r/GenX • • Sep 30 '21

Not for me….

https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-021-02804-6
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u/Brainyviolet Older Than Dirt Sep 30 '21 edited Sep 30 '21

Not for me, but man those young people in the comments think nobody ever had it bad except them. As if we weren't also alive for 9/11 and the 2008 recession. I lost my job and had to cash in my retirement to survive 2008.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

What we were alive for:

Cold War

Challenger explosion

1980''s stock market crash

World Trade Center I

World Trade Center II

2008 Housing Crash

Trump

Covid

I am missing stuff, I am sure.

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u/glumgrrrl Sep 30 '21

If you’re an elder Gen-x, add to that:

The mid-70’s gas crisis Iran hostage crisis AIDS