever. I invited friends over after school and had pizza delivered. My mom was always like "are you sure it's okay?" Yes. I've had a lot of practice taking care of myself but now I can turn the stereo up all night.

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Background_Pool_7457@reddit

And when somebody asked you about it, you said, "meh".

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Grizzle_prizzle37@reddit

I’m curious. We were often left much like this as well, so I can’t help but wonder if you all ended up going feral like my brother and I did. Now, as we’re creeping up on senior citizen status, much of our conversations are regarding how much we feel that it was pretty miraculous that we didn’t end up in state custody, or our parents didn’t end up incarcerated as a result of our “freedom.”

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NorseGlas@reddit

It was kinda like that at my one friends house…. Except his mom had a boyfriend so she was never home. She would stop in once or twice a week and bring groceries and drop off cash. Otherwise all of us kids used the house to party…. Seriously and his mom didn’t care. All walls inside except his mom’s room were covered with graffiti. These days CPS and the cops would be all over that house with 14yr olds partying day and night.

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OhSoScotian77@reddit

Beastie Boys could see it coming a mile away.

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Vivid-Teacher4189@reddit

My cousin moved out of home at 13 with her 20 year old boyfriend when her parents moved to India to find themselves for a few years. She was still in Year 8 at Highschool and finished school all alone and nobody in the family really ever said anything about it, even though she was a much loved cousin and granddaughter. I was 1 day older than her and thought it was not cool, at all, but nothing was ever done, either by my parents, my grandparents or the school and I still don’t know how that shit worked now that I have teen kids and there’s no way they’d get by alone at 13. My cousin and I both still agree that it was wrong that no one gave a shit.

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prettywarmcool@reddit

I remember in high school, I had a friend that didn't have a curfew. I thought that was the absolute coolest and that she was so lucky. It wasn't until I was in my mid-20's that I realized that she didn't have a curfew because her parents didn't care where she was, and it dramatically changed my perspective of my own curfew and parents.

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AirlockBob77@reddit

wow

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prettyconvincing@reddit

Sounds familiar. My family owned a restaurant and we lived above it. They took a winter vacation and I had to stay back because of school for 2 months. I was 16. It was super fun. They had a full bar but I was one of 3 people in my entire junior class that didn't drink. We didn't tell any of my friends parents that my family was out of town and I was able to have a lot of sleepovers.

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berger034@reddit

The home alone genX experience

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Potential-Yoghurt245@reddit

My mum used to go away for between two and six weeks as she was looking after my grandparents who were Ill at the time. So I and my brother got left behind the fridge was full she left me with £35 for two weeks and would send money through the post if she was going to be away for longer. Both my brother and I knew how to do the laundry and iron our school shirts (she was convinced that the school would know if our shirts were unironed) I think this did us no harm we learned skills I still use today.

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cincy15@reddit

Home alone (the movie ) was a true story based on every day life… they had to jaz the movie up with the whole family vacation thing to keep people happy.

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ethnographyofcringe@reddit

My friend's parents went on a Caribbean vacation when she was 15, and hired -- actually paid -- my other friend and me (both of us 16) to live in their lake house and act as cook and driver. We spent a lot of that time listening to the fabulous music of the era, dancing, talking, and watching the sun set over the lake. GenX experience par excellence.

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GreenGroover@reddit

Wow, I reckon there's a movie script in this. May I ask what songs were on your playlist?

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MNConcerto@reddit

Youngest child. By the time I was a sophomore my parents were gone at least one weekend a month during the school year, longer in the summer. I was often home alone. I didn't have your level of responsibilities (pay bills) but I had to get myself places, make food, clean up etc. I was more than ready to move out for college. I didn't have a curfew or restrictions like my older siblings, when they complained my parents shot back with well this one has never thrown a kegger when we were gone, she is always where she said she was going to be and gets home when she said she was AND if plans change she let's us know sooooo. My siblings had no argument.

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Stay_At_Home_Cat_Dad@reddit

You are Gen X royalty! I bow before you, your highness.

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ComprehensiveElk884@reddit

Agreed. This is an epic story!

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archbid@reddit

My junior year in high school both parents just moved to another state. They would come back occasionally. There were three of us just living our lives in the house. It was awesome

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Caspers_Shadow@reddit

Wow. My parents did 2 weeks once and would routinely do a week away on their own. They stocked the fridge and left us cash. Never 3 months though.

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treelovingaytheist@reddit

My mom worked nights as a nurse and left me alone at night 5 nights a week from 11-7 starting at age 12.

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Deep-Classroom-879@reddit

When I was 15 my parents went to the country to renovate a house for the summer and we (my sister and I and a few friends) subleased our apartment. Also loved it.

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crusoe@reddit

Average Japanese Middle Schooler.

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CrashMT72@reddit

Mine rented an apartment outside Paris for 3 months. Left me an allowance and the grocery card ( for the place I worked) at 16yo with no siblings or nearby relatives. The shit that went down… legendary.

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rthrtylr@reddit

My parents fucked off to Italy for a spell every year, off season, just as magic mushroom started, and me with a field across the road. Oh my days the parties.

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mynextthroway@reddit

I thought I wrote this until I saw the apartment. (Was it Geneva?)

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AirlockBob77@reddit

Ha, no. Latin America.

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dneste@reddit

You win. You’re the most Gen X kid ever!

