• bstix@feddit.dk
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    1 year ago

    Your mother’s reaction is the most clever thing I’ve ever read.

    Allow me to gen-x-plain:

    The thing isn’t necessarily apathy. It’s an acknowledgement of being able to handle the request regardless of the input. That’s what gen X does. We handle shit. Regardlessly.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly, “whatever” is us graciously accepting that we’re the donut hole between two huge generations and political and economic power will be neatly handed past us to the millennials.

      Whatever you say man, I know I won’t have a choice.