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[–] [email protected] 131 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] sangriaferret 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The top labels are reversed. I doubt a lesbian icon would be something boomers would appreciate.

Not to mention her capacity for change.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first woman in space was a lesbian and I wouldn't want it any other way.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first woman in space was a lesbian and I wouldn't want it any other way.

No, the first American woman in space was a lesbian.

Valentina Tereshkova, who beat Sally Ride to space by twenty years and two days, isn’t a lesbian (as far as we know). She’s been married twice, both times to men.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

You're gonna need it kiddo.

[–] [email protected] 123 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pitting 'generations' against each other is a classic tactic to divide the people on meaningless bullshit. Don't fall for it.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 months ago

Culture war is a means to distract us from class war

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Gen X was Trump’s biggest supporter in the last election. More than boomers even.

Obviously not true of every Gen X’er, but when Gen Z talks about boomers they’re usually inadvertently referring to Gen X.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gen X was Trump’s biggest supporter in the last election.

We were never known for our political acumen, I'm afraid.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

"Caring about things is cringe, like, gag me. Voting doesn't do ANYTHING so I sit it out unlike you chumps, and I'm telling my kids the same thing."

"Why aren't any interests represented? That must be somebody's fault. Somebody who isn't me. Hey, did you get your tickets for Star Wars Celebration yet?"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

And the current poster child for Gen X is Elon Musk.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That Gen Z fighter is going to turn around, hit their trainer in the nuts and call them a boomer.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The world has been fighting Boomers for 4 decades. They're not all villains, but certainly the majority of villains are Boomers.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Probably because the majority of people are boomers. They're called baby boomers because their population exploded across the world.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also let's be frank, it's a class divide. Boomers had a huge leg up, and then those who amassed great wealth are the ones we see in power making decisions that close doors to the younger generations.

But back to my point, of course those who have had 60+ years to amass and invest wealth are going to be richer, especially when they had something to invest at the start.

I think when we consider that Gen Z men are running to the right, we should rethink boomers as a scapegoat. It's not the boomers. It's the rich and the Andrew Tates of the world who are in the boxing ring.

Like I could probably take down a random boomer, but a billionaire could hire Mike Tyson and I'd be fucked in the ring.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The generations are:

  • Boomer: anybody older than me who I disagree with.
  • Millennial: anybody younger than me who I disagree with
  • Gen Z: anyone who uses whichever social networks are taboo at the moment.

The are no other generations.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Let's ignore discrepancies in economics, geography, race and culture and suggest people behave, en mass, based on the decades they were born in.

This is just astrology for the politically feeble.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The comic is funny, but only in the sense that is a media presentation trying to make an age war rather than class war.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Weren't the statistics from the last election a big deal because Gen Z actually didn't align with Millennials?

I'm pretty sure I saw people getting mad at the number of young voters who opted to vote for Trump

Could be wrong though

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

No, they're just less left leaning than Millennials were at that age. 66% of Millennials voted for Obama, whereas only 54% of Gen Z voted for Harris.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it that they're less left leaning? Cause when you put the names of the candidates there (Obama vs Harris), it just sounds like a weaker candidate that didn't move their base as much.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

You didn't need to be "left leaning" to vote for Harris. Just, you know, not insane.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (5 children)

With Gen Z there's also a huge gender disparity, the boys are NOT okay, they're the Hitler Youth.

That said, Gen X voted for Trump in greater numbers than the Boomers.

Gen X aren't spectators. They're fucking MAGA, and they were also the ones writing the shitty generation war articles.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Gen X is the generation that got just enough from their boomer and silent Gen parents that they don't really care to change anything and keep up the system but pretend they hate it.

They act like they are separated and completely uninvolved but they are the last generation to have a semblance of a nice thing and they won't rock the boat. Especially now that they are getting more of the positions their parents held.

They may pretend they aren't here, but they are, and pretending they stuck to themselves and they don't do anything that impacts others is just wishful thinking on their part.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Obama was a far more compelling candidate. Don't blame the voters for the DNC pushing milquetoast candidates.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump is also a far, far worse candidate than McCain was.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can always tell you've become a stupid person when any of these generation terms come up in your speech in any capacity.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

As a millennial I ... welll ... uh ... fuck you're right

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Typical. Slacking, unseen.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Xer's never really got over that "everyone is dumb except for me" phase that most ditch after they actually get kissed.

[–] logos 5 points 2 months ago

Meh. Whatever man.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gen X looks too young in this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I mean we are talking about people 45 to 60 years old at this point.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We should be fighting the 1%, not each other.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You forgot the fact that the 1% keep us poorly educated and propagandized against our own interests on purpose.

We're so fucking stupid as a result, that Americans believe the following unironically:

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[–] stevedice 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm so tough. I'm the toughest. Gen Z and Boomers aren't tough enough. I'm the though one. Yeah, I might have been neglected as a child but that made me tough, definitely not emotionally stunted. Tough tough tough. I'm tough.

—Average Gen X'er to the mirror every morning

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Meanwhile gen x are the most conservative generation

[–] ZombiFrancis 6 points 2 months ago

(The boxing arena is on fire.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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