GEN X UNITE!

[Nightbird]

Gen X. The generation that became adults at seven, armed with latchkeys and rebellious attitudes.
We played in the streets, rode bikes without helmets, didn't wear seat belts, and somehow survived riding in the backs of pickup trucks all the way to town.
We drank water from garden hoses, sugar water flavored with Kool-Aid, and eventually graduated to Mad Dog 20/20.
We survived scorching metal slides in the summer and flying down the steepest hill in town on round sleds with no brakes in the winter.
We lived through heartbreak and hair bands. Bad perms and the best music ever. Field parties, bonfires, and enough questionable decisions to last a lifetime.
We watched the Challenger explode and the Berlin Wall fall, survived Y2K, and celebrated the glorious death of disco. And when Prince told us to party like it was 1999, who were we to argue?
Somehow, we went from threatening our siblings not to tell Mom what we'd done to threatening our friends not to tell our children what we did.
Now we've become the generation taking care of the people who once took care of us.
We grew up too damn fast, learned responsibility too damn young, and somehow became the most sarcastic, hardworking, fiercely independent bunch of overgrown kids the world has ever seen.
So come on, Gen X! Let's remember who we were, rediscover who we still are, share a few stories, laugh at our questionable decisions, and be ridiculously happy that the internet hadn't been invented yet!

You should check out Slim Sherri AKA Sherri Dindal.

 

[nottee_1]

Pump Up The Volume the movie with Christian SLater is a Podcast? How?

He was one of my first crushes, lol

 

[Nightbird]

He was one of my first crushes, lol

I have a friend who used to look like him.

 

[deathlynx]

Pump Up The Volume the movie with Christian SLater is a Podcast? How?

lol No, the entire concept of the movie has become real. AKA Podcasts

 

[Nightbird]

lol No, the entire concept of the movie has become real. AKA Podcasts

Ohhh sorry I misunderstood.

 

[Zumbamami_69]

I'm confident my fellow GenXers
will be able to get all 10.

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[Zumbamami_69]

I mean...
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[nottee_1]

I mean...
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I can't tell you how true this is for me,

 

[cheekygirl75]

He was one of my first crushes, lol

Me too! I don’t even know how many times I watched Heathers & Pump Up the Volume!

I'm confident my fellow GenXers
will be able to get all 10.

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All but #10

 

[Zumbamami_69]

Me too! I don’t even know how many times I watched Heathers & Pump Up the Volume!



All but #10

Commercial starring David Naughton from 80s cult classic An American Werewolf in London. ​

 

[AnotherApe]

We also had to deal with "R-O-L-A-I-D-S spells relief" & "K-R-A-F-T how America spells cheese".

 

[nottee_1]

We also had to deal with "R-O-L-A-I-D-S spells relief" & "K-R-A-F-T how America spells cheese".

My bologna has a first name....
It's O-s-c-a-r....

 

[Trubbycat]

When GI Joe was twelve inches, not those little things...

 

[MrPimms]

After having read the memory of Bryan Adams ‘Everything I Do’ … a whole memory recovered. Sixteen weeks at number one.

 

[Trubbycat]

After having read the memory of Bryan Adams ‘Everything I Do’ … a whole memory recovered. Sixteen weeks at number one.

HATED that song

 

[cheekygirl75]

HATED that song

I liked it because I was obsessed with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I didn’t even particularly like Kevin Costner, but I loved that movie for some reason. Oh, wait, right, Christian Slater was in it, that explains it!

 

[MrPimms]

I liked it because I was obsessed with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I didn’t even particularly like Kevin Costner, but I loved that movie for some reason. Oh, wait, right, Christian Slater was in it, that explains it!

Kev’s accent was spot on, totally convincing.

 

[cheekygirl75]

Kev’s accent was spot on, totally convincing.

As good as Dick Van Dyke’s, definitely!!

 

[TunnelKing089]

When somebody wanted to tell you something but didn't know your phone number but knew where you lived,they stick letters in your mailbox or newspaper box.

That happened quite a few times from anonymous people.

 

[nottee_1]

When I was 10, my sister 13... My mom somehow got us our VERY OWN phone line! Iykyk!
Loved my pink princess phone;

https://share.google/xlSv3Rz6M0r6T9yLV

 

[EctoJohn]

Old phones were funny in a way.
They always had those curled up lines to keep them short when not in use when you first bought them.
Then, after a couple years, or maybe even months depending, they'd get all stretched out and just dangle forever.
That or you'd accidentally lasso someone when you crossed paths while on the phone.

 

[deathlynx]

Kev’s accent was spot on, totally convincing.

"Unlike other Robin Hoods, I can speak with a British accent!"

BTW, the GI Joe comment reminded me;
Now you know. . .

 

[TXRafe]

excuse me...im still in my mid 40s, thank you very much, psssh

 

[nottee_1]

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Me...52 lol

 

[AnotherApe]

The Flip Phone, a cordless phone that looked like a frog. Touted as "A brand new phone you can own" in the TV ads.