• Whateley@lemm.ee
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    20 hours ago

    Xer’s never really got over that “everyone is dumb except for me” phase that most ditch after they actually get kissed.

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      Eh. The Gen Xers I know all admit they’d be fucked in today’s housing market if they didn’t already have theirs. The are generally very sympathetic and appreciate how lucky they are.

      To modify this comic, they sit down for a show and are quickly horrified at the brutality of the spectacle.

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    I’m so tough. I’m the toughest. Gen Z and Boomers aren’t tough enough. I’m the though one. Yeah, I might have been neglected as a child but that made me tough, definitely not emotionally stunted. Tough tough tough. I’m tough.

    —Average Gen X’er to the mirror every morning

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      You forgot the fact that the 1% keep us poorly educated and propagandized against our own interests on purpose.

      We’re so fucking stupid as a result, that Americans believe the following unironically:

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        21 hours ago

        I’ve met some people that are that fucking stupid.

        It’s incredible to me that they manage to put on pants and get to work on time each morning.

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      I’m near the start of the millennial generation, my older brothers are Gen x and more in-between than I am. There’s about 5-6 years between all of us and we represent two generations in varying degrees.

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        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials

        Xennials are the micro-generation of people on the cusp of the Generation X and Millennial demographic cohorts.

        Many researchers and popular media use birth years from 1977 to 1983,[1] though some extend this further in either direction.[2][3] Xennials are described as having had an analog childhood and a digital young adulthood. Xennials are almost exclusively the children of baby boomers and came of age during a rapidly changing period that was the 1990s.

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          Yeah, pretty much all of us fit in that range.

          I easily fit in more with millennials than my brothers do. My oldest brother acts a lot more like Gen x than the rest of us.

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    The world has been fighting Boomers for 4 decades. They’re not all villains, but certainly the majority of villains are Boomers.

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        Also let’s be frank, it’s a class divide. Boomers had a huge leg up, and then those who amassed great wealth are the ones we see in power making decisions that close doors to the younger generations.

        But back to my point, of course those who have had 60+ years to amass and invest wealth are going to be richer, especially when they had something to invest at the start.

        I think when we consider that Gen Z men are running to the right, we should rethink boomers as a scapegoat. It’s not the boomers. It’s the rich and the Andrew Tates of the world who are in the boxing ring.

        Like I could probably take down a random boomer, but a billionaire could hire Mike Tyson and I’d be fucked in the ring.

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        A breakdown of the U.S. population by 5-year age groups, based on the 2018-2022 American Community Survey estimates:

        0-4 years: 5.7%

        5-9 years: 6.0%

        10-14 years: 6.4%

        15-19 years: 6.5%

        20-24 years: 6.7%

        25-29 years: 6.9%

        30-34 years: 6.9%

        35-39 years: 6.7%

        40-44 years: 6.3%

        45-49 years: 6.0%

        50-54 years: 6.3%

        55-59 years: 6.5%

        60-64 years: 6.3%

        65-69 years: 5.3%

        70-74 years: 4.3%

        75-79 years: 2.9%

        80-84 years: 1.9%

        85 years and over: 1.9%

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      I propose a name change for them.

      Their parents were “The Greatest Generation”

      I think we should start referring to Boomers as “The Worst Generation.”

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    The comic is funny, but only in the sense that is a media presentation trying to make an age war rather than class war.

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      Oh was this not a meme about dipshit influencer fighting Mike Tyson?

      I thought it was more about young people willing to watch garbage because 🤪🤪🤪 what if how zany 🤪🤪🤪

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          Nowadays 55 is actually pretty young still in comparison to the rest of human history. If you live in europe at least you can easily go another 35 years. Of course this does not apply to the rest of the world just the rich parts of europe and east asia but yeah.

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          I look young. I feel old but I look young. So much so the people I work with thought I was in my early 40’s when I was hired four years ago. I’m nearly 54.

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            I am just sad to see people portray gen X and Y as young, as if people can not be old.

            Are these gens just going to work until death, always treated like the Jr.s?

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              I get that. We are going to be the generation blamed with everything. They are blaming the boomers now but in just a little while all of it will be our fault.

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                I worry it will never be our turn to be at fault, gen X is already retirement age and yet somehow still the kids.

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    Pitting ‘generations’ against each other is a classic tactic to divide the people on meaningless bullshit. Don’t fall for it.

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    TBH I blame Gen X the most. Boomers are going extinct soon, Gen X at the oldest are about 60 or more.

    This fucked up world is Gen X’s world.

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      Ehh. They mostly rode the coattails of the boomers. I dunno if I can reasonably get angry at them for taking advantage of the opportunity that the boomers made for them to prosper.

      It’s the boomers that own, and frequently still run the companies that are ruining the economy. That’s for fucking sure. Gen x just got a free ride.

      Of all the people I know, the Gen x are the most likely to just be coasting through life because they were downright given all the opportunities and never really struggled for much.

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    The generations are:

    • Boomer: anybody older than me who I disagree with.
    • Millennial: anybody younger than me who I disagree with
    • Gen Z: anyone who uses whichever social networks are taboo at the moment.

    The are no other generations.

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    Gen X was Trump’s biggest supporter in the last election. More than boomers even.

    Obviously not true of every Gen X’er, but when Gen Z talks about boomers they’re usually inadvertently referring to Gen X.

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      Gen X was Trump’s biggest supporter in the last election.

      We were never known for our political acumen, I’m afraid.

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        “Caring about things is cringe, like, gag me. Voting doesn’t do ANYTHING so I sit it out unlike you chumps, and I’m telling my kids the same thing.”

        “Why aren’t any interests represented? That must be somebody’s fault. Somebody who isn’t me. Hey, did you get your tickets for Star Wars Celebration yet?”

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      I am disappointed but not surprised by my generation at all. Last generation where general racism and other boomer traits could really take hold thanks to boomer parents passing them on. We’re also getting old enough for some of us to embrace that “get off my lawn” mentality.