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NightWatcher

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6. We are the middle children of history.....

Reply to Wawannabe (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2020, 09:14 PM

May 2020

We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.”

― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Yep, and we miss Blockbuster

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Generation X - gonna ride out Covid like no other generation [View all] Wawannabe May 2020 OP

I wish I could rec this a million times. Coventina May 2020 #1

Aww shucks Wawannabe May 2020 #2

Was born in 61 but in every way that counts I am a gen Xer. LiberalLoner May 2020 #3

Right on! Wawannabe May 2020 #4

Right? FirstLight May 2020 #5

We are the middle children of history..... NightWatcher May 2020 #6