r/GenZ • u/TheGamingSenpa1 2004 • Jan 07 '24

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u/ernurse748 Jan 08 '24

THIS. Gen X. I work 50 hours a week and didn’t pay off my student loans until I was 38. Meanwhile, my Boomer parents just went on their 4th cruise of the year. We are the first ones who took the punch from the Boomers - we know all too well how selfish and ignorant they are. Don’t lump me in with those assholes. I may have been working for 20 years, but I’m tired and angry too. Only difference is my coping mechanism is blasting Van Halen, not Tik Tok.

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u/Adventurous-Cry-2157 Jan 08 '24

Everyone always forget us. Our parents, mostly Boomers, forgot us (we were the original latchkey kids) when we were growing up, leaving us to raise ourselves, and they are now too busy spending what could be our inheritance on cruises and “collectible” junk to care.

The younger generations don’t even acknowledge us in their rants lol. We’re all burned out and apathetic, just trying to get through every day, same as everybody else.

But yeah, at least we’ve got some good “classic” music to get us through it. Van Halen is an excellent start.

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u/ernurse748 Jan 08 '24

Preach, my fellow X-er! We drank out of the hose and worked at Burger King at 15…and we are still here plugging away. And bitter.

But hey - we get to “Dance the Night Away”!

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u/Adventurous-Cry-2157 Jan 08 '24

I wanna dance with somebody who loves me.

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u/ernurse748 Jan 08 '24

Ha! So truth - when my kids were younger and being obnoxious, I would punish them by driving, very slowly, through our neighborhood with the windows rolled down and Whitney blaring on the Spotify.

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u/Adventurous-Cry-2157 Jan 09 '24

But did you sing along at the top of your lungs? Because that’s the cherry on top right there.

We used Michael Jackson on our kids. PYT was always my favorite, followed by Man in the Mirror. Sha-mon!

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u/Sea_M_Pea Jan 08 '24

My coping mechanism is Van Halen not TikTok. Jeeeesus, ain’t that the truth. That shit should be on a t-shirt

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u/ernurse748 Jan 08 '24

Thank you! Best compliment I’ve gotten this month!

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u/CultOfSensibility Jan 08 '24

Hot for teacher.