2026-04-28 12:52 UTC
Me, Gen X, talking to my millennial partner: "I need you to understand how deeply traumatized my generation is, and how it interacts with our politics and world view."
*Reaches for the Neverending Story DVD*
(Also we're all lead poisoned, and survived on hose water, ketchup-is-a-vegetable lunches and Tupac and Biggie)
Replies (3)
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@djohngo@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 12:57
@quinn@social.circl.lu Gen X be like, "The Neverending Story traumatized me for life. I insist you watch it!"
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@cora@hachyderm.io 2026-04-28 13:36
@quinn@social.circl.lu “hose water” sent me into a 45-second fugue. Can still taste it. Or smell it. It was kinda both.
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@meganecko@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 17:18
@quinn@social.circl.lu But the Facebook memes say the hose water is what gave us our powers!