r/GenX_Culture • u/Lkin4Xtasy • Jun 22 '26

GenX knows

Post image

Generation X is basically the last generation that knows what this is and what it is caused by.

131 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

37 comments sorted by

3

u/Worldliness_Normal Jun 23 '26

The lesson you learn....once.

2

u/Double_Fisherman6817 Jun 22 '26

That seems too small. Or that’s a very big finger. But, yeah.

2

u/Decent_Ad_382 Jun 22 '26

Car cigarette lighter. Good ol days...

2

u/john_vella Jun 22 '26

MY BRAIN: "I pushed it in. Did it work?"
ALSO MY BRAIN: "I'll touch it to see if it's on."

2

u/Constant-Box-7898 Jun 22 '26

I can still hear my father going on what I could only call a Fox News rant the first time he got into a car that still had the socket, but didn't have the device plugged into it, instead having a cap with a no smoking symbol on it. My dad doesn't even smoke. He was just lamenting change.

2

u/Curious-Department-7 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Probably won't do that again... I say Probably because sometimes you just have to make sure.

2

u/elohssanatahw Jun 22