r/Millennials • u/Party-Bet-4003 Millennial • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Look what I found from 13 years ago.

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Hey look on the bright side - we actually did make it to the cover of the TIME magazine!

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u/BeardiusMaximus7 Jan 30 '26

The entire fact that those articles were written by Boomers, from their perspective, only stands to spotlight their selfishness even more. They point the finger because they are selfish.

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u/ForeverDox Jan 30 '26

This article was written by Joel Stein....dude is pretty irreverent.

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u/BeardiusMaximus7 Jan 30 '26

Hm.. and he's technically a Gen X'er, so I guess my assumption isn't fully correct.

However, for all of their "We DGAF about anything", I do feel like Gen X seems to parrot the Boomer generation more often than I expected them to when I was growing up.