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Why America doesn’t have bathhouses?

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Do Americans watch tv shows from other countries?

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Ghosts started in the UK and was remade in the US and Australia (and I think Germany?) Downton Abbey was pretty big. Do most Americans watch foreign tv? Probably not…but those of us that do will watch a lot. O stumbled across Still Game and loved it. I’m planning on watching Australian and Canadian versions of Amazing Race. And I just started Race Across the World…

Do Americans watch tv shows from other countries?

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Without joking around, what point are ”sovereign citizens” trying to make?

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Without joking around, what point are ”sovereign citizens” trying to make?

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Its an ultra-libertarian anti government view point that basically tries to say they are independent of the society they live in. Basically - they want to enjoy all the benefits of society, but not actually contribute to its upkeep

Why are some places counties?

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townships were/are generally unorganized land, lots of them were measured out as 6 mile x 6 mile squares as part of the original mapping out of the country. Villages were plotted out and set apart from townships as places of higher population density where the government might need to be organized to provide streets, sewers, water treatment etc.. it gets confusing because common naming and the use of the words town, village, city etc doesn't follow a prescribed of towns/townships, and villages/cities and how they combine to form counties.

Why are some places counties?

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I'm in St Paul - but if you think about how everybody outside of the metro refers to the Cities as the Cities - nobody really cares if its Richfield or Bloomington its just The Cities. - it kind of works the same way for counties - especially somewhere like Orange Co California where there isn't really anywhere that isn't part of the entire metro area. We don't say the counties here in the cities because they aren't distinct enough. To carry the comparisons farther: if you were actually IN Orange county; you'd specify the actual city more often and more directly...Newport Beach or Laguna specifies they are those locations in the same way Edina specifies that its Edina - and not just The Cities.

What lead to the USA being more car centric than Europe?

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In the aftermath of WWII - Europe had the opportunity to rebuild a lot of its infrastructure; people needed to move around and weren't going to have cars to do it. There's also this American mythos revolving around "rugged individualism" and striking out on your own to find your riches etc....that undermines the idea of needing to work together and sharing resources/space with others (we see a similar debate with healthcare.)

Will I ever sleep normally again?!?!

Posted by Dusty_Sequins@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 268 comments

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Have you had your thyroid checked? I'm a dude and my thyroid completely gave up the ghost; apparently that's a more common issue for women. and its supposed to help regulate sleep and a bunch of other stuff.

Am I alone here?

Posted by curled-up-in-the-80s@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 428 comments

Am I alone here?

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Maybe I’m too old to understand this, but what the hell is an “influencer” and do any of my fellow Gen X care what they say or do?

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Ehh - remember when athletes had huge endorsement deals and people (mostly younger people like us) wanted to buy those brands because we were fans of the athlete? Like Jordan, Andre Agassi etc etc? Well - what's happened since then is that individual users can make content now - you don't need a huge production budget to get things onto youtube or tiktok....so a lot of these major brands have outsourced their advertising to basically freelancers or influencers who get small rewards from the companies they promote for "organic" advertising...that's gone as you can expect: poorly - people are clamoring to survive and trying to get promoted as influencers (so they ask the companies for free stuff) and you get actual marketing/advertising professionals that are out of a job because the company isn't held to a contract. Its basically the enshitification of advertising (which was shitty to begin with)

Is American night life "trash" now?

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Is American night life "trash" now?

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Why is Easter not as big in America compared to Europe even though you are more religious?

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Xennials... why?

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I think there are several socio-economic characteristics that influence your interpretation of what it feels like to be our generation, and how you identify relative to say the millenials on one end or the youngest boomers on the other. 1) Your parents - were they young and hip and connected to other parents with same age children. Were you in a stereotypical household; were they old parents, were they financially ready to be parents etc. 2) Your family/siblings: the younger siblings tend to follow the older in music, cultural references, social attitudes etc, so they'll lean to the older generation's type. The ones who are the first born etc of the family will follow their own, make their own etc, that can cross over to cousins that are close etc 3) The Urban/rural divide - this is especially true in fashion, but also music, drugs, technology: rural areas lag behind, so rural gen Xers like me weren't having the same experience as urban GenXers.... I think this rural/urban divide actually splits the Millenials even more, since a lot of their "traits" are tech based, Rural millenials would have had a lot of the same experiences as urban genXers - just separated by time and sociology 4) Economic privilege - basically similar to the urban/rural divide, but maybe more tied to feelings of not fitting in

Is it true Americans don’t get many holidays at work?

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I'd say that 90% of Americans have never taken a two week vacation. I'm taking one in October for my 50th bday which I got by special approval at the beginning of the year, and I pretty much won't be able to take any other big vacation this year or next.

