Much is said about lead and crime rates, I’m wondering about the more mundane things.

  • arotrios@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 months ago

    Gen X here. There has been huge shift in office culture, and the generational shift from boomers out of it has led to a completely different experience, with the biggest shift being in the decrease in overt misogyny and outbursts of anger. Most of my worst bosses were from this generation, including one individual that would literally start screaming and hitting the wall when something went wrong.

    Their generation is marked by a lack of impulse control and a deep inner rage that can often be triggered by trivial inconveniences. They also seem to have a vindictiveness to them that I never really understood, holding grudges far past their expiration date. This is in significant contrast to their parents’ generation, which, for all its problems, always seemed to treat us Gen X folks kindly.

    • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      23·
      2 months ago

      Their generation is marked by a lack of impulse control and a deep inner rage that can often be triggered by trivial inconveniences. They also seem to have a vindictiveness to them that I never really understood, holding grudges far past their expiration date.

      oh shit i might be a boomer

    • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      You clearly haven’t worked with incels then. I noticed the computer age has brought this back in the newer generation among a certain type. I don’t blame the water or air. I blame the echo chambers.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    25·
    2 months ago

    That corresponds with the period people quit smoking so the anecdata may be affected (by people on short fuse because of nicotine withdrawals). An increase of women in the workforce may also be a potential factor (either way).

  • andyburke@fedia.io
    20·
    2 months ago

    What makes you think lead poisoning has wound down as GenX ages into taking over from the Boomers?

    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
      73·
      2 months ago

      What does this chart even show? People’s lead levels are at 100%?

      Edit: okay I understand it now after examining it closer but this seems to contradict what I’ve heard about lead bans in gasoline and paint causing the crime rates to begin dropping in the late 90s and beyond around 20 years after the bans due to these children reaching adulthood without having been exposed like previous generations. This graph seems to show that it was only GenX who were exposed to a lot of lead, which doesn’t make a lot of sense since this stuff was around long before they were born.

      • andyburke@fedia.io
        10·
        2 months ago

        This chart doesn’t show the adult blood lead levels boomers had through continuing exposure. They didn’t get as huge a dose as kids, but they got it for longer.

        But yeah, you’re understanding why I am asking why people think this is becoming less of an issue. It’s just shifting a bit. As a GenXer myself, I would probably be ok with an age limit of like 40 to hold political office at this point. Neither we nor the boomers can be trusted.

      • Corngood@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 months ago

        It’s buckets of people that had those different lead levels, so it adds up to everyone.

  • SGforce@lemmy.ca
    222·
    2 months ago

    I’m still convinced most boomers are still contaminated. They still own a lot of stuff filled with lead or were too stubborn to give it up. I’m purposefully breaking my parent’s corningwear when I visit because they are too fucking stubborn to stop using it.

    You can almost tell the difference between someone with high lifetime lead exposure and someone without. It’s sad and frustrating.

    • stopdropandprole@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 months ago

      I’m extremely skeptical corningware contains lead which can come off… it’s sealed, ultra hard ceramic. that’s not how people have historically gotten lead contamination. there’s probably more lead in the soil in their front yard than in every piece of corningware in the house…

      please don’t destroy these, just donate them to a thrift shop so sensible folks can use them as intended. many of those vintage ceramics are collectibles, more importantly they are infinity reusable.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
    15·
    2 months ago

    I’m not THAT old but have worked for long enough to remember smoking offices. Like, people smoking at their desks.

    I’ve surely experienced a decline in aggression in my workplaces over my career but think it has more to do with getting better jobs over time. An office is different from a flea market, restaurant, or retail.

  • octobob@lemmy.ml
    61·
    2 months ago

    The city just replaced my lead water lines.

    We’ve been drinking straight out of the tap for about 5 years.

    No change in my temperament, anger, mood I guess.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      13·
      2 months ago

      Remember that mineral deposits may line the inside of those pipes and doesnt necessitate that lead has been leeching into the water

        • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
          13·
          2 months ago

          The person you’re replying to means that the pipe had 125 years of mineral deposits coating the inner diameter and separating the water from the lead

          It’s still good that they replaced it but I’d be shocked if drinking that water impacted you in any perceptible way

        • EddoWagt@feddit.nl
          6·
          2 months ago

          What?

          No like there was a lead pipe from the early 1900s from the street up through the woods to my house.

          Water pipes are lined with gross slimy stuff and other nasty things, so you might not necessarily have drunk lead contaminated water. Or you might have, who knows. Atleast you won’t now