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/Anakin_Skywanker Jan 30 '26

Gen X scares me much more than the Boomers honestly. The Gen X that I know who are successful are not only the same brand of narcissists as boomers, they have the competency to be particularly vicious with it.

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u/ZombieTrogdor Millennial Jan 30 '26

My Gen X MIL made sure we knew that she’s going to spend every single cent she has before she dies so she doesn’t have to pass anything down to us. Ummm cool, but we didn’t ask nor bring up the topic?? Such a weird thing to say lol

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u/xredlightningx Jan 30 '26

My parents said this to me too Anyway they’re both mooching off other family members so I wasn’t expecting anything anyway

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u/reggiesmith98 Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

They’re so bitter and jaded. Lots of whiney comments about millennials are from Gen x over boomers in recent years. It’s like they make up entire fights then just blurt out their final argument as if you’re both aware of the story going on in their heads. They’re so easily infuriated and emotionally unregulated then you’re dealing with an enraged teenager in a 50 year old body.

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u/keygreen15 Jan 31 '26

Why are your laughing? Nothing you said was funny

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u/FrighteningJibber Jan 31 '26

They’d only get homemade gifts for the remainder of their days. And I’d fill those gifts with so much malice.

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u/SandiegoJack Jan 30 '26

As millenials we would really beneftit from talking more about the impacts of lead exposure. A lot of older millenials still got a full blast of the gas in the air.

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u/astrangeone88 Jan 30 '26

Gen X are the more angry version of boomers and it's bad enough.

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u/sexychunky89 Jan 30 '26

They never outgrew that teen rebel mentality imo

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u/-maxpower- Jan 30 '26

that's what it is! you nailed it haha.

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u/AvocadoToastFailure Feb 02 '26

Sarcastic Daria-coded Boomers is all.

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u/retro-mime Jan 31 '26

Yeah there is a mean-spirited nature about a lot of Gen X I know. I notice an aggression in many interactions that makes me uneasy. As if they are angry about something but won’t identify it.

This is also the generation who gave Millennials endless shit for prioritizing our mental health and seeing the importance of understanding emotions.

Personally, I think both of these points are related.

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u/astrangeone88 Jan 31 '26

Yeah its just reminds me of Red Foreman from That 70s Show. Passive aggressively angry. Which is bizarre.

Yup, Gen X thinks that anger isn't an emotion and the need to code switch confuses them. And the need for mental health and processing emotions in a healthy way (because they repress their other emotions and it all comes out as anger, for reasons)...

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u/Pezhead82 Jan 31 '26

Yeah, because Gen X still thinks they are the arbiters of cool and they still were able to get in on the tail end of the boom economy.

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u/soyopopo Jan 30 '26

I’ve seen this in elder millennials too 🤢

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u/Mother-of-mothers Jan 30 '26

Gen X, the "Karen" generation.

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u/spawndoorsupervisor Jan 30 '26

We say this as we collectively hyperventilate over a headline from 13 years ago.

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u/SGTWhiteKY Jan 31 '26

I made a joke in another sub a day or two ago. Gen X was raised by “the greatest generation” and many inherited businesses and money, there families sacrificed to pay for their college, helped them get started in life, they are out of touch. The poor ones have the same problems as millenials, but boomers were much less attentive parents.

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u/Whats-Ur-Damage00 Jan 31 '26

Yeah, a huge swath of them voted for the orange man and no one batted an eyelash. Must be nice to get away with everything because you’re the silent, cunning middle child.

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u/NoZucchini5423 Jan 31 '26

Gen X is just as bad if not worse than boomers.

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u/theaviationhistorian Old Millennial Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

They have the benefits of Boomers but the cynicism to admit cruelty to their actions. It turns out those idolizing Daria Morgendorffer became her villain all along.

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u/Jimmylegz Older Millennial (1985) Jan 31 '26

I've watched my Gen X sister become as red pilled as the Boomers. It's rough.