What is America’s “posh people” accent?

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Why are Americans so financially literate?

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because we have so few safety nets; we have to manage our own retirement, 401k, insurance everything... and its sink or swim. Folks in a corporate environment are much more likely to be able to handle those conversations - not every worker trying to get by will understand that.

You’re 13 and outside with friends because the street lights haven’t come on. You decide to play a game of tag. How do you choose who is “IT”?

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Eenie Meenie works best with 4-6 total.... we never had 10-20 kids together for anything (at a family reunion we might have 8-10 cousins; anything school related - graduating class of 40 we played team sports.)

You’re 13 and outside with friends because the street lights haven’t come on. You decide to play a game of tag. How do you choose who is “IT”?

Posted by RobF15@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 471 comments

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you just said they are not IT - so they're eliminated; then you do it again, til there's only two people left. The last one not picked is IT

Just makes me sick

Posted by MathematicianTop3576@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1819 comments

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That's not a union issue - that's the town not standing up for the girl, and potentially punishing her for her transgressions.

The Time Change is hitting me hard

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Spring forward might be my favorite time of year! The general optimism of having more daylight available after work outweighs any negative affect of "losing" an hour of sleep. I'm a terrible sleeper anyway.

We were told “you can be anything” and then…reality.

Posted by tigercat300@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 289 comments

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maybe it was just my small town - but what wasn't said in this part was that you'd have to leave to get that college degree AND you're probably not coming back. So if you're priority is actually your family - you have a lot less options. (So the message I got - was you need to go make something of yourself - somewhere else.)

What Do We Think of the Senior Tax Deduction?

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

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It’s not just the ceo; but the entire c suite; and the entire advertising/marketing budgets and its every year. And yes every fucking CEO makes too much. And that’s not even getting into how the labor force is hand cuffed to their jobs because of employer paid insurance limiting entrepreneurship and keeping people from retiring blocking advancement and salary growth in younger workers

What Do We Think of the Senior Tax Deduction?

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

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I'd rather pay taxes for healthcare and know my money is helping somebody instead of paying some insurance company C-Suites's insane salaries, their bonuses, their golden parachutes, and their advertising budgets and lobbying, and their investor dividends. You realize we pay for ALL of that right? And its been proven multiple times that we would pay less, and get better returns on what we do pay with a national system.

Left earring vs right earring for guys

Posted by jetpack324@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 668 comments

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yep - I got mine when I turned 19 and left it in for 4ish years - I had a second one in my left year for about 2-3 months, but that one came out fairly quick. I still have the hole for the first one I've put a stud in once in a while just to see if I still do it.

Left earring vs right earring for guys

Posted by jetpack324@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 668 comments

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Left is right - right is "wrong" but you could have both by the mid/late 90s - that was the only way to have one in the right ear. You could also have 2 in the left ear by then. Now its kinda awkward to to see guys my age and older that are still wearing their earings.

How do Americans feel about nudity?

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How do Americans feel about nudity?

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yes it absolutely is - there's nothing wrong with being naked in a non-sexual way - except people freak out because they are prudes. That's the definition of prudish.

What do you put on toast?

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How do Americans feel about nudity?

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but being worried about "your genitals waving around in public" IS prudish to some degree - and I think that's the question OP was trying to get to. Why are we like that? For example when you go to any of the swimming pools/saunas/hot water features of Iceland - you have to shower before entering....the number of questions they get from Americans that freak out about being naked in a public shower is like weird - especially to the Icelanders. Similar with Sauna culture of Finland and the Nordics. I mean I'm a dude and I've been a YMCA member for 20 years and even different Ys have different levels of acceptance and facilities (Coed or single sex saunas etc)

Anyone else grow up in a house they believed that they would later inherit?

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not if they actually lived in it; and the actual values of the house; how much it has appreciated; and if its an operating farm its likely in an LLC anyway.

GenX semi retired folks how is it going?

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I turn 50 this year - but the writing is on the wall - I don't know if I'll make it through the year without getting laid off. My partner says we've got enough to survive but he's 10 years older than me (granted his family has good longevity - mine does not) - so I'm just holding on for as long as I can to keep on company health insurance. There's no way my next job will pay as much as I'm getting now - so that will balance in too.

