What have previous generations ruined for us? The world is pretty different than the one that we grew up in. This is how the passage of time works. Things don’t stay the same. We have to constantly keep up with the changes that are happening in our world, or else be left behind by them. …
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‘Having an extra $12 made me feel like the richest person in town’: Gen X man at Subway sees three teenagers pooling money for one sandwich and decides to pay for their meal
This story is a perfect illustration of how I try to live my life. Be skeptical, be a little cynical, but still be kind. Keep just enough softness in you to make small moments of joy possible. For strangers, for friends, for whoever happens to be standing next to you in line at a sandwich …
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32 Gen X Memes More Powerful Than a 1980’s Flintstone Vitamin
Gen X has been living on a Flintstone vitamin, fried bologna sandwiches, and a dream for the last several decades. This generation wasn’t always a collection of bad attitudes and nihilism, but as life punches you in the face, one learns a few boxing moves in the process. And let me tell ya’, Gen X …
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48‑year‑old sister has a jealous meltdown when her younger sibling gets diamond earrings for her birthday and shuts down her tantrum: ‘She always tries to make my birthday about her’
Fighting with siblings for attention is one thing growing up, but being near fifty and throwing fits over who got what gift is just pathetic. And leaves the other contender in the made‑up contest with no choice but to finally shut it down. The older sister in this story has been running that game for …
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23 Nostalgic Christmas Moments 90s Kids All Remember Fondly
The greatest feat achieved in Home Alone wasn’t the successful hoodwinkery of Kevin McAllister and his destruction of two adult robbers, but the fact that he was able to buy two full bags of groceries for $19. Yippee Ki-Yay, ’90s kids! You’re officially old now. A lot has changed over the years for us ’90s …
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‘I’m husband free & kid free… I love my peace!’: 50-year-old grandma raised kids her entire life as the oldest sibling and married young, now with 10 grandkids she refuses to babysit
This is a tricky one! Woman have been forced into mother positions for decades from very young ages. If you’re the oldest daughter, you take care of the other siblings; if you get into a traditional marriage, then you are taking care of all of the kids; and if your kids have kids, as the …
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‘Grannies getting edgy’: Why older generations are finally getting that tattoo or piercing they always wanted
Tattoo parlors used to be reserved for bikers, gang members, and sailors at port, but that’s no longer the case. Body modification shops have changed so much over the last 30 years that older generations wouldn’t even recognize an average tattoo parlor. More sterile than a doctor’s office, smelling like fresh candles, and flaunting a …
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Fight, Flight, or Freeze: Why the “Gen Z stare” isn’t bad customer service, it’s social evolution
Awkward silences make most people uncomfortable, but Gen Z is just built different. Born through an era of exponential social media changes, global chaos, and shifting communication connectivity, Gen Z has evolved beyond social pleasantries. In their experience, there’s simply no point. In fact, as a generation focused on «real» interactions and significant relationships, Gen …
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25 Throwback 80s Memes for Retro Fiends
What a decade the 1980s were. Many would argue that a lot of the attitudes and beliefs that got established by the current events from back then still inform the world that we live in today, but in a lot of ways, times were very different, no matter how many 80s kids keep bringing the …
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25+ Nostalgic Throwbacks From the 80s and 90s That Are Firmly Pre-Millennium
They say that it is easy to look back on the past with rose-tinted glasses, and that is definitely the case with the last decades of those years that had a 19 in front of them. Those who grew up in the 80s and 90s are now the actual, real adults muddling their way through …
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