• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I don’t even understand this one. It’s this a thing for Gen x? I feel like Gen x is more known for complacency.

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        2 days ago

        Exactly, just watch early 90s Simpson’s older teenagers, meh. That summed up gen x in a lot of media.

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      2 days ago

      That’s just a side effect from the belief that nothing important was fixable because the interests that kept them that way were too entrenched.

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      2 days ago

      It’s more apathy than complacency, after years of our cynicism being fully vindicated. A cynic is just a disappointed optimist.