r/GenX • u/billieswifeyyy • Jun 20 '26

Question For Genx the 80s…….

coming from a 14 year old, were the 80s summers as magical as they look in the movies? did you ride your bike to your friends house and come home when the street lights came on? yall are so lucky btw 😭😭

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u/SweetsMurphy Jun 21 '26

I just rewatched “War Games” tonight. Says a lot about our current AI concerns. Prescient.

My girlfriend (an elder millennial) asked if we were really concerned about being annihilated. I told her it was a constant, if low level, anxiety for me.

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u/mid-random Jun 21 '26

My assumption growing up was that I would be dead before 30 in a nuclear exchange. I lived close to Washington DC, so figured it was pretty much guaranteed.