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Pyrite13@reddit

It's 11:30pm and you're home alone and you're awake? What are you celebrating?

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beamin1@reddit

Yeah my dad did 11pm-6am and I could be in the woods before he got home in the mornings...most days I'd come home when he was asleep and eat and then leave again.

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Silver_Objective7144@reddit

I’ve got a similar story, only my Mom abandoned me when I was 16

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Stay_At_Home_Cat_Dad@reddit

My mom wasn't great either. I moved out when I was 17.

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Silver_Objective7144@reddit

I still talk to her, but still wish things had been different

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ILSmokeItAll@reddit

I’ve been alone since ao was a kid. 47 years. Same shit, different day.

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Klin24@reddit

Time to watch Saturday Nights Main Event!

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Triette@reddit

Yeah but when it’s 10 o’clock, do you know where you are?

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Cheap_Doctor_1994@reddit

Not home, that's for sure. I have so many memories of so many couches and no idea who the owners were.

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jaredjc@reddit

I feel this. After my parents split around 9 yrs old, my mom worked swing or midnights all through middle and high school. I only saw her on her days off. I took care of myself for some time.

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DreadPirateWade@reddit

Oh shit, that means it’s almost time to watch 120 minutes!!! Fuck yeah!

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BienEssef@reddit

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 🤣💀

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templeofthemadcow@reddit

Oof! Core memory unlocked.

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SpunTeh1@reddit

Out of the furnace, good movie. Christian Bale.

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Many_bones5753@reddit

Who wants to be old

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Own-Adagio7070@reddit

I'm guessing you're younger than GenX. **First**, enjoy your youth! **Second**, use the power, strength, and experience you get as an adult! **THEN**, be old and wise. Make sure you made a good bed for yourself as an adult, so your old age is a good time to be alive. I want the younger set to have it better than us: money-wise sure, but especially life-wise. *I won't be coming home tonight* *My generation will put it right* *We're not just making promises* *That we know we'll never keep* *-- Phil Collins, Land of Confusion* Be the generation that puts it right.

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kgturner@reddit

Like call in sick because I slept wrong

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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit

Me watching the world fall apart in real time: ![gif](giphy|3o6ipHXLIuyMGMvR5K|downsized)

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LillyReynoldsWill@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/b4nu9ojtwoce1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=880b2dcb13ab21f3841e0c242134fb6a8d5729af

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starkiss1969@reddit

This is so untrue. The reason the dinosaurs are running around. Congress and the Senate is because generation X our generation my generation , we were too apathetic to get involved and push them out. We decided we don’t need to do anything and we’ve left all these problems for the younger generation. We’re very responsible for what’s going on right now.

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neanderthalman@reddit

Wasn’t apathy. It’s strictly a numbers game. There simply weren’t nearly enough GenX to outvote boomers. Ever.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

A lot of GenX politicians sided with the establishment. What GenX politicians truly represents change?

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neanderthalman@reddit

I can’t think of a better example of survivor bias. The GenX politicians that would have demonstrated that *never got elected*. The ones that cozied up with boomers did.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

How come GenX and other generations vote for such terrible politicians? The electorate is the reason why those politicians get re-elected in the first place.

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Read_More_First@reddit

Above poster answered your question pretty succinctly. Then you asked it again.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

Wrong! If people want better politicians, then they should make an effort in making sure better politicians get elected. What's stopping us from putting in good guys for office? Who's putting the terrible politicians in office? It's us.

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Read_More_First@reddit

The point he made is that boomers have always outnumbered us. And that the gen x politicians that got elected had to cozy up to boomers to get elected. He also pointed out that your logic is flawed. "Survivor bias". Look it up.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

In a few decades, when GenX are the ones ruling congress. Will they forsake the corporations and actually serve their constituents? Will GenX voters hold politicians accountable? We all know the answers to those questions.

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Crusoebear@reddit

This\^

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yg2522@reddit

umm....our generation never had the numbers to even compete with the boomers. then when millennials came of age, they also outnumbered us. hell, boomers STILL outnumber gen x. so while yes, gen x tends to be apathetic politically, it's also a fact that gen x would never be a driving force and can only tip the scales.

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dilettantes_life@reddit

I find this argument fallacious. The truth, though unpopular, is that most Xers are libertarian…we wanna be left alone and are tiered of the government plunderers taking our paychecks 4 times over…paycheck taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, etc. we are the “don’t fuck with us”generation “and we will not fuck with you” which in hindsight, might’ve backfired a lil bit.

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oooortclouuud@reddit

>most Xers are libertarian yeah, no

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dilettantes_life@reddit

You focused on the term libertarian… what would you call wanting being left alone?

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oooortclouuud@reddit

you *chose* the term, you should know its definition. and you are focused on the wrong thing: do you have stats to back up your claim or is changing the subject just your strategy? 🤣 actually, don't answer that, it's rhetorical. and I'm sleepy.

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dilettantes_life@reddit

I like you. 😁 someone I can debate with. However asking for stats is a cheep way out. Do you have stats on the contrary? It can go both ways. Nonetheless, cheers to you brother. I hope we meet irl.

