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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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] 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

We took the brunt of everything the Boomers could throw at us. You're welcome. Its your turn now, we're tired.

[โ€“] NONE_dc 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What the hell are Boomers? Some kind of Dark souls boss? We are the Third generation they fuck up!

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They got a college education for about $1000 in today money, bought property and homes for $20k today money, and are clinging to power rather than letting anyone younger have a seat at the table. They were born on third base and think they hit a triple. Every other generation is too "lazy" to do what they did, so it must be correct that they hold onto power because we'd just fuck it all up.

The world got handed to them in post-WWII USA while Europe and Asia were rebuilding and they fail to recognize that they were born into an unprecedented situation that is unlikely to repeat. That's why they're selfish assholes.

[โ€“] tamal3 8 points 1 week ago

They also have a reputation for having dropped all the 60s counterculture idealism as soon as they got a buck, and have been driving the capitalist market for shitty overseas products like it's a drug addiction. Sorry, is that just my dad? Signed, a Middle Millennial

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