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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by NONE_dc to c/[email protected]
 

All I hear about is "boomers" this, "Millennials" that, "Gen Z" that, etc.

Why no one talk about Gen X? What happened to them? They just vanished like in Infinity War? Or are we mistaken Gen Z by Boomers?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Classic Gen X: "It's not my problem."

Cool, thanks for all the help guys. No wonder you get called fucking Boomers. You could have appended "other people aren't my responsibility" and really nailed down why people stopped giving a fuck about a generation that never gave a fuck about themselves or others.

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

genx took learys 'turn on, tune in, drop out' as literal instruction

Unhappily, my explanations of this sequence of personal development are often misinterpreted to mean "Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity".

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know a Gen Xer who really did literally make Dennis Leary a big part of his personality, without anybody (before me) explaining why a song about being an asshole wasn't supposed to be singing about a hero you should emulate.

[โ€“] TheOneAndOnly 4 points 1 day ago

Wrong Leary. The devil's talking about Timothy Leary, in this case.