Post #3351427

2026-06-09 21:13 UTC

Yeah. I grew up thinking all generations hate the younger generations. Then the younger generations get older and hate the younger younger generations. Nope. Turns out that was just a boomer thing. Gen X typically doesn't have opinions on anything. Millenials just hate the boomers, and Gen-Z just straight up aren't having kids. But I'm whats called a Xenial. Half genX, half millenial. And I've never thought of the younger generations as bad. I feel bad for them. 40 years before their birth, the world wasn't a huge dumpster fire. And then reagan happened, and things have been sliding downward ever since. By the time Gen-Z was born, it was already too late. Then on top of that, their childhood was centered around covid, and now trump being a massive dick. Just in general, at all times. So I don't get mad at the younger generations. I kinda feel bad for them. The world sucks, and it's the only world they've ever known.

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@tomkatt@lemmy.world 2026-06-09 21:40

>I don't get mad at the younger generations. I kinda feel bad for them. The world sucks, and it's the only world they've ever known. Pretty much. I’m in my 40s, late millennial. Shit sucked, watching opportunities previous generations had slipping away as I hit adulthood and realized what an absolute mess everything was, and that everything I’d been taught to succeed at life was a lie. Ended up doing okay for myself thanks to getting into IT and dropping out of college before I racked up more debt but it still took forever to pay off. I managed to get to six figures a few years back, pay off my debts, and I’m able to make things work financially thanks to moving to the boonies and living small, and saving a lot. I also lucked out with good timing and had a home built when the interest rates were still around 3% and paid points to lower it more. My mortgage now is less than I paid in rent in 2021, and rates are up since then. And now… I mean I’m okay, but seeing everything happening is stressful. No idea how future employment is gonna go with all the AI mess (I’m sure I’ll be fine, but it’s all up on air):, and I don’t think the kids today will even have the opportunities that I had early career when I took jobs that were shitty but at least gave me opportunities to learn and skill up and get various career certs to move up and do better. I was lamenting the lack of opportunities back then, feeling like I was always one step ahead of inflation, debt, and potential homelessness, and it’s even harder for today’s young adults! I honestly don’t know how someone not already established would even get a foot in the door today, and everything’s gone absolutely crazy.

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@Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2026-06-11 01:05

> Gen X typically doesn’t have opinions on anything We have opinions on everything, trust me. We don't advertise them as much. We were the last generation that was told to be seen, and not heard, maybe that's why. Or, perhaps it's because we were the first of the screwed generations and we're nihilistic. Or both. Or neither. It doesn't matter. None of this matters.

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