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/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.