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What the Fuck happened with Gen X?
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this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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This is all beautifully stated.
Gen X is the end of SLC Punk. "I'm not selling out, I'm buying in."
OOF. Hits hard.
For those who don't know, SLC Punk is a movie worth your time, especially at a certain time in life. The spirit is great, but... Stevo is an Xer who ultimately did go to Harvard and dad and mom are boomers (The boomers turned from hippies to yuppies in the 80s).
https://youtu.be/5aNiBktcSvQ?feature=shared
100%, and it stars Matthew Lillard right after he came out of doing Hackers and Scream. It's a classic and very heartfelt.