Are Xennials too polite to be included in these kinds of Q & As?

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DrMcJedi@reddit

I wouldn’t say it out loud…but I would definitely think it. ![gif](giphy|l0Exh6fN8VnicAVuU|downsized)

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throwawayfromPA1701@reddit

I feel we'd say something like "you look great body positivity is awesome but hear me out, let's body positivity ourselves away from diabetes if we can."

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I always say you're beautiful because my Mom, a boomer/genx cusper, would shoot me down any chance she got and when I look back at my pictures I wasn't huge! Now I don't put people down because living life is extra rough as it is, they don't need my two cents.

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boodgooky@reddit

That can be an underhanded compliment bc the implication is that someone cannot be both fat and beautiful.

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Silent_Syren@reddit

"I didn't ask if I was beautiful, I asked if I was fat." I hate the implication that being overweight makes the one unattractive. As for what I'd say? I'd slap my stomach and say, "I'm not one to talk."

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kgreyes@reddit

I would never say that but i would internally laugh like hell if i heard someone else say it to their friend and feel bad for doing so.

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sarcastic_sybarite83@reddit

The correct combination would be: "You're a beautiful fat person."

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Wait… we’re allowed to feel?

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just_some_guy2000@reddit

I laughed far more at this comment and the original Gen x response than I probably should have.

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feartheswans@reddit

As long as we don’t make it known

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MickeyMatters81@reddit

Yes, as long as it's the bad kind

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Crammit-Deadfinger@reddit

The term hamplanet still lays me out

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thujaplicata84@reddit

Haven't heard that one in years.

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CTSenVy@reddit

“Yeah, I’m heavy, it’s a problem that runs in the family” “The real problem is no one runs in your family”

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Ecstatic_Lake_3281@reddit

I would think the Gen X response, but internally roll my eyes and say the millennial response. I think that's appropriate for a generation that's blended/on the cusp like ours.

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NitrokoffTheGhost@reddit

This.

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blandmath@reddit

Ask me again without food in your mouth.

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bell83@reddit

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lotrmemescallsforaid@reddit

My 🐐

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NachoOrdinary@reddit

Your mama said..

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SaveusJebus@reddit

That made me laugh lol

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Same

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chiselplow@reddit

My response would be "If you want to possibly avoid the hell that is the American healthcare system, you should take your health more seriously".

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QuoVadimusDana@reddit

My response is usually " can you just tell me if you want me to agree with you or not because no matter what I say it's going to be wrong unless you tell me exactly what I'm supposed to say" - is that xennial or just me?

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Embarrassed_Key_4539@reddit

I think it’s autism

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VaselineHabits@reddit

As someone who is suspicious of autism in myself, I cackled

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QuoVadimusDana@reddit

I almost worded this as "is it xennial or is it because of the fact that I'm autistic" tbh

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djdiphenhydramine@reddit

Nearly every fellow xennial I've met (myself included) is, to some degree!

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QuoVadimusDana@reddit

I wish that were my experience. Instead I've just been the "different" one my whole life.

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VaselineHabits@reddit

I always felt that way, so as my kid was getting diagnosed with ADHD as a teen, it clicked that I had it. Eventually got diagnosed in my 30s. Then just talking with them and realizing ADHD represents differently in women, so they aren't diagnosed as much or much later in life... then led me to alot of traits I have that made me "different" that lined up with autism. That combined with my neglectful childhood kind of added up for me. But just *learning* I needed to "act/behavior" a certain situation or people, I always felt like I was different somehow. How did I not just *know* to do such things or it took awhile to learn the rules of engagement? It's been one hell of a trip trying to figure myself out and be the best person I can be

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VaselineHabits@reddit

I had a younger Millennial tell me, "It's a *spectrum*" 😅

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brieflifetime@reddit

Ok but I'm autistic and I'd want your honest opinion about the state of my body size. Sometimes it's hard to tell and you need an outside view to fully understand what's going on

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QuoVadimusDana@reddit

Perfect - then you could tell me that and I could answer honestly.

