Turning 30? They’ve all turned 30.
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For real. Already passed 40 here.
There's a few years left, 96 and up
'96 and up are not 90s kids, that's Gen Z .
You have to actually remember the 90s to qualify as a 90s kid, which basically excludes anyone younger than a Zillenial. If you were born in 1996-1999, you were an infant or very young in the 90s, so your memories of the time period are going to be vague at best. You can't relate to 90s kids.
Hell, smartphones had already replaced iPods by the time anyone born 1996-1999 was in middle school. That ain't no 90s kid lol. 90s kids had a cassette Walkman and dial-up internet when they were in middle school. We were still rocking CD players and flip phones even into high school. Smartphones weren't a thing until college.
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Isnt a 90s kid someone who grew up in the 90s not born in them? I was born in 84 and i consider myself a 90s kid and I’m certainly not 30
I also am confused by the timeline.
Yep, fellow 84 here, most of my memories growing up are from the 90's.
There's no rules. Millennials are called that because they hit adulthood around 1999-2001ish. So all children in the 90s.
Yep.
Bro, we in or almost in out 40s.
I wanted to say this, were 40. Even more sad.
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All the comments about what it means to be a 90s kid still miss the obvious fact that this is indeed what it felt like for us 10 years ago. There isn't a meme yet to describe what it feels like entering our 40s currently. Personally, it feels like the time Shredder and Krang got pulled back into and trapped in Dimension X; only we are Shredder and Krang.
To me it feels like every year a new joke from Rocko's Modern Life that I didn't get at age 8 becomes relevant.
Instead of the Staircase to Heaven ride, we're on the Bullet Train to Hell ride. 😮💨
I have no issue entering 30s, but i have a lot of issue with my hair and health leaving me.
The knees are fucked. The eyes are getting destroyed. The back is complete mess. The new hairs growing everywhere suck. White hair randomly appear is great, not... What even is health...
At least we are getting close to it ending.
Chronic pain is not a normal health issue for someone in their 30's.
I'm from the US. I live in a country with health care too expensive to stay on top of. Where it's normal to skip routine check-ups because they would cost too much (if you can even get a day off work in the first place.) Our jobs either do not offer vacation time, or limit any time off to something like 2 weeks or less per year. Most areas are unwalkable, while in others, any adult who rides a bike is assumed to have had a DUI (that is, people assume they lost their driving privileges. Why else no car?) Nothing about my environment is healthy.
Ergo,
I have no idea what "normal health" means.
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I'm in a disabilities chat group and we're often surprised when we're reminded that "0" is the "normal" level of pain you're "supposed to have" day to day. Everyone's baseline is different. Pain sucks. (Unsolicited fact: my back pain got much better after I started physical therapy for it. I'm glad my health insurance covered it. Next round of PT: my knees. Why they be like that? [it's probably the EDS])
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I wish I could go back in time just to tell my younger self "Hey Kid, don't get your hopes up", save myself a lot of pointless struggle...
I realized recently that teenage-me was right about a lot of things I believed about the future, and I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about it.
It's like my anxiety is doing a victory dance on my hope's grave.
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GenX just nodding silently
Like ten years ago, "chat"
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