• Etterra@discuss.online
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    2 months ago

    It’s worse for us Gen-Xers. We remember living as adults in the time before it all went from kinda shitty to the diarrhea apocalypse.

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      2 months ago

      '88 here. 9/11 sits at such a clear demarcation line for us. Happened in 8th grade where you’re still straddling the fence that’s childhood, while still capable of grasping the enormity of what was unfolding.

      Though I also grew up in the rust belt, so there was always the sense that you were riding a wave that had long since crested.

      • Philippe23@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        Try being a few years older and they brought you all into the cafeteria to watch the Challenger launch live.

        🤩🚀💥🤯😭🪦