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VaselineHabits@reddit

But, *you* would know you've gained weight right? Like I keep various sizes of pants and tops because im realistic, so when I'm on the higher end of those... I notice I also notice when clothes get tighter, because I hate it. Maybe that's just me though

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mtron32@reddit

My wife got back from the doctor and said she needed to drop 40, then asked me why I didn’t tell her it had gotten so bad.

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VaselineHabits@reddit

Did you say because you valued your life?

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hamburgler26@reddit

Correct answer. This is a no win scenario question.

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mtron32@reddit

I told her that me saying that would depress her and make it worst, hearing it from a doctor is more clinically cut and dry. Now she has a will to do something about it without me shaming her into it, that shit needs to be self motivated. We both need to lose some pounds

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mog_knight@reddit

That's just autism.

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QuoVadimusDana@reddit

I almost worded this as "is it xennial or is it because of the fact that I'm autistic" tbh

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mastawyrm@reddit

I just say, that's a trap question

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Jets237@reddit

I believe ours would be “you’re not fat, you’re festively plump

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UnluckyCardiologist9@reddit

Big boned

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

You look will prepared for long, hard winter.

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Dubabear@reddit

I’m more helpful than ya lose pound or calling them fat. I would give my insights and what I know to help the journey much more manageable

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nojoblazybum@reddit

GenX response is gold. We only roast the ones we love. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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ProfessorOfLies@reddit

Its our love language. I feel like being a xennial from Jersey we got double the sarcastic burn culture

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CPT_Shiner@reddit

Fuckin' A!

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DarkTannhauserGate@reddit

Yeah, I really had to learn to read the room with my west coast co-workers

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Katniprose45@reddit

I'm a few years younger than most on this sub (86 baby) and I swear the main reasons I identify more strongly with Xennials/gen X are my early memories (good amount of memories from as young as 18 mo) and the fact that my love language is roasting you within an inch of your life. 😅

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theotterway@reddit

Yes! I was going to say, it depends how close we are to them.

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randomnamejennerator@reddit

I think the standard GenX response should be “Whatever”

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stinkytoe42@reddit

Depends if I like them or not. There's sort of a band of politeness: - If I hate them: they get the Gen X response. - If I'm indifferent: they get the Millennial response. - If I like them: they get the Gen X response, but I offer them a beer. Or a twinkie.

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ConundrumMachine@reddit

Xennials: you do you dude.

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chronicnerv@reddit

![gif](giphy|hQcLkFEUtRLADXS80V) "Yep you are a fat cunt, I could roll over twice and still find myself on you"

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OtherlandGirl@reddit

Upvote for Butcher! Was The Boys created with us in mind?

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chronicnerv@reddit

I just started watching it and on season 2, total breath of fresh air in this day and age.

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portrait_black@reddit

I think the response would be “I don’t know, Are you?”

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SmartChump@reddit

“I’m fat too, let’s fuck!”

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tahmorex@reddit

“I know 5 fat people and you’re the most beautiful of them”

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TheB1G_Lebowski@reddit

Depends on who is asking me will determine which answer they're going to get.

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kryptonitemind@reddit

I’d ask the person what prompted the question and get them to do all the talking. Before you know it, you no longer need to answer the question.

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judasmitchell@reddit

“This is America. We’re all fat.”

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

You're right in the middle of that big round bell curve

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system0101@reddit

A taco bell curve

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Gsquat@reddit

I think it's a 50/50 on what a xennial would say. Either a gen-x reply or a millennial. I definitely lean gen-x. Sorry, not sorry.

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Ace_Robots@reddit

You are what you are, Skinny.

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scifithighs@reddit

Nobody has ever asked me if they're fat because everyone I know is perfectly aware of their own body. And I don't give a shit what anyone does with their own body unless they're using it to hurt someone else. Oh, sorry, guess that makes me a genZ or something.

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Aggressive_Economy_8@reddit

Gen X’s response would be something along the lines of “We were the last generation to play outside and we drank from the hose. Also, we had the best music.”

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BojukaBob@reddit

This is a perfect illustration of why I refuse to be associant with GenX. They're by far the meanest generation.

