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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‘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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Nosy Karen scolds tech-savvy coworker for using Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V: ‘She watches my every move in hopes of catching me make a mistake so she can tattle’
We’ve all had one of those coworkers who’s always looking over your shoulder, waiting for you to screw up. I would understand this behavior if they were a supervisor or manager paid to ensure that the people working under them are not dilly-dallying, but that’s often not the case. More frequently, this is the doing …
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36 Gen X Memes for 80’s Kids Raised on Hose Water
What’s the most important thing we learned from Oregon Trail? Always pay the ferryman to cross the river, because you WILL lose a wheel and perish in the rapids. For Gen X, in life, that’s been our motto! With the wheels coming off the wagon of life, we’ve somehow made it through without ever getting …
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Wise Ol’ Boomer Shares 32 Gems of Wholesome Wisdom, Making Him Everyone’s Grandpa Now
Getting older makes you realize that your grouchy old neighbor growing up had every right to be cranky. With creaking bones, aching skin, a receding hairline, and perhaps a touch of memory loss, aging is a frustrating part of life that’s tough to manage with grace. However, there are a delightful few elegant elderly folks …
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25+ Wholesome Boomer Moments That Radiate Pure Joy
In the eternal words of everybody’s mother everywhere «If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.» I’m all about positivity these days. But try telling that to the good folks on Twitter. We live in a time of such conflict and turmoil that good, clean fun is hard to come …
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