We all dream of times long past. For most of Gen X, the era they miss the most is probably their childhood. Born in the 60s, raised in the 70s, and partying in the 80s, what’s not to love? Without any rules or confines of the modern world, the good ol’ days remain the good …
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31 Gen X Memes for 80’s Kids Raised on Hose Water (May 1, 2024)
What games did you play in your elementary school? Red Rover? Heads up, 7-Up? Freeze tag? Four Square? Wallball? As we got older, these games at recess became more and more nostalgic, making Gen Xers feel wanton for the days of yore when our knees didn’t crack, we could run for hours, and we always …
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25+ Boomer Facebook Fails That Are as Funny as They Are Concerning
Over its history as a website, Facebook has somehow gone from a fun place to keep up with your friends, post albums of photos, and see what bands your crush likes to a scary minefield full of ads, outraged citizens, and of course, boomers. Everyone has an aunt who somehow has thousands of Facebook friends, …
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35 Gen X Memes for 80’s Kids Raised on Hose Water (April 24, 2024)
Being a latchkey kid sounded like the dream back in the 80’s. Like every kid’s comic or TV series, all of a sudden there weren’t any parents around. No adults? It’s the dream! But for us Gen X kids, bidding farewell to our parentals before hopping on the bus to go to school was our …
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‘Boomer dad got Boomered’: Progressive CEO buys employees laptops so they can work from home, gets endless complaints from a technologically challenged older woman
Young people all want to work from home now. We’re more focused, our workload is more manageable, and we don’t have a micromanager breathing down our neck every time we need to use the restroom. Personally, I love working from home and relish the chance to type on my laptop from the comfort of my …
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37 Gen X Memes for 80’s Kids Raised on Hose Water (April 17, 2024)
Growing up in the 80s was a riotous time. Hair was big, clothes were flashy, and everyone had something to prove. For us kids, growing up in the 80s was more about finding which parking lots were the best to hang out in, copping a smoke from the high schoolers on our lunch break, and …
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Savvy Out-of-State Grandma Creates a YouTube Channel to Read Books to Her Grandchild From Afar
They say that it takes a village to raise a child–and for a lot of people, that village comes in the form of family members. For previous generations, it wasn’t uncommon for your entire ‘village’ to live in the same city, spending quality time with the kiddos and being there for all the major steps …
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‘Boomers and Gen X infantilize their adult children’: Millennials and Gen Z ponder how different their lives are to their parents
As somebody who doesn’t do well with timelines, I have benefitted from the fact my parents were somewhat late developers for people of their generation. I’ve yet to reach the often-judged age where they were married, owned a house, or had kids (although they didn’t do it in that order). I don’t even know for …
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‘American nightlife is lame and tends to end in one’s 30s’: Grown-ups bemoan the loss of adult nightlife, claim it ended with with the boomers
Nowadays, we tend to think of nightlife as very youth-oriented. When I think of a club, I imagine a gaggle of spry 20-28-year-olds twisting the night away in a loud techno warehouse. But when I watch old movies or talk to my older relatives, they paint a different picture. Remember the days of big bands …
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34 Gen X Memes for 80’s Kids Raised on Hose Water (April 9, 2024)
Do you ever think about the house you grew up in? Everyone thinks that growing up in the 80s meant that your bedroom was full of bright neon colors, see-through landline phones, and an infinite sneaker collection, but anyone from Gen X can tell you that our house looked more like Eric Foreman’s basement in …
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