• Bleys@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Gen X was Trump’s biggest supporter in the last election. More than boomers even.

    Obviously not true of every Gen X’er, but when Gen Z talks about boomers they’re usually inadvertently referring to Gen X.

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      Gen X was Trump’s biggest supporter in the last election.

      We were never known for our political acumen, I’m afraid.

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        “Caring about things is cringe, like, gag me. Voting doesn’t do ANYTHING so I sit it out unlike you chumps, and I’m telling my kids the same thing.”

        “Why aren’t any interests represented? That must be somebody’s fault. Somebody who isn’t me. Hey, did you get your tickets for Star Wars Celebration yet?”

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    4 hours ago

    You can always tell you’ve become a stupid person when any of these generation terms come up in your speech in any capacity.

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    Pitting ‘generations’ against each other is a classic tactic to divide the people on meaningless bullshit. Don’t fall for it.

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        GenX has been fighting boomers from the start,

        Bullcrap. We were too busy pretending politics didn’t affect us to fight anyone.

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        In the same way boomer hippies were “fighting” against their progenitors, sure.

        Wearing flannel and complaining about the status quo does not make you a freedom fighter.

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        Fighting? Us Gen Xers followed in the system the boomers laid out. What fighting??? The older Gen Xers got past the door. The younger half got shut out.

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      Gen z - the generation raised by their boomer grandparents, dresses like them, I have a big surprise for you how they think… Yaba daba skibidi toilet dooo!

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    That Gen Z fighter is going to turn around, hit their trainer in the nuts and call them a boomer.