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jnellis 53 minutes ago [-]
It's class warfare folks. Try to ignore this "generational labeling" to keep everyone distracted on the wrong thing.
toomuchtodo 50 minutes ago [-]
Show me geriatric Congresspeople besides Bernie Sanders fighting for progressive policy to help the poor and/or young. It is class warefare, but the overlap between old and wealthy is substantial.
Show me old political representation willing to plant trees whose shade they will never sit in.
gijsbos 1 hours ago [-]
Shocked that there's somebody in congres that's born in 1923.
biglyburrito 4 hours ago [-]
Too bad my generation (X) is shaping up to be garbage, just like the Boomers. You'd think we would have learned from the example they set, where we had it fairly good as kids & young adults but saw the Boomers hellbent on trying to keep it all for themselves as we got older. Nope, apparently a lot of us are seeing fit to try and do it to the generations behind us: Millenials, Z, & Alpha.
I just overheard a GenXer telling some gen z newhires at my work that social security is going to cut benefits in 2030 because 90% of immigrants are on welfare. I was in the next room so it was too awkward for me to jump into the conversation and straighten him out. It's very frustrating. Stop watching conservative media. It will rot your brain.
add-sub-mul-div 2 hours ago [-]
Immigrants are like the free square in bingo to many people. Anything you don't like, you can blame on them. It makes life easier for a certain kind of person.
talon8635 37 minutes ago [-]
Calling whole generation “garbage” is not very mature and reasonable
bluefirebrand 3 hours ago [-]
Not too surprising I guess. Gen Xers I know paint themselves as more laid back than Boomers, and in some ways they are, but they are exactly as corporate and bureaucratic as Boomers in many other ways. Whatever rebel spirit they had decades ago seems long gone now
They're better parents than Boomers were I think, but not really better bosses
Obviously a generalization though
nemomarx 2 hours ago [-]
Didn't X get more childhood lead than anyone else? Dealt a bad hand maybe.
pixl97 1 hours ago [-]
Yep, I remember 69 cent leaded gas as a child. Also sitting in the back of station wagon with the window open breathing the fumes. I wonder how many IQ points I burned that way.
1970 was peak leaded gas, but unleaded didn't overcome leaded in usage until 1980.
steego 2 hours ago [-]
We did and we were statistically the most violent generation. Anecdotally, when I was a dumb kid, we honestly went looking for fights.
What many people forget is that more GenXers wanted to beat up Kurt Cobain than to listen to his music.
pixl97 1 hours ago [-]
>the most violent generation
As a late GenX, gas was still leaded when I was a kid. It's usage peaked in GenX years and dropped after that until it was mostly phased out. Biggest mistake human kind ever did. (oops, GP mentioned this).
I went to school with a bunch of these idiots. While there were a lot of intelligent and nice individuals, this was before the "don't be bullys" thing really took off. There was no shortage of uncontrolled assholes running around that thought they could get away with anything. My mom worked for booking at the jail at the time and reported back to me how many kids in the yearbook ended up incarcerated and it was a lot.
Congress net worth - https://capitolmarkets.org/research/congress-net-worth
31% of Wealth Owned by People Over 70 - https://www.apolloacademy.com/31-percent-of-wealth-owned-by-... - December 7th, 2025
Show me old political representation willing to plant trees whose shade they will never sit in.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/11/02/are-gen-xers-the-new...
They're better parents than Boomers were I think, but not really better bosses
Obviously a generalization though
1970 was peak leaded gas, but unleaded didn't overcome leaded in usage until 1980.
What many people forget is that more GenXers wanted to beat up Kurt Cobain than to listen to his music.
As a late GenX, gas was still leaded when I was a kid. It's usage peaked in GenX years and dropped after that until it was mostly phased out. Biggest mistake human kind ever did. (oops, GP mentioned this).
I went to school with a bunch of these idiots. While there were a lot of intelligent and nice individuals, this was before the "don't be bullys" thing really took off. There was no shortage of uncontrolled assholes running around that thought they could get away with anything. My mom worked for booking at the jail at the time and reported back to me how many kids in the yearbook ended up incarcerated and it was a lot.