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oooortclouuud@reddit

sure thing, any time! cheers sister, can't wait to meetcha! just kidding! look. saying "most Xers are libertarian" *at all* is a cheap way out. it's an opinion. it's like you're using the word merely an adjective rather than what it is. not defending or giving evidence for that claim is a cheap way out. empty flattery is a cheap and slimy way out. ending a "debate" immediately after praising it is a cheap and manipulative way out. assuming I am of a like mind and gender, and that I would want to meet based off of this micro-interaction, is a cheap, delusional, smug and gaslight-y way out. bye, now 😘😘😘

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

"libertarian" Looking at GenX voting record 🤔??

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dilettantes_life@reddit

You think voting records mean anything? 🤣 You think you looked them up?🤣 Got no response for you

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

Gen X voters overwhelmingly vote for the Republicans or Democrats. True libertarians like the American Libertarian Party and Reason magazine don't get a lot of support from the American people. Libertarians support the end of the welfare state, legalization of drugs, open borders and non-interventionism. They oppose government-assisted healthcare. Do a lot of GenX agree with those policies?

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Datamackirk@reddit

I don't see that you've looked anything up. That probably why you have no reaponse. Vague, unproven generalizations will leave you in that position.

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Datamackirk@reddit

Yeah, how dare they focus on what you said.

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MhojoRisin@reddit

“Plunderers.” You sound like someone regurgitating Ayn Rand.

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dilettantes_life@reddit

Never read Ayn Rand.

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aligatorsNmaligators@reddit

We were vastly outnumbered by the boomers *while they were still young*

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Pigeonofthesea8@reddit

Fact

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Feisty_Stomach_7213@reddit

Could not be more wrong the boomers don’t want to give up

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According-Cost-7441@reddit

100% true. As soon as gen x found a job that payed the bills we were set. A generation with no aspirations except stability. We never took over from the boomers because political leadership roles are not fun and pay like shit. Unless you’re crooked and too many of us grew up on the ‘hidden’ moral message in the cartoons.

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PatrolPunk@reddit

We were the smallest generation and the forgotten generation. I’ve voted in every election since 1992. I’ve been as engaged as much as my time allows me to be. In the end we just couldn’t overcome the sheer number of boomers. Well don’t be too disappointed we have Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett on the US Supreme Court. Oh shit never mind .

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Hand_me_down_Pumas@reddit

Nice try Boomer

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starkiss1969@reddit

You’re an idiot

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Illustrious-Ratio213@reddit

There’s lots of Gen X in government, they’re almost all assholes though.

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HandMadeMarmelade@reddit

Something like 85% of the US Congress is Baby Boomer/Silent Gen. Gen X is the least represented generation.

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MickeyButters@reddit

We're also the smallest generation

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Cranks_No_Start@reddit

>85% of the US Congress is Baby Boomer/Silent Gen As gen X approaches retirement…I’m shocked there still silents in gov jobs they should’ve been forced out decades ago.

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goosejail@reddit

My mom's silent gen. She's quietly puttering around in her garden all day. Still mentally sharp but definitely too old to be making decisions that affect millions of people.

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Pinkysrage@reddit

Getting the shaft since we were born.

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gloucma@reddit

Ever since Reagan

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Hobotronacus@reddit

This is the reality. Doesn't mean shit if you get rid of the boomers in government because the real problem is corruption. The only way to fix the corruption is campaign finance reform.

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Tempus__Fuggit@reddit

There are more radical ways to deal with corruption. The entire system is set up for exploitation. Reforming it in parts won't accomplish anything.

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dr_wheel@reddit

The whole system is messed up and needs either serious reform or needs to be completely restructured, imo. The Senate, in particular, really irks me... In no way should a state with 590,000 people get the same voting power at the federal level as a state with 39 million people under the guise of "equal representation" in government. That's like the exact fucking opposite.

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Tempus__Fuggit@reddit

I'm in Canada, where everything is differently messed up. Parliamentary.democracy and constitutional monarchy make a train wreck.

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Hey_Laaady@reddit

Exactly. So very tired of hearing people blame the boomers. Plenty among us as Gen X and other generations exhibit the same behavior, unfortunately it's not simple enough to just blame one age cohort.

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Dark_Web_Duck@reddit

Don't forget term limits.

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da_impaler@reddit

Do you know how to deal with an asshole? Easy. Just step up to them, homie. Settle your differences in the parking lot after work.

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luvdogs71@reddit

Meet me outside, 3:00 in parking lot!

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No-Competition-2764@reddit

Most anyone that wants to be in charge is an asshole by definition.

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The_Nerdy_Elephant@reddit

I think people confuse Gen X for Boomers to be very honest

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Rhubarbisme@reddit

Can confirm. Carved out a role in government staff more or less by stealth. Used my invisibility to develop a unique subject area expertise through volunteering and being a freelance contractor (for lack of actual jobs) which I now leverage to tackle a wide range of bureaucratic and social issues. There are still a few Boomers in charge, and a lot of Millennials getting into elected roles. Staff primarily consist of a few fellow Gen X operatives and an army of Zoomers. That’s actually reassuring to see, because I’m my generation it seemed like there were no entry level positions - all the boomers were fixing to retire with all the institutional knowledge having trained no one to follow them.

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Joker_Anarchy@reddit

Assholes are in all generations…

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TungstenChef@reddit

I'm surrounded by Assholes!

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Pamelot130x2@reddit

![gif](giphy|TCDHJPxeWgTsY)

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Mihailis27@reddit

"Keep firing, Assholes!"

