PhasmaUrbomach

Do you have a jar of peanut butter in your house right now?

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To all GenX who have kids. How are your kids' shaping up?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

You're a hero for being such a good parent to this child who really needed you.

Do you ever use the word "Autumn" to describe the season between Summer and Winter?

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What's the status of your community's mall?

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Doctors and dentists are opening offices in mine. It's become more of an office building than a mall, though it still has Target and Best Buy. I think repurposing it as a medical center with a Spencer Gifts and Auntie Anne's is a smart idea.

Shingles vaccine not as bad as COVID vaccine. Have no fear!

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

My reaction to the first shingles vax took me out for days and I got itchy, squiggly bumps on my arms and legs. Covid shot was nothing compared to that. Still better than having shingles m

Are you also a "We didn't have cable so we only had three channels" Gen-X?

Posted by Ok-Anxiety-5940@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1752 comments

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

Same lineup we had.

Do you know how to use the word “whom” properly and do you ever actually use it?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

If you can replace the word with him, it's whom. If you can replace the word with he, it's who.

My fellow Americans, what kind of coffee do you drink?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

French press home brew with sugar and half and half. I buy in bulk, shade grown single origin for the most part.

What are the four quintessential American cities?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

My choices for that slot would be between Phoenix, Philly, and Houston.

Question from a zoomer to Gen X, where there "indoor kids" in the 70s/80s?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

My mother made us go outdoors. We were expected to be outside until dinner, sometimes after dinner too if the sun set late. I was almost always with my brother, so it was a little safer.

What’s your typical breakfast like?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

Huge mug of coffee and half a bagel with cream cheese.

When did you start drinking?

Posted by Routine_Mortgage_499@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 613 comments

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

I was 14 when I drank for the first time. I didn't love it and it's never been my thing.

How common is raddler/shandy in the US?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

What is the best beer to use for a shandy or raddler?

Are those enormous jugs of milk in widespread use?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

Yes, if people eat cereal every day, they buy the gallon jugs. There are also people who sit down and drink glasses of milk, which would kill me, but they have ancestors who drank milk and I don't.

Is it true that people in the US often get food-related illnesses from eating out?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

No, it's not true.

My fellow Americans: what’s a corner/area of your state you’ve never been to but always meant to check out?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

The only part of NY I haven't been to is up by Watertown. Not sure if I've ever meant to check it out though.

Is it true, your high school starts super early, and you have no recess/short lunch?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

My son's school starts at 9am. They have a 40 minute lunch/recess.

How annoying to you is a non american actor doing an american accent poorly ?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

As a NYer who briefly lived in CA, there is definitely a SoCal accent.

How annoying to you is a non american actor doing an american accent poorly ?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

He has a Geordie accent, which just sounds odd to my ear. His Cockney accent in Green Street Hooligans is also atrocious.

How annoying to you is a non american actor doing an american accent poorly ?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

Yeah, it does. Are you really claiming it doesn't?

How annoying to you is a non american actor doing an american accent poorly ?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

Charlie Hunnam's attempt at a California accent was terrible. It definitely bothered me.

Gen Xers, how many adult teeth have you lost so far and how old are you?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

I had 4 premolars extracted for orthodontic purposes. Then 3 wisdom teeth, so I'm down 7. I have three crowns on teeth that got damaged, though I still have those teeth.

Do you drink alcoholic beverages everyday?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

I drink an alcoholic beverage probably 5 or 6 times a year. It's just not my thing.

What do you guys like so much about Peanut Butter?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

It's 100% true that peanut butter pie is food of the gods, doubly so if chocolate is involved too.

What do you guys like so much about Peanut Butter?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

It tastes amazing? What other reason could there be? It's not that deep.

What US city is the most different from the rest?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

Even Staten Island has its cultural microclimates.

What US city is the most different from the rest?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

All five boroughs are different from each other, it's an unbelievably diverse city culturally.

What US city is the most different from the rest?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

Having spent lots of time in both, I completely disagree.

What is the smallest country you've visited?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

So technically it's part of the UK, but the Cayman Islands would be the smallest for me.

How do you all deal with the feeling that you’re not working hard enough?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

I'm definitely working as hard as I plan to work. I never struggle with the feeling that I'm not working hard enough.

How often do you go to a bank, post office or library?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

I go to the bank at least once a month to deposit cash. Library also at least once a month. Post office, a couple times a year.

How common is it to see a tesla cybertruck in your state?

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

I've seen 3 of them this week in New York.

What’s something that made you immediately realize, “yep, that’s it…I’m getting old.”?

Posted by Lost_Taste_8181@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 936 comments

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PhasmaUrbomach@reddit

As a teacher, when you get a student whose parent you taught. Getting FB notifications about events I would have gone to 10+ years ago, but now it's an automatic no because I hate leaving my house on the weekend. When you watch a movie from your youth, like Dirty Dancing, and you side with her parents.