For the free range kids born between 1965-1980

Defiance,
@Defiance@sfba.social avatar

Deidre Hall was on the show Hacks. As a guy I had to say "Oh cool! Electra Woman!!"

No one knew what I was talking about. I feel so alone in this world sometimes 😏

Jonathanglick,
@Jonathanglick@mstdn.social avatar

@Defiance oh that’s who that was

KimPerales,
@KimPerales@toad.social avatar

Many #GenX & #Boomer men are Republicans & some are anti-vaxxers, but a few women boomers are largely responsible for spreading #misinformation:

A small group of committed “supersharers,” predominately older R women, were responsible for the vast majority of the #fakenews in the period looked at. They promoted & shared links to vaccine hesitancy & politics-flavored fake news. 2,107 reg. US voters accounted for spreading 80% of it during the 2020 election.

#SocialMedia
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/30/misinformation-works-and-a-handful-of-social-supersharers-sent-80-of-it-in-2020/

msquebanh,
@msquebanh@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

Some of you fellow #GenX folks forgot that this is still important to practice:

Question all authority.

Greenseer,
@Greenseer@toot.wales avatar

@msquebanh Especially the authority that you are told is on your side. Questioning the enemy is easy

msquebanh,
@msquebanh@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@Greenseer Absolutely agree 👍

Fury,
@Fury@mastodon.au avatar

Got on bus this morning and the driver charged me the under 19 years old student fare 😂 winning today already! #GenX

anathema_device,
@anathema_device@bne.social avatar

@Fury omigod :)

TechBean, (edited )
@TechBean@mstdn.social avatar

How are you? Part 58

Low brow comedy edition.

Select all that apply.


AndorianSoup,
@AndorianSoup@mastodon.social avatar

@TechBean
Airplane! has the finest script ever written

chriswho,
@chriswho@mstdn.social avatar

@TechBean Airplane is a perfect comedy as the Princess Bride is a perfect adventure.

I don't make the rules.

paul,
@paul@oldfriends.live avatar

The Golden Age of K-Mart

Before the days of "Super Kmarts" and "Big Ks," there was just Kmart.

The first Kmart was opened in 1962, and by the mid-1970s, we were all shopping there.

Revisit the days of Blue Light Specials, Kmart Cafeterias, and random wood-veneered merchandise scattered in aisles throughout the store.

Stick around for the musical montage featuring two unforgettable K-mart jingles complete with in-store announcements

flashback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPyvoAx6qc

ahimsa_pdx,
@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social avatar

@paul
Yeah, my family went there a lot! Here's one of their TV / radio jingles (from memory, so it may be off a bit):

Kmart is your savings store,
Where your dollar buys you more,
They give your dreams a helping hand,
at Kmart stores they understand.
Kmart is the saving <pause> place!

EDIT: Found this older recording. It doesn't have the middle lines. My memory is probably from an ad played in the 70s or early 80s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmGBldalI80

wjmaggos,
@wjmaggos@liberal.city avatar

Back in my day (class of 96), you kinda had to choose. Most kids liked them all but was your favorite band Nirvana, Soundgarden or Pearl Jam? I wouldn't have said it then but Nirvana wanted you to think they were cool. Edgy. Soundgarden just wanted to make good music. Pearl Jam was about community and purpose. Fuck Ticketmaster. #GenX
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/nx-s1-4977330/live-nation-ticketmaster-sued

amerika,
@amerika@annihilation.social avatar

@wjmaggos @makeheroism

Wait, Bon Jovi? ...musically not bad, a little "schmaltzy" for my taste, but compared to Bryan Adams etc probably pretty restrained.

No AC/DC? Surely you have at least one Metallica album in your collection.

wjmaggos,
@wjmaggos@liberal.city avatar

@amerika @makeheroism

yes I do. pretty wide taste but what was interesting about the 90s imo was that the mainstream opened up, before the internet made access easier. I think it also got better because it basically became more democratic. less payola.

but I still care about what most people are listening to. I want that to be higher quality, just like I want the journalism most people consume to be better. it matters if we have to live with each other.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/billboard-soundscan/

serpicojam, (edited )
@serpicojam@mas.to avatar

Don't know why after a day of meetings I'm thinking about this now but did anybody else have WordPerfect on their Atari ST in 1991? 💪 🤓 :mycomputer: :atari:

#Atari #WordProcessing #GenX #writing #editing #1990s

That_Fisch,
@That_Fisch@mastodon.social avatar

Just in case you needed a refresher...

#GenX

TechBean, (edited )
@TechBean@mstdn.social avatar

How #GenX are you? Part 57

#Movies

Select all that apply.

#HowGenXAreYou #1970s #1980s #1990s
#Poll #Polls

TechBean,
@TechBean@mstdn.social avatar

I'm surprised how little love we're seeing for The Legend of Billie Jean
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089470/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

gedeonm,
@gedeonm@mastodon.social avatar

And now, your moment of 80’s zen.

video/mp4

CanadaMan,
@CanadaMan@mastodon.social avatar

@gedeonm I remember playing this on a n64 re-release, my mother use to show me how to dupe the ship to get doubble rockets lol

liztai,
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

How feral were Gen X kids?

Well, I taught my younger sister to jump off the second floor of the house to land in the couch below. I mean sure, just an inch off target and there's be a few broken bones. But hey we survived.

The couch didn't.

Ok, so I claim my feral badge, I think I totally earned it.

#GenX

ferricoxide,

Was always more a Hawaiian Punch fan.

Probably no coincidence that Fosters gained popularity around the time #GenX was reaching legal drinking age.

jadugar63,
@jadugar63@mastodon.social avatar

@ferricoxide
Not Hi-C but had a different brand in East Africa. #nostalgia but older me realizes it was flavored sugar.

TechBean, (edited )
@TechBean@mstdn.social avatar

How #GenX are you? Part 56

#DoctorWho Edition

Select all that apply.

#HowGenXAreYou #1970s #1980s #1990s
#Poll #Polls

AnguaDelphine,
@AnguaDelphine@mk.absturztau.be avatar

@TechBean

First time round, also Jon Pertwee.
I vaguely remember the regeneration into Tom Baker.
Missed most of Davison & Colin Baker 1st time round.

TechBean,
@TechBean@mstdn.social avatar

"I Love Rock and Roll" is chronologically closer to "Come Together" than to "Come Out and Play"

culagovski,
@culagovski@wandering.shop avatar

@TechBean Cleopatra is closer to "I Love Rock and Roll" than to the construction of the pyramids.

j,
@j@janerationx.social avatar

@TechBean Thank you for reminding us how old we're getting to be. 😆

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