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Rude-Consideration64@reddit

They're not the ones that drove muscle cars or lifted trucks, I'll tell you what. They're the ones that were hall monitors and ran for student government....

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ThirstyHank@reddit

I keep hearing since the election about how GenX hasn't done enough in politics, sold out, have all gone conservative or never actually stood for anything. While it's true we haven't held positions as some here have pointed out we tend to get outvoted by bigger cohorts, we have actually accomplished a lot. Just one example: The wave of support for LGBT+ rights and the moves in DC which led to the end of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and the Obergefell decision came from Gen X, not from Boomers or Millennials (who were mostly too young in the 00's to lay the actual groundwork). In fact a lot of the progressive social changes that Millennials get credit for were cemented by them, but started by their older brothers and sisters during the W Bush years. We as usual just don't get credit for it.

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meh_69420@reddit

Wasn't Obama actually Gen X too? First, and last since, that wasn't born in 1946 or earlier...

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PorkbellyFL0P@reddit

Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg. I think genX has contributed enough.

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HandleAccomplished11@reddit

Only Musk is Gen-X. Bezos is a Boomer and Zuckerberg is a Millennial.

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yg2522@reddit

add to that, musk wasn't even born in the US.

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4thStgMiddleSpooler@reddit

It's okay, they already know we don't give af.

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ReallyJTL@reddit

[Nice shirt!](https://youtu.be/2ZjviMmXIY8?feature=shared)

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Exact-Pound-6993@reddit

GenX are like the spanish inquisition...nobody thinks about us until is too late

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Past-Direction9145@reddit

Calm down there mr breakfast club

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charliefoxtrot9@reddit

Mr Billy Madison!

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discussatron@reddit

/Simple Minds plays in the distance

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Sicsurfer@reddit

I enjoyed that, thanks!

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MowgeeCrone@reddit

Amen!

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Oktokolo@reddit

It's not like anyone actually has a choice. You either are GenX; or you aren't.

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bp3dots@reddit

I read this post and thought about the colonoscopy I have coming up. Guess that wasn't the type of gen-x stuff y'all meant 😭

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Medical-Acadia-3376@reddit

My parents were divorced ( dad in Cal, mom in Florida) I was 13 at the time . Mom was a real shit bird and was never home . One morning during summer vacation,I just decided to take off and go see my dad. Packed up some stuff , money I had from working and hitchhiked to California. Took me about 4 days to reach Santa Cruz as I remember. Surprised my dad to say the least and my mom never even knew I was gone.

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VileBill@reddit

My GenX shit was reading fantasy and playing DnD.

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FiregoatX2@reddit

Ha, me too.

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El_Puppador@reddit

I was 16 yo in 1994. After my parents' divorce, my mother moved to the Midwest, and I stayed in Georgia to finish high school with my dad. I guess he got tired of me cramping his style because I came home from school the first Monday after Christmas break, and he had moved. The apartment was completely empty. All I had was what was in the backpack I had on me and what was in my locker at school. I called my mother from a friend's house, and she told me to believe in Jesus and make a plan. I saw my father one more time in 2014, when he proceeded to tell me I owed him a thank you for making me self-sufficient. I lived in a tank in a park for the remainder of my junior year and the following summer until they welded it shut because someone was living in it. They welded everything I had left shut inside. I eventually graduated and got my first apartment.

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sugah560@reddit

Yea, no one likes icing their knees.

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Chaemyerelis@reddit

I don't get this. Are we boomers now overinflating ourselves?

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Alarming_Bid_7495@reddit

Damn, I haven’t ridden in the back of an open bed pickup truck in years.

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toupeInAFanFactory@reddit

my dad had a 240z. I recall riding in the hatch-back, with a friend, at the age of maybe 9? we just kinda crouched back there like frogs. <shakes head>

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Alarming_Bid_7495@reddit

My dad was my little league coach, and I remember plenty of times in the back of the truck, rolling around with about five or six other teammates and all the equipment on the way to games and practices!

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toupeInAFanFactory@reddit

On the one hand, we clearly didn’t die and an overall societal reduction in the amount of pearl-clutching would be nice. Otoh, car seats and seat belts were legally required and generally used everywhere by the early 80s, so wtf parents???

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Alarming_Bid_7495@reddit

Yeah, most of my “jut get in the back of the pickup” riding days were in the early to mid-Eighties. It’s WTF law enforcement, too. We were riding around in broad daylight, and it’s not like my dad was the only one hauling kids around town that way, either.

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JenninMiami@reddit

It’s been decades for me. 😆

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somethingclever3000@reddit

What is gen x stuff? Voting for Trump?

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ThickerSalmon14@reddit

Gen X. Adults when were supposed to be children. Adults now, helping boomers, millennials, gen Z etc. When do we get to be children? I'm tried of being the only adult in the room.

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jefftatro1@reddit

This movie that the meme is from is probably Woody Harrelsons best work. I believed him. It's called "Out of the Furnace" if anyone wants to know.

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AtaraxiaAKAZatharax@reddit

Aw shit Gen X is getting to the sel-entitlement phase… at least we won’t have to hear about it from Boomers as much

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WhatIsThisSevenNow@reddit

What do you classify as "GenX shit"?

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chalwar@reddit

IYKYK

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Fritzo2162@reddit

Actual conversation I has with my son over the weekend: "Dad...how do you know how to do so many things?" "Buddy, when I was growing up you had to figure it out or do without."

