• Random Dent@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It’s kind of bittersweet being a very tail-end Gen X person. On the happy side, I got to do my childhood and teen years in the “fuck about” era, but on the unhappy side my entire adulthood has been in the “find out” era, and I get to remember what it was like briefly living in a world that wasn’t entirely going to shit.

    • DefunctReality@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      it’s kind of affirming to hear you say that. As a gen Z person I feel like we’re constantly being gaslit into thinking stuff has always been bad and we just complain more or something

    • triclops6@lemmy.ca
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      Older millennial here, so about your age, I have really early childhood memories before ozone issues, recessions, and planet fucking, after that it’s been one paper straw after another

    • Emptiness@beehaw.org
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      Thank you! This was very well put. Felt like a big puzzle piece just fell in place and this discomfort of not knowing why stuff feels so weird nowadays let go a bit. ❤️🤜

      • moriquende@lemmy.world
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        my whole childhood in the 90s was the “ozone layer is dying” but at the same time optimistic outlook on life?