• Etterra
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    5 days ago

    Gen-Xer who remembers the cold war and also lived through all that other shit: Welp I guess I’m flinging myself back off the fucking wagon.

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      You got to benefit from the 80s and selling off of all our national assets to prop up our economy for 2 decade’s

      You lived in the good times and called it “the cold war”.

      From a millennial give us our stuff back (to the state who gave it to you).

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        Man, don’t pick a Millennial vs Gen X fight. Most of Gen X got just as fucked as we did and pretending otherwise is some ageist bullshit

        Boomers ruined the economy and sold Gen X and Millennials the American Dream. We both figured out it was a lie too late. Gen Z is the first generation to see the truth from an early age and I won’t be hearing any trashtalk about how they’re lazy because of it, either

        Sure, more of Gen X benefitted from the boomer economy than Millennials but that doesn’t mean they owe us something. We’re on the same team.

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        Dude I’m disabled and can barely afford food, I didn’t benefit from shit.