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Lab214@reddit

Took apart car stuff by unbolting things and figuring it out as you go. No You tube or Car blogs back then.

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Fritzo2162@reddit

Haha....I did this with the water pump on my Mustang in the late 80s. It kept overheating, so I followed the radiator hoses to a big hump on the front of the engine and started taking parts out. Then I had to go to the autoparts store and ask "You have one of these things?" and the guy behind the counter would give you tips on how to put it back in.

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Lab214@reddit

Exactly, they would give you the cliff notes to reassembly and help diagnose any other “ ailments “.

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Blkmgcwmnjlm@reddit

Do Gen X shit like tell it like it is! We speak the truth and we're not going to pander to your pathetic sensibilities. Grow up and thicken that skin of yours. You will never be the success you think is owed you by remaining sheltered in your childhood bedroom. You're not entitled to a certain lifestyle that your parents worked hard to earn. It took them time and discipline to attain what you take for granted. Go get what you're willing to put in the time and effort to earn for yourself! Stop mooching off your parents.

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Fold_Some_Kent@reddit

Like what? Be addicted to Heroin? Lol

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doomtoothx@reddit

Yep 🤘

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amandatheactress@reddit

At least we’ve got the best soundtrack music to do it to

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lady_wolfen@reddit

Flashdance, Footloose, Top Gun, Arthur's Theme if you want to go dramatic. Gimme those any day.

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MiMiinOlyWa@reddit

Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Breakfast Club, Eddie and the Cruisers, Singles, Purple Rain. So many good ones

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Meunderwears@reddit

Lost Boys!

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TDH9x2CS@reddit

Fuckn singles.

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Bearyconscious@reddit

Push It To The Limit - Paul Engemann. And obviously anything by Bill Conti

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Dark-Empath-@reddit

Loading up the Dynasty theme tune as we speak 😂

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lady_wolfen@reddit

Yep! Conti, Faltermeyer, and Loggins were soundtrack legends back then!

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Commercial_Wind8212@reddit

ALl oTheR mUSiC iS yUcKy

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AnhedoniaJack@reddit

For example, screening for colon cancer?

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Shurglife@reddit

Fuck i got that Wednesday. I feel you

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COKEWHITESOLES@reddit

Voting Republican in record numbers

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RavishingRickiRude@reddit

Yeah Gen X really is going Boomer. Its dusturbing.

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andrewdivebartender@reddit

One of my best friends getting frustrated using his cell phone is what makes HIM look like a boomer.

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SinxHatesYou@reddit

I hate the fact that my anticapitalist anarchist punk friend is now super happy about Musk being in the government. It kinda sucks to learn most of us ended up being posers

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crobertdillon@reddit

Poop in a box… dun dun …. Poop in a box

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handsoapdispenser@reddit

https://youtu.be/Mu12X2cu6Y0?si=_U_oT-r1gMDCEcYa

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UnmutualOne@reddit

Just get the colonoscopy. That way they can take out any polyps they might find.

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Swimming-Airport6531@reddit

Listen to this advice. It can save your life.

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RavishingRickiRude@reddit

And for many of our Generation, maybe they can remove their head from their ass

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whole-grain-low-fat@reddit

No one has ever wanted to be Gen X

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phishftw@reddit

I had a permit at 14 for work/school. Drove all the time. My parents bought a repo mustang for me for my 15th birthday. Thrilled I could get my own self to school since they worked the night shift. Took my friends all over, 2 ran away for the summer and I drove them 7 hours to the beach, dropped them with some surfer skate punks we met at the mall and came back home . I didn't get in trouble at all. I finally felt guilty when the other parents were so worried and I came clean. I was the good kid lol, they got grounded. They came back with piercings hair wraps and tattoos, got picked up working in a beach souvenir store. A local police officer came into my kitchen and lectured us as our mom's nodded, cried and death stared at us but that was it.

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LordNitram76@reddit

Does anyone else think that because of all the things that we did and got away with. We may have a few parts missing up top.

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reasonarebel@reddit

Yes.

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BarisBlack@reddit

I'm still amazed I'm still alive to not talk about it.

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irishcedar@reddit

It's so true. I have no idea how I made it this far, or at least not in a wheelchair or something

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BarisBlack@reddit

And we also don't talk about those things. The statute if limitations have probably expired, but why test it.

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LordNitram76@reddit

I'm here for you. All of us X-er are a bit KUKU for Coco Puffs

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BarisBlack@reddit

And that makes us mighty. And tired. I'm getting a coffee.

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Aviator739@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/xu6g9pqyzoce1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc8a741680688f7d56a68a809fd2683e006c0990

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reasonarebel@reddit

That's... oddly specific

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MowgeeCrone@reddit

Thats fair. We do get regular mentions in the headlines for less than friendly reasons.

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PMMEBITCOINPLZ@reddit

What, like pooping in a box and mailing it?

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Bobodahobo010101@reddit

You got my package!

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heldaway@reddit

What does this even mean?

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wayyzor@reddit

I lost my front teeth in 1993 because I wanted to jump off that roof and look cool for the females.

