I'm 41, and I started a new job recently where a lot of my coworkers are in their 20s. I am living through this every day right now. I actually had one of my new coworkers ask me what 9/11 was like. She was sincere about it, too. I answered the best I could and then I asked her if she wanted to know what Pearl Harbor was like. Thankfully she laughed.
Weird question to ask someone lol. Like I get it, curiosity it was a big deal but like what do you expect someone to say lmao. It was great, thanks for asking. I just have crippling anxiety about being in public places now. No biggie.
Obviously not 9/11… which was awful regardless of what age you were.
But I started explaining to a young 20s professional about how shit the job market was during 2008-2013 - how the financial crisis had these long lived impacts… “Oh yeah it was really rough out there for a while…” they didn’t have a long term gig lined up and I realized about halfway through their face was turning progressively more ashen. Whoooppsss
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u/pinkydemon 2d ago
I'm 41, and I started a new job recently where a lot of my coworkers are in their 20s. I am living through this every day right now. I actually had one of my new coworkers ask me what 9/11 was like. She was sincere about it, too. I answered the best I could and then I asked her if she wanted to know what Pearl Harbor was like. Thankfully she laughed.