Kid Struggling To Find A Path Post High School

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One thing I wish we had when I was that age was more career exposure to what was actually possible or feasible - that was partially my folks fault and partially the schools, and a product of where we lived (extremely rural). For example I had the grades and smarts to go to law or med school; but financially those were probably out of the question: however I could have gone into engineering or anything data related and done well; or a pharmacist etc etc...but I didn't know those pathways existed or how to match my actual interests over what would be profitable for an educational investment - or how I was going to pay for any of it. That's not even getting into things a lot of people have interest in but get scoffed at because its not "profitable" like art or music or history, archaelogy etc etc I'd start with defining what success looks like; what fun looks like; and what are their strenghths and weaknesses... like you don't have to decide that you want to be a middle manager of an accounts receivable department....nobody aims for that - it just happens - but it can be overwhelming if you don't know how to map what good looks like.

Who had "Moon Boots" back in the day?

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Who had "Moon Boots" back in the day?

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GenX age range

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It’s more than just the date you were born; but how old your parents were when they had you; are you the oldest of you siblings or youngest; how urban or rural you were; and your financial privilege.

GET OFF MY PROPERTY!

Posted by PrickleAndGoo@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 38 comments

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basically anarchist rugby - the object is to tackle whoever is holding the ball; and if you have the ball try to avoid being tackled. If you were a big, strong kid - STQ was probably fun and if you weren't it was scary and very likely you were going to be targetted.

GET OFF MY PROPERTY!

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Why do we handle weather so differently around the US?

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The biggest reason we (I'm in Minnesota) can survive this is because we don't jump right into it....we have warm summers, then basically a gradual cool down from Oct to December....we don't go from 78 and sunny to -20 overnight - we take time to get there. The folks that adapt to it best, ease into it and spend time outdoors especially in the fall - to start getting used to the colder temps. Work still needs to be done, chores, animals fed etc.. Southerners will never understand how 20F feels amazing after a week of -20F, because they never got used to 20F in the first place.

How did you celebrate your 50th?

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My 50th is coming up in Oct… I’ve been saving my credit card points and airline miles for 10 years for this. We’re doing a 2 week vacation- I’m just not sure where yet: Bali, Bangkok/phuket, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all been mentioned

Did you play Euchre? And do you still play it now?

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growing up in western Wisconsin: we played daily in Jr high and highschool, every opportunity we got: study hall, bus rides etc we would have a game or two going on.. When the school took our cards away, we wrote up our own deck on our lunch ticket stubs. My folks played a lot of cribbage, but my friends played euchre. One of our friends got us into pinochle a little bit too When I got to college I ended up learning more spades and hearts, but I still played some euchre, learned sheepshead a bit later, but that didn't last. I still play euchre and cribbage on apps on my phone.

Because it was the style at the time

Posted by CautiousBearnz@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1086 comments

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ehh - I'm too old to deal with all the youngsters....get off my gay lawn already! Palm Springs and bear pool parties are more my jam.

Because it was the style at the time

Posted by CautiousBearnz@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1086 comments

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hahaha - yep just find a gay softball or especially kickball league and you will see all of this. I'm a bearish dude so I won't do crop tops, and i hate high socks, but I've got several pairs of short shorts

Former popular/high achievers in High School, what did you end up doing later in life and did you live up to your status?

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Not the person you responded to, but this tracks: science guy here, and my first C was an Intro to Psychology 101 class. I hated it in HS, but when I took it in college it was just as bad - no real answers unlike the sciences; just theories depending on which psychologist you were reading about that week. It also didn't help that it was across campus immediately after my most difficult class: Calculus II with a Chinese professor who was very difficult to understand

Which Way Did You Go Regarding Gaming?

Posted by AlarmedTelephone5908@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1137 comments

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grew up on the poorer end of the spectrum so I was always a generation behind on the console when I started- and had an ancient tv in my room when I finally got one. I mostly played sports games Tecmo, NHL etc. played a bit into college, but could never really get into 3D games cause I got lost, and once controllers added more buttons it kind of fizzled out for me, though I picked it up a bit later again with Madden and NHL and Rocksmith. I pretty much gave it all up during COVID because my partner was laid off and home all the time and he didn't game at all. Plus I realized that the games absolutely destroyed my sleep schedule which became more important as I got older.

Has anyone else lost their wanderlust?

Posted by jewelophile@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 282 comments

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hell no - I wish I could just quit working and travel all the time - there's still so much I wish I could see and do. I didn't get to travel much when I was young, but my favorite job post college let me travel over a lot of the US. I'd love to do the Pacific Crest Trail, or take a 3 month trip to Europe, go to India etc etc...but work, and pets etc make that not possible.

SNL and the end of relevancy

Posted by Electronic-Bake-4381@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 345 comments

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eh there have always been skits that missed or just weren't funny or went on for a couple minutes longer than they should have, but there's still tons of great stuff...same as its always been.

SNL and the end of relevancy

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