• borlax [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I love how mad gen xers get when it comes to admitting they were very privileged. They are proud of it, but also insanely mad about it.

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      1 year ago

      Old mystery/thriller book by John D. MacDonald. ‘The Brass Cupcake.’ In the story, the hero explains that in prison slang, a ‘cupcake’ is a privilege that can be revoked at anytime by any guard. Everything under our system is a cupcake.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, that’s very fair. I have a BiL and SiL who are on the tail end of gen x that definitely seem more like older millennials then they do gen x. They are my favorite family members to hang out with at this point.