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Scootaloo

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4. This piece is laden with irony. Can't tell if intentional or not, though
Thu May 12, 2016, 10:53 AM
May 2016
Generation X should have posted this to LiveJournal.


*snrk*
Us baby boomers said the same thing. We weren't special and neither are you. tonyt53 May 2016 #1
The "Me" generation weren't special? AgerolanAmerican May 2016 #29
I disagree GummyBearz May 2016 #38
A great many people didn't have those good-paying union jobs. Houses raccoon May 2016 #64
There is always going to be some class below the middle class GummyBearz May 2016 #67
Damn. I knew GenXers were emotionally arrested, but sweet jumpin' Jehoshaphat. Buzz Clik May 2016 #2
Generational labels are all bullshit BeyondGeography May 2016 #3
And when today's Millennials get older, they will be doing the same thing to young people. FrodosPet May 2016 #6
+ 10000 TubbersUK May 2016 #8
Agreed. "Kids these days..." yardwork May 2016 #10
Kids Today! FSogol May 2016 #59
Yes, and to prove it a quote by Socrates FLPanhandle May 2016 #13
Exactly. Iggo May 2016 #14
The corollary as well. 'Young people talking shit about older people...' LanternWaste May 2016 #18
That's just self-defense BeyondGeography May 2016 #20
Yes. And people who use them are usually telling you exactly what their own flaws are. Marr May 2016 #48
Have to agree.....way boring SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #58
This piece is laden with irony. Can't tell if intentional or not, though Scootaloo May 2016 #4
Speak for yourself Rebkeh May 2016 #5
Same here. RichVRichV May 2016 #24
Brought you Reagan, how did they do that? braddy May 2016 #56
I agree with you, and I didn't read it 😛 nt stopwastingmymoney May 2016 #61
complaints about complaints GreatGazoo May 2016 #7
Wow. Iggo May 2016 #9
Co-signed... Blue_Tires May 2016 #11
I was just thinking about this as I was walking the 30 miles to work I do every day... Javaman May 2016 #12
This part I found funny Egnever May 2016 #44
Except for all the people who are connected leftyladyfrommo May 2016 #49
Thank you. nt raccoon May 2016 #65
Don't look at me... Hugin May 2016 #15
Are you sure you want to go there? cagefreesoylentgreen May 2016 #16
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #17
Every adult generation always thinks the generation after it is full of slackers. Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #19
We Gen X'ers are raising the milennials Happyhippychick May 2016 #21
The real forgotten generation RandySF May 2016 #22
That's my parent's generation too. Arugula Latte May 2016 #30
My brother, who was an early boomer, born in 1946, always referred to that generation trackfan May 2016 #39
That's very true RandySF May 2016 #41
That's my parents too. 1942 and 1943. EllieBC May 2016 #42
That generation was known as LoverOfLiberty May 2016 #45
Yep - I'm Gen-X - daughter of the silent generation parents, as well. myrna minx May 2016 #52
I'm 33 years old and almost all of my older cousins and friends usually Iliyah May 2016 #23
From 2011 - and to be fair JustAnotherGen May 2016 #25
For some reason it is making the rounds on FB again. arely staircase May 2016 #27
I think introduced Screaming Meemie to it a few months ago JustAnotherGen May 2016 #33
From a Xennial: stfu Xer. MillennialDem May 2016 #26
I'm an (old) Gen Xer, and I like the Millennial generation a lot better than my own. Arugula Latte May 2016 #28
My peers (born in 1973) JustAnotherGen May 2016 #34
Yeah, I was born in the mid-60s, so we started high school in the very early 80s. Arugula Latte May 2016 #36
No we don't. We like you a lot. Bonobo May 2016 #31
Lulz Jesus Malverde May 2016 #50
Not the way to win hearts and minds. All boomers didn't have it so easy as raccoon May 2016 #66
Is that why they have a tendency to be so uncaring towards others? That's a shame. highprincipleswork May 2016 #32
Naah - it's because we were all a bunch of Latch Key Kids! JustAnotherGen May 2016 #35
Well, I do empathize with that state of affairs, but suggest looking into attachment theory, highprincipleswork May 2016 #37
Um lighten up JustAnotherGen May 2016 #40
This Gen-Xer loves millennials! GreenEyedLefty May 2016 #43
As I get older, ladies get young RandySF May 2016 #46
This Millennial is sick of Gen-Xers shitting on us, accusing us of being "spoiled entitled brats". Odin2005 May 2016 #47
Damn worthless no-good young-uns racing dangerously down the streets struggle4progress May 2016 #51
Why do we keep seeing this crap ... surrealAmerican May 2016 #53
Please God, if I'm still here in 20 years will somebody remind me not to say stuff like this? DemocraticWing May 2016 #54
Will you swing a broom at people walking on "your sidewalk?" Oneironaut May 2016 #57
Every generation finds itself superior, Oneironaut May 2016 #55
I hope this is satire DonCoquixote May 2016 #60
This article is 5 years old. herding cats May 2016 #62
This Xer can't stomach them, let alone stand them Reter May 2016 #63
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