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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 176 points 2 months ago (4 children)

To my fellow Gen X’ers…

Shhh!

Let someone else deal with the inept on the other end of the phone. Be happy we’re being ignored again.

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was going to complain, but you're damned right.

Silence is golden.

[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

And duct tape is silver

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Millenial here:

This is good advice, sage even.

...

EDIT:

I didn't forget the couple of extremely cool and also very knowledgable Gen X mentors/bosses I had, hahah!

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've spent the last decade training Millennials just for that task.

I'll be over here screwing with the K8S cluster if you need me.

[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

You seniors and your K8s I tell you whut

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

so middle of the road that they are left out of every discussion about generations. Boomers may suck, but at least they’re memorable lol

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I for one am happy to be left out of the 'generation war'. It's stupid. In my day blah blah blah- no one cares gramps. Live in the now.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Back in my day we had weed. We still do, but we did back then too.

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In my day you would either get trash weed with seeds all in it, or pay out the ass for 'kind buds'. You can get whole Ounces in Michigan right now for what we had to pay for a quarter in the 90s..... damn it, you got me doing it! ;)

[–] musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to get my weed in a big trash bag behind the high school from a guy on a yamaha scooter. It was mostly seeds and stems and you had to smoke a lot to even get high but it was great because it gave you something fun to do with friends. I can't handle the weed people smoke nowadays, one toke sends me straight to the nether realm.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That escalated quickly....

Edit: surprising really, when considering that stoners don't do anything quickly

[–] musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Well, we do live in different times. Back then, I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. 'Gimme five bees for a quarter,' you'd say. Now where were we? Oh, yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, they’re the last “boomer” generation. Fed a diet of TV and no internet growing up, but just in time to secure the last slice of normal with owning a home and having a family on a decent income.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're using that word again. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Boomer is a mindset not a timespan.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

You're completely wrong, but if you want to confuse the word even more, go ahead.

[–] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Lol

Wooooooooooosh

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the last “boomer” generation. Fed a diet of TV and no internet growing up

Boomer is a mindset not a timespan

Lol.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah?

You don't have to be born from '46 to '64 to be a boomer, you have to act like a boomer to be a boomer. Being fed a boomer media/social diet growing up tends to make people grow up into boomers.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're conflating and confusing a term that has existed since the 60's to describe a time span, with complex societal, economical effects on peoples mindset today.

Your inability to describe and explain the things you want to argue is the issue. Repeating the word again and again is not helping.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Literally explained to you, but sure I'm unable to explain.

Okay boomer.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You said the word boomer 6 times and you think that makes you look smart. Boomer means boomer, what a genius.

[–] macrocarpa@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why are you still engaging mate just wander off and leave them to it.