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

There is an art to knowing someone well enough not to roast them on the things they're sensitive about. Not everyone has the gift

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Burlington-bloke@reddit

"If you have to ask, you already know the answer" I'm gay (skinny twink) so I can say more with my eyes.

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twi_tch@reddit

as a baby gen x/geriatric millennial (1980), i fkn *cackled* at the gen x response 🤣

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Downtown-Campaign536@reddit

Um no... I'm not going to be like "No you're beautiful" to someone who is fat. I'll give an honest answer.

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OneStrangerintheAlps@reddit

Tracks

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keepcalmscrollon@reddit

In my experience we vacillate between the Gen x and the millennial responses depending on who we're talking too. Actually I think I've always modulated my response to the audience so I've used all of these.

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Potato_Specialist_85@reddit

I lean toward gen-x on this one.

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hangtenhoney@reddit

Gen X: Yea, but who cares?

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No-Championship-8677@reddit

I ascribe to the Gen Z mentality in this regard. I just don’t comment on bodies

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djdiphenhydramine@reddit

Gen Z would tell you no, but that they're concerned by how much skin you're showing and by how much you talk about your sex life, because they're all turning into a bunch of puritanical little conservative weirdos.

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brieflifetime@reddit

Naw.. just depends on if I know the person on a real personal level or not. But also.. the millennial and gen Z are infuriating. Fat is not bad, it's just a necessary brain nutrition. Aleo someone can be fat AND beautiful. Lying isn't good.

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dowker1@reddit

Gen X of the person is male and I know them well, Millennial otherwise.

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thodges314@reddit

I have the millennial response, except I know I've been called out that "beautiful" isn't the opposite of "fat," because (a) being overweight doesn't exclude someone for being beautiful and (b) saying you're beautiful doesn't actually contradict the claim of being overweight. The only time I was ever asked that question directly (and with subsequently called out) was when I was 21 and dating an overweight 19-year-old. Her thing was all about finding ways of starting fights with me. Anyone else I've been with, or been friends with, they know on their own whether or not they are their ideal weight, and they're not going to ask someone else to confirm or disconfirm whether they are overweight. Instead, they'll talk about goals like, "when I get to my ideal weight I'm going to wear this jacket I got."

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Prinessbeca@reddit

Xennial answer- I know 5 fat people, you're 4 of them, AND you're beautiful.

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wolamute@reddit

Millennial here, I'd say the boomer line.

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harlembornnbred@reddit

The millennial answer is mad rude imo

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CSWorldChamp@reddit

Definitely fall into the X camp, here.

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JJBell@reddit

Yes and yo Momma so fat, she…

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CorgiMonsoon@reddit

Hears all the kids yell “Hey, Kool-Aid” when she wears a red dress

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Beefsupremeninjalo82@reddit

My response is, Im fatter than you

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RunMysterious6380@reddit

That silence isn't politeness. *"It's a Trap!"*

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xpacean@reddit

Just too niche.

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DuranDurandall@reddit

Boomers are not that polite about it.

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Complete-Library9260@reddit

No. I would lean towards the Gen X response. I feel like we are the peak trash talking generation. But we trash talked you because we liked you.

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Apt_5@reddit

True. Although I'm old enough and my friends are grounded enough that no one is asking this. The ones who are, know, and they don't need to fish for compliments.

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IntroductionLost4087@reddit

Correct response would be, bitch no I'm fat as fuck let's go get some ice cream right now

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Top-Telephone9013@reddit

"I think you already know the answer to that"

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Blackbird136@reddit

The last time I saw my dad, I was 37 and hadn’t seen him in about 5 years. The first words out of his mouth were “you’re not even *that fat.*” I was, and am, a US size 8 (medium). I told him that annoyed, and quite honestly, offended me — and he was baffled. “But I said you’re NOT even that fat!” 🙄 This still pisses me off. Backhanded fucking compliment. Just one of the reasons I haven’t seen him since lol. How about say nothing! Or just “you look good, it’s good to see you.”

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