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John Scalzi@scalzi.com |
GEN X never stopped mocking Gen X. If you want to mock us, be prepared for us to be all, like, "You call THAT snark? Step aside, amateur" and then riff self-loathingly on ourselves for a solid hour
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Tybalt in black jeans
@thekennedykab.bsky.social
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We did everything ironically, so we EXPECTED mockery, mostly from ourselves. We were self-hindering.
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Re-Pete 🦆
@whyaduck.bsky.social
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The nose joke battle was the best part of the movie Roxanne.
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Jim Teeth
@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
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In order to mock us you have to notice us. The only people who notice GenX are GenXers.
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NYERinWESTCHESTER
@andrewaltenburg.bsky.social
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exactly. I can't respect you if the snark isn't good. If you're going to call me a name, you better get me good. Steve Martin does this expertly (even tho he is not Gen X of course) in Roxanne.
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Steve Buchheit
@stevebuchheit.bsky.social
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Oh please, Brer Fox and Brer Bear, don’t throw me in the mocking patch.
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Steve Buchheit
@stevebuchheit.bsky.social
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Dudes, seriously, I know a lot of senior enlisteds and have spent a career in the arts. Begin your mock. I expect you to bring your A game. You will be graded.
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Afton Nelson
@aftonnelson.bsky.social
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Our parents saying, "You're too sensitive," was our therapy.
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Heidi McDonald
@hmcd.bsky.social
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TRUTH
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Bearded Pip
@beardedpip.bsky.social
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That scene from Roxanne. Steve Martin going off on his nose.
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🌿Fern🌿
@itmustbebunnies.bsky.social
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Forever Mood
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week4paug
@week4paug.net
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No one taught us to hate ourselves and the insane world we live in as much as Carlin… I miss him every day
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Jim Into Mystery
@jimintomystery.bsky.social
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Never stopped humblebragging either tbh
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Dot SpiteCandy
@dot-spitecandy.bsky.social
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At least on each other.
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Jeff Hancock
@dukie1993jh.bsky.social
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I kind of feel bad for being the 667th like on this post. I should have just let it stop there. Typical GenX move.
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Memento Rori
@roricomics.bsky.social
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Yeah. Every late genx/xennial couple I know's love language is benign insults, so we'll be fine. And it will make us only more amused that the children mocking us are wearing Nirvana & Friends t-shirts.
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1GiPM
@ipadkid.bsky.social
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Gen Twitter!?
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H.
@ham1299.bsky.social
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That is so amusingly true. 😂
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stretta
@stretta.bsky.social
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That's ok. Mocking us provides the attention we were denied as children.
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Catherine Jefferson
@ergoone.bsky.social
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This boomer is jealous.
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Traveler Farlander
@twfarlan.bsky.social
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No one can ever hate us more than we hate ourselves.
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Miss Heidy
@msmyers17.bsky.social
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I'm rather glad the millennials and younger ones are getting into politics. Gen X should not be in charge. Of anyone. Or anything. We just shouldn't
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Perfidious Pete
@perfidiouspete.bsky.social
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Nobody is more dissapointed in Gen X than Gen X is.
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Christopher Rice
@badfutures.com
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Sarcasm and self-loathing are Gen X’s OG superpowers.
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Chad Levinson
@chadlevinson.com
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Please, try to mock a generation that adopted the word "whatever" as its rallying cry
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Ton Chrysoprase
@tonchrysoprase.bsky.social
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If you can’t rely on absent parents to dunk on you, you gotta suck it up and learn doing it yourself.
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Some Dumb Guy
@somedumbguy.bsky.social
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I would weigh in on this but it seems like effort. so whatever.
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Ann Laabs 🏳️🌈
@annlaabs.bsky.social
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Mrs Schwarzski
@mrsschwarzski.bsky.social
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I think this is how my husband and I communicate. Sheer mockery.
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James Schmeling
@jschmeling.bsky.social
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That was also always how I felt with interservice rivalry between service branches and members, such that sometimes I think the observers are stunned. You think that's bad? We can up the insults to any level you like!
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Paul Driggere 🦋
@writerwithcats.bsky.social
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Gen Z will save the world.
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Heather in Chicago
@heatherk.bsky.social
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You can’t outmock Gen X!
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Mr Dr Bae
@dallas-taylor.bsky.social
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I'm just excited people finally know who we are!
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William Stiteler
@williamstiteler.bsky.social
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Ian Rennie
@theangelremiel.bsky.social
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As someone coming right at the end of it, I do feel like Gen X has a lot of myths about itself that it tells and I am never entirely sure if it believes them or not.
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Run the Joules
@wattasecond.bsky.social
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Camus’ Judge penitent but played by Quentin Tarantino
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