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Who had a cupboard full of plastic novelty/promotional drinking cups?

Posted by captainoftrips@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 180 comments

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Still have a cupboard full of them. Except now they are "souvenir" cups from vacations and to-go cups from local restaurants.

Who here grew up knowing a Donna?

Posted by lewisfairchild@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1114 comments

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I have two aunts named Donna. One was my father's sister, and the other was the wife of my father's brother.

You find yourself standing in front of a Brach’s pick-a-mix, what is your go to candy?

Posted by thewiremother@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 619 comments

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You find yourself standing in front of a Brach’s pick-a-mix, what is your go to candy?

Posted by thewiremother@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 619 comments

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My 20-year old daughter call them "old man candy." LOL

Remember when you actually got to talk to a doctor when you went to the doctor?

Posted by DramaticErraticism@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 723 comments

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Remember when you actually got to talk to a doctor when you went to the doctor?

Posted by DramaticErraticism@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 723 comments

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I've never had a problem with the professional competence of either an NP or a PA. And the scheduled drug thing must depend on what schedule the drugs are on, because my NP writes me a script for a sleep aid that's a controlled drug.

Do you want to be buried?

Posted by Bondgirl138@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2914 comments

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I honestly dgaf. What happens to my corpse isn't being done for my benefit. If they want to honor my wishes, they'll do nothing and just get on with their lives.

What Brands Have You Forgotten?

Posted by Outrageous-Back-5980@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2706 comments

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I never wore Polo because I hated the smell of it, but just reading that made me smell it.

Does anyone remember Ring Around the Collar as an issue for adults?

Posted by Human_Reflection_166@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 403 comments

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I deal with it on a pretty constant basis with dress shirts.

Remember when we were kids and celery was so godawfully bitter that you had to put salt on it to make it palatable?

Posted by Lurchie_@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 513 comments

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You and me both. My wife loves to tell the story of when we were dating (but well established) that we had gone to a bar and I had a bit too much. We got some buffalo wings and of course they come with celery. I took a big bite, spit it out, and said "Not drunk enough to like celery."

I was today years old

Posted by Reddiculusness@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 191 comments

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Watched both but never realized it's the same voice.

First or favorite former car?

Posted by ValB2307@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2582 comments

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Turismo was also my first car! Lots of memories. Mine had a horrible problem dieseling.

What was totally normal in your childhood that would seem insane now?

Posted by EuphoricGarden81@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1323 comments

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Getting in a car and finding that the seatbelts had been cut out/removed.

What was totally normal in your childhood that would seem insane now?

Posted by EuphoricGarden81@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1323 comments

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Look who had a store that followed the law! I never got a note. Notes were for sissies!

What was totally normal in your childhood that would seem insane now?

Posted by EuphoricGarden81@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1323 comments

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Being sent to the store at 7 or 8 years old to get your parent's cigarettes. Riding on the highway, unrestrained, in the back of a pickup truck.

What’s a song from growing up that instantly reminds you of “the one who got away”?

Posted by bigt197602@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1113 comments

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Literally any music from the 80s.

How old were you when you purchased your first home (if you did).

Posted by jtsa5@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 4006 comments

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What would you tell young, newly engaged couples to put on their wedding registry as someone with “life experience.”

Posted by Sleeper_Inner@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 319 comments

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Battery powered drill with a set of bits and drivers.

Did this hurt to get?

Posted by Novel-Upstairs7876@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1118 comments

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They ended right before I was supposed to get it.

Little debbie

Posted by Strict_Emu5187@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 125 comments

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I can remember when they went from 25 cents to 50 cents. That was a shock. They used to be my guilty pleasure, but they have out-priced the pleasure.

Are we the last please and thank you generation?

Posted by Eaglesjersey@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 191 comments

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Not in the South.

Class rings

Posted by fromamomof2@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 422 comments

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I think I sold mine for the gold once when I really needed money. My daughter didn't want one, but she did want the ring for coming in first in theater in the state.

Things you don't hear anymore

Posted by watersmyfriend@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1907 comments

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We are Nippersinkers. We're in luck. If it rains all week, just pretend you're a duck. Quack quack, waddle waddle! Quack quack, waddle waddle!

Things you don't hear anymore

Posted by watersmyfriend@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1907 comments

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"Please be kind, rewind."

OK, Confession time: How many of us listen to Yatch Rock?

Posted by Elpidiosus@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 585 comments

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There's a site, YachtOrNot[Yacht or Not](http://yachtornot), that will score just how yacht rock is a song.

Did the stalls have doors when you were in school?

Posted by readyforadirtnap@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 111 comments

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No doors

C'mon! What do you reckon?