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Breakerdog1@reddit

Mom left me alone for a month to go on a trip to the UK to see family when I was 13. It was deemed unsafe to leave me alone for that long so she got the idea that having my best friend stay with me the entire time was better. My besties single mom was happy to have the time alone and popped in every few days to make sure we were not dead. We lived like kings. Honestly it was the best month of my life. Down hill since then.

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Prior_Newspaper_4638@reddit

My best friend learned to drive his parents Ford LTD four door car at 13. We thought everything was normal about this at the time. Our first road trip was to Sierra National park where we jumped into the river to swim in June. Peak snow melt season. All together between four friends we had like $7-8 bucks on us. Enough for drinks and snacks. We left at 11am returned around 7pm. 100 mile round trip. Crazy thinking my kids would pull that off today.

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Used-Line23@reddit

No one wants to be gen x

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RavishingRickiRude@reddit

What does that even mean? Sit around and be cynical? Shit I wish more Gen Xers were cynical and distrusting. We wouldn't have the shit situation we are currently in.

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w3woody@reddit

You’d think this but no one ever listens to us. Whatever…

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DaneDaneBug@reddit

My friends parents were divorced. The mom remarried and moved to Georgia. The dad didn't want them. They were 14 & 15 years old. They lived in the house until the cops got tired of busting the parties up. The dad took them in.

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Spirited-Trip7606@reddit

Millennials and young folks be like, "Nooo, you can't say that it's\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_!", "Nooo, you can't do \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ it's illegal!", "You shouldn't yell or show anger. It's not socially acceptable!" Let me use my superpowers!

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realwet13@reddit

I am GenX and I’m not sure what we are supposed to be doing.

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w3woody@reddit

Are The Flintstones on rerun? ‘Cause that with some buttered toast with cinnamon and sugar is definitely in my plans.

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WhatIsThisSevenNow@reddit

Nothing, man ... nothing.

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jack-t-o-r-s@reddit

https://i.redd.it/jarg7uxd7tce1.gif

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Upper-Affect5971@reddit

Looking for my reading glasses.

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oooortclouuud@reddit

they're on your head.

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armygolfer@reddit

These two stung.

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ImDoneForToday2019@reddit

F U!! Oh, uh, yeah. Uh, thanks.

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daddyjohns@reddit

three days of recovery for one day of workout

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Admirable_Image_8759@reddit

one week of recovery for having 3 drinks in one night

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SinxHatesYou@reddit

Doctor friend figured that out for us. Go buy Pedialyte. Drink 3 or 4 ounces before bed and when you wake up. It cures the hangover and all, but more importantly, if also helps with the aches

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BizzarduousTask@reddit

What about those of us who get a hangover before the night is even over??

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SinxHatesYou@reddit

When you reach the age of getting a hangover just thinking about drinking

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teodocio@reddit

3 drinks? You must have been sneaking Zimas.

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LowestKey@reddit

Hence the upper/lower split.

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Mail_Order_Lutefisk@reddit

I’m normally driving to the gym at this point of the day, but because I slept on my neck wrong two nights ago I can’t go to the gym because I’m not comfortable driving since I can’t turn my head.

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Honest-Layer9318@reddit

I feel ya. One week into recovery after my knee did something weird walking normally on a flat surface.

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Anxious_Comment_9588@reddit

lmao y’all are so cringe

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jp20sd@reddit

I went to a punk show tonight and got in the pit. I'm 47.

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jack-t-o-r-s@reddit

Keep the scene alive

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Unique_Watch2603@reddit

@ 15 I quit high school, started night school to get my GED, got a full time job in a sewing factory and had my own apartment. It sounds ridiculous now but it was really no biggie back then.

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Wonkas_Willy69@reddit

Do drugs and complain ?

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Designer-Mirror-7995@reddit

SMH. Even 'this' little saying didn't escape being captured and reworded.

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curlicue@reddit

I thought the defining characteristic of Gen X is that they are slackers.

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MyBookOfStories@reddit

What, like start over mid life? Get my hip to pop so my leg will stop screaming at me? Woody?

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brereddit@reddit

…especially riding in the back seat of a station wagon and having to face the drivers behind you at a stop light. 🚦 like, where are you supposed to look?

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app_generated_name@reddit

Did a boomer post this?

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sleeptightburner@reddit

Reddit is becoming Facebook.

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WhatIsThisSevenNow@reddit

How so? Most of Reddit is dominated by basement-dwelling Millennials and later.

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sleeptightburner@reddit

The fact that this “meme” was posted unironically is enough evidence on its own. I actually thought it was r/badfacebookmemes when I first saw it while scrolling. If you don’t see it then you don’t see it, I don’t know what to tell you.

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Old_One-Eye@reddit

"You get yourself a job before sundown, or we're shipping you off to military school with that goddam Finklestein shit kid! Son of a bitch!"

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middleagedouchebag@reddit

I got a buddy with United fruit.Get a job picking strawberries you might work your way up to these goddamn bananas! When, boy when, are you going to get your act together?!?

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AelixD@reddit

I served with a Finklestein. Actual name. Embodied the stereotype. I’m still shocked.

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tas8871-@reddit

Me and my friend said that to each other all the time.

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randomquote4u@reddit

*I'm so bored .. with the U.S.A. I'm so bored .. with the U.S.A.* *we dont need no water let the MF burn. burn MF .. burn.*

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Content_Talk_6581@reddit

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire…

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WhatIsThisSevenNow@reddit

The roach, the roach, the roach is on the wall ...

