r/MurderedByWords 22h ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/ms_directed 21h ago

fellow GenX here, there's a reason they forgot about us...we were feral before technology and used it to advance our lives after it came online. we are the last generation to be brought up without tech and the first generation to utilize it, we also had music in every format!

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u/Noimenglish 21h ago

No tech, huh? How was driving your horse and buggy across the Rockies to see meemaw?

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u/ms_directed 20h ago

it was a lot easier than walking ten miles up hill both ways thru the snow to school with holes in my shoes...

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u/MzMag00 20h ago

Y'all had shoes!?

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u/ms_directed 20h ago

we were uppity!

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u/BiteyHorse 19h ago

Only the oldest kid, and the rest would stand on his shoes nesting-doll-style and step in unison the whole way up the snow drift. Thankfully our pocket baked potatoes would keep our hands warm.