Posted by Mindless_Travel@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 167 comments

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Not sure about work ethic. I used to bust my ass as a teenager. Then I went in the Navy, and that taught me it was more important to look like you're working than to actually work.

Are we the last gen to still maybe watch network TV? Cuz I just realized something...

Posted by UrBum_MyFace_69@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 144 comments

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I have had this thought before, but I don't think it is anything quite so conspiratorial. Think about who are the protagonists in most dramas (and even soap operas)--cops, lawyers, doctors, and nurses. I think there are a few reasons. First, I think they want the professions of the protagonists to be ones that the most number of people can relate to. Most people have interacted with people in these jobs and have a rough idea of what they do. Second, and I don't know if this is a chicken or the egg sort of thing, but I think a lot of people imagine these jobs tend to be interesting. At least I did before I entered one of those jobs. Finally, I think it's easier to write dramatic stories that involve those jobs--health, crime, relationships, etc.

Hee Haw TV Show

Posted by DogsAreOurFriends@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 344 comments

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Your haw status is safe. I got curious and tried to find an image of the sheets on Google, and I saw them--but they weren't Hee Haw. They were Bambi.

Hee Haw TV Show

Posted by DogsAreOurFriends@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 344 comments

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I had those and I think I had Her Haw bedsheets and curtains when I was really young.

Hee Haw TV Show

Posted by DogsAreOurFriends@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 344 comments

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"Stay up late," sounds funny to me when talking about Hee Haw because I'm my area, it came in at 6 pm. I was like, "how early was this guy's bedtime?"

What is the best song that non-Gen-Exrs have never heard?

Posted by seanchai611PF@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1310 comments

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I'm firmly Gen X and I've never heard of most of these songs (and a lot of the bands). I've never had anything but "top 40" taste in music. I've always sort of admired people who are more "exploratory" with their music.

Gen Xers All about the PROM. Details and Differences.

Posted by Sense_Difficult@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 240 comments

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I thought it was strange but I never voiced it. When you grow up with something like this it doesn't seem that unusual to you.

Gen Xers All about the PROM. Details and Differences.

Posted by Sense_Difficult@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 240 comments

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Officially, I'm not sure. But everyone called them the white prom and the black prom.

Gen Xers All about the PROM. Details and Differences.

Posted by Sense_Difficult@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 240 comments

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Our prom, in the late 80s, was segregated. They got around a public school sponsoring a segregated event by not using school funds or property. We also had both a black homecoming queen and a white queen. The superlatives were all like that as well. You guessed it, it's Mississippi.

Generation x'rs, do you still listen to the music you grew up on in your youth and teenage years, or do you mix it up with current music?

Posted by icecream1972@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 499 comments

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I'd say about 90% 80s and early 90s music, and the rest current pop. There's a local station that plays just the right mix. They have this funny tag--, "Playing classics from the 80s and 90s and the hits of today." I mean, 8ps and 90s aren't old enough to be "classics." <cries in FM>

Are there any Gen X people out there over the age of 55?

Posted by Mobile-Honey-9636@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 3665 comments

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I'm 55 and a month.

Question for Gen X: Whats Your Relationship With Texting?

Posted by Al3x1ya@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 2356 comments

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Phone if you need more than one sentence to express the idea.

Mr. Firstname?

Posted by Economy_Care1322@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 124 comments

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Yeah, me too. Mr,/Miss (first name) was always your parents' friends or neighbors.

Regarding the 1970s microwave advertising, when you got your first microwave did your mom try to cook a whole roast or chicken?

Posted by TotallyDissedHomie@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 211 comments

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We tried to microwave our Thanksgiving turkey. We just got the microwave like a week before. It turned out about like you think it would.

What bit of technology has brought out the inner luddite in you?

Posted by Sense_Difficult@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 926 comments

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While I hate it's come to that, it shouldn't be surprising. As anything becomes more common, it is valued less. Back in the day of film, you knew every shot was costing you money, so you took fewer photos, and they were valued more because it was only "special* occasions that were photographer.

What bit of technology has brought out the inner luddite in you?

Posted by Sense_Difficult@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 926 comments

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Well you can search for tags. For example, I add the tag "#Christmas" to Christmas photos. The problem now is even with the hashtag, the search brings up untagged photos it thinks are about Christmas.

What bit of technology has brought out the inner luddite in you?

Posted by Sense_Difficult@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 926 comments

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It's a saying among photographers that more people are taking photos than ever before, but fewer people look at photos. As a kid, I used to go through our family photo album sometimes, see photos from a vacation, and think of some good memories for a few minutes. I can't tell you the last time I pulled up Google photos to look for photos from a vacation or any special event.