XWingJetMechanic

This was the local example my wife and I were looking for!

Great call!

Ani DiFranco, Fiona Apple, and Alanis Morissette were my fantasy white ladies of the 90s! Their music stirred stuff in my asshole soul that I didn’t even know was there at the time. I blame modern toxic masculinity in GenX/Xennials on dudes who didn’t pay attention to those insanely talented songwriters.

My wife (1983) still has hers, and it works!

This is one of the few things that makes me feel old. I’ve lost two of my best friends in the last 5 or so years; and, outside of 1 that lives within a half hour of me, the remaining ones are scattered around the country. I’m (according to my wife & friends) an extreme extrovert and super social, yet still have trouble making actual friends as an adult. It’s quite frustrating and, personally, haven’t run into anyone from previous (non-veteran) generations that had similar experiences.

Cable Guy

Comeaux High, Class of 95 here.

Where in South Louisiana? I was the 4 years prior, 92-95, in Lafayette…and yes, Wayne Toups was everywhere.

Kings of Leon in 2010 at Riverport in St. Louis for the “Pigeongate” show. Pigeons in the rafters had apparently partaken in White Castle and Ex-Lax and shit all over both openers and KoL, to the point that Kings of Leon cancelled the show 2.5 songs in. While the pigeon shit was definitely gross, the lead singer was also apparently drunk, mumbling and stumbling around the stage; a rumor that got major legs when an anonymous stagehand called into KSHE and said the band had been at the venue drinking since 11am. Venue apologized and offered either refunds or free tickets to their apology show, I took the free tickets and was underwhelmed yet again.

45 here. I still don’t feel like a grownup or old. I attribute it to an amazing fellow xennial wife (6 years younger), and a stunning lack of maturity. If you’d asked me about being 45 when I was 25, I’d have laughed in your face that I’d even be alive…much less more mentally stable than I was at that age. I definitely look back and think of how much better I could’ve been, but I think that’s the wisdom that supposedly comes with age.

Oh my! Are you me? 😂

Beakman was a more entertaining show for me, but Bill Nye is a legit scientist while Paul Zaloom (Beakman) is a puppeteer. That being said, both shows were fun and legitimately entertaining while being educational.

I forgot that they weren’t durable at all! I’m pretty sure they were rejected Levi’s with a fancy tag.

Haha, didn’t feel that way at the time. Kids can be so cruel.

Haha, I wish. I was the oldest grandkid, so my only hand me downs were from my uncles’ from the 70s & 80s that were 16 & 14 years older than me.

Lafayette, LA here. They were definitely a thing (that I couldn’t afford). I remember when I saved up enough chore money to buy a pair, they were pretty much out of style.


My wife (1983 Xennial) broke me (1977 Xennial) out of this mindset by pointing out one of the myriad things I believed based on a throwaway line in a relatively obscure movie.

I was maintaining decent, but not great shape. However, a rotator cuff surgery and the lack of ability to stay active for almost 6 months has wrecked it. Packed approximately 30 pounds on in 6-8 months and now I’m dreading the road back.