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Mission-Cloud360@reddit

My SIL was left to live by herself and take care of a younger brother when she was 17 and brother 14. The parents left to work in a foreign country and al older grandmother would visit twice a year to check on the kids. The parents came back to the country when SIL was close to 30, married and had 2 kids.

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BienEssef@reddit

Gotta make that prostate exam appointment. Goddammit

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UnmutualOne@reddit

Pro tip: Small, female doctors have small, female hands.

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BienEssef@reddit

Lmfaooooooo

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schnozzberryflop@reddit

Woody's a boomer but OK.

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youknowmyname7@reddit

These ridiculous memes of how GenX are so tough, or so with it, or street smart or whatever are just serving to turn my generation into a parody of ourselves, just like it did for the boomers. Stop already. I have real problems I have to fix, that were probably similar to my parent's concerns in their late 40s. You're not the breakfast club kid, you're not Heroin Bob, or Mickey and Malory. As Elliott Smith said "You're just some dude with a stilted attitude / That you learned from TV". You probably hung out with your friends, and built inside jokes and maybe had that time you guys got caught up at a skeevy pot dealer's house that you now use as some right of passage to post this garbage. Most of GenX forgot what it was to be cool 10-15 years ago, and that's plenty cool enough. Move on.

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stitiousnotsuper@reddit

Oh fuck off, I’m getting to old for this shit

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Fine-Art-6256@reddit

Our role was to be the 2.5 per for our divorced boomer parents. Grandkids aren't going to make themselves.

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Fantastic-Bombshell@reddit

FACTS

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Faded_vet@reddit

What like going to post on /r/antiwork about forming a union or getting a lawyer because your boss reminded you that your retail job has holiday blackout days off that you agreed to when hired? "I....Am...Shaking"

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DFWPrecision@reddit

GenX is the perfect blend of grit, ass-kicking and common sense.

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blackkristos@reddit

![gif](giphy|g0mzdiXspEFYdH0ojf)

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Majik_Sheff@reddit

Beds Are Burning, It's The End of the World, and We Didn't Start the Fire were calls to action. Our action was to grab marshmallows and sharpened sticks.

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peschelnet@reddit

"We didn't start the fire" AKA by the boomers as "fuck you, we started the fires"

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Hurcules-Mulligan@reddit

I’ve been feeling this way a lot lately.

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ClarenceWhirley@reddit

Cringe AF.

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ConsciousAd525@reddit

Boomer vibe

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VoltimusVH@reddit

I don’t know anybody that WANTS to be Gen X, and I’m Gen X…..”Gen X shit” = dealing with neglect issues while thinking it’s a badge of honor…(might as well, right?)..😂

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Littleboy_Natshnid@reddit

Word up 👊🏻

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Il_Magn1f1c0@reddit

Get ready to have your feelings hurt!!!

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AWastedMind@reddit

Such as?

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ratsta@reddit

Getting an ADD diagnosis 45 years after you needed it. Paying rates if you're lucky, rent if you're not. Staring at the amount left in your bank account and wondering how to make it go up from month to month instead of down. Clearing expired food from the fridge. Taking out the garbage. Cooking dinner while listening to Echo Beach then going to bed by 10.

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AWastedMind@reddit

/Agreed.

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MiseryEngine@reddit

Boomers step aside? Haven't you been paying attention to ::motions to everything:: It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

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JuJu_Wirehead@reddit

How do we start not giving a shit, if we never started?

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geneticeffects@reddit

Don’t know. Don’t care.

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JuJu_Wirehead@reddit

Meh, whatever

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realsalmineo@reddit

Yeah, I have no idea what this even means.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

It seems to be more "vibes" than actual substance.

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milleez@reddit

Bizarro GenX

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seekerlif3@reddit

"I swear, if I have to get off of this sofa to come get your ass... I just got home from work!" (Things my mom has said to me when my ride left me stranded.) Needless to say, I walked home a lot.

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RockSteady65@reddit

Mom can you please give me a ride to the bowling alley? “Is your bike broken?”

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Herban_Myth@reddit

Debt?

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BigConstruction4247@reddit

Like a colonoscopy?

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One_Ad_2120@reddit

Funny thing is… Woody Harrelson isn’t even Gen X but a boomer. He was born in 1961….. but I get the sentiment. His face says it all….🤣

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Rarefindofthemind@reddit

I know we are getting old because the memes are getting cringier.

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Carlo201318@reddit

Gen X , the last great generation

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HoosierDaddy_427@reddit

Here I sit, all broken hearted Tried to poop, but only farted Real GenX shit 🤙

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openwheelr@reddit

My buddy's parents built a beach house on the Outer Banks, circa 1989. They would send my friend down periodically to check on progress. We were both like 17, and it's a 7 hour drive. Now, his folks are entrepreneurs, busy, and he practically raised himself. That summer, he took me and a few other guys down for a week. House had a roof but zero windows or doors. No utilities. We slept on the plywood subfloor, showered at the tennis club, and roamed the beach looking for girls. Did meet girls - who became interested in two of us. Stole their dad's liquor and proceeded to get fall down drunk with us on the beach one night. Didn't see them after that. Good times.

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Rude-Consideration64@reddit

![gif](giphy|OisswT4w73ub6)

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ChickenLegs614@reddit

Lol— no one wants to be GenX losers

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pshootr2366@reddit

Yupp,tires out the keyboard and video game jockeys😂

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jmadding@reddit

As a millenial, you MUST mean "sit around and do fucking nothing while they take everything from you buy you got a house so fuck them kids"...right?

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BigDigger324@reddit

You’ll be there soon little fella don’t worry. You got nothing to lose….until you do.

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flame_princess_diana@reddit

What's :Gen X Shit"? Post vague threats on the internet?

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

GenX in the 70s/80s/90s: Fuck the "man". Fuck the system. We're never going to become like our parents. We're never going to sell out. GenX these days: I didn't sell out. I bought in.

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BigDigger324@reddit

You’ll get there. You got nothing to lose…until you do.

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Rad2474@reddit

I'm going to float face down in a pool and see if anyone cares that I'm dead. Spoiler alert - they don't.

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PassorFail1307@reddit

Hearing am abnormal crack and feeling it on Tuesday.

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Admirable_Image_8759@reddit

Waking up and walking with a limp when you did nothing that could have caused the issue the day prior

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xczechr@reddit

Waking up is the cause these days.

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Whiskey-Mick@reddit

Nobody gives a shit or even thinks about Gen X. The only Gen X discussions you see online are Gen X people talking about their childhood, thinking they are the only generation to spend it outdoors lmao.

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DemocracyOfficer009@reddit

Had a job at 14. I paid my own Pager bill. LOL

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neverbrandisskirt@reddit

Nobody on either side wants to be Gen X, are you shitting me. Boomers used to hate on us and Millennials barely know who we are. Good pic of Woody, though.

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UpOrDownItsUpToYou@reddit

The most GenX thing these days is to slowly but surely turn into our parents

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darkgreynow@reddit

Shit like taking my blood pressure medication?

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Temporary_Second3290@reddit

Hold my beer..... While I check my blood pressure.

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johnnyboy1007@reddit

why is my username in this screenshot

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numberjhonny5ive@reddit

Having had narcissistic self absorbed controlling parents, I loved and still love every moment I am alone. I love my wife and being with her, but those moments alone are the only times I am calm and relaxed.

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caseybvdc74@reddit

I wish I could make a face so cool that people would use it to say dumb things that my face makes sound cool.

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HalastersCompass@reddit

Gen X shit, you mean work

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Drakeytown@reddit

I don't think anybody but Gen x wants to to be Gen x. Even the name comes from Gen x not wanting to be Gen x.

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Extension_Ad_9909@reddit

Epic movie meme. Love his character in that one. Woody is the man.

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Puzzleheaded_Ad613@reddit

This is extra creepy when you realize Woody’s dad was a convicted murderer

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GrabFresh1640@reddit

I convinced bouncers to let me into a nightclub when I was 15 because the Penthouse Pets were doing a show. I got in, went straight to the bar ordered a rocket fuel (7 standards) tasted like lemonade so I ordered a second. I made it to the front row of the show somehow and remember seeing some dancing then I don’t remember the rest. I was picked up on the highway by friends who found me shushing cars without my shoes holding a sandwich. Got it done

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Dimirinaxxx@reddit

GenX is like the middle child always there, holding it all together, but nobody ever gives it enough credit!

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Cheap_Doctor_1994@reddit

Try being a middle child genxer. ;)

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LayThatPipe@reddit

But also the one most likely to go Postal when pushed over our limits

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SpaceMonkey3301967@reddit

What is Gen X shit? PS: Here' one of my favorite Generation X songs. Check out young Billy Idol: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMM5oKtFVC0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMM5oKtFVC0)

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Adequate-Monicker634@reddit

Letting the whole mess blow while we walk away smiling.

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SpaceMonkey3301967@reddit

Yes. I see. I'm 57. It's been a hard life, but I had great times. I'm smiling, high-fiving, bumping, and grinding my way toward death.

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SojuSeed@reddit

My younger brother was born in ‘93 but posts GenX stuff on his FB all the time. Wants to be in that demographic so hard.

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Stefanz454@reddit

Haha I have zero problem with people not knowing where I am every second of every day and being “available” physically and emotionally

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ohdearyme73@reddit

'If I have to stop this car' was only said once, if car veered to the curb then walking home it was ( brothers & I fought regularly in car )

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teodocio@reddit

Does anyone have a pair of pliers? I'm trying to change the channel. Perfect Strangers is on.

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Top-Address-2418@reddit

What are we talking about? Shingles vaccine, colonoscopy?

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Ladymistery@reddit

Well, shit...where am I going to find a Bronco2 to launch over the "sand dunes"?

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Icy_Pay3775@reddit

Aha!

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Admirable_Image_8759@reddit

Gonna go bomb down a hill on my bike with no regard so life or limb and certainly no helmet

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GreenGroover@reddit

Or rollerskate down an unfinished, abandoned freeway that ends in mid-air! (Bondi Junction, Sydney, 1977.)

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Table44-NoVa@reddit

Murphy Canyon, California, 1977-1979)

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Educational-Lynx-261@reddit

Preach

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Global-Guava-8362@reddit

Man this hits hard

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Daohaus@reddit

I remember walking to elementary school .5 miles away while it was chucking rain with thunder and lighting. Me wearing just the yellow rain jacket thing walking scared shitless everytime the thunder and lighting stuck. But made it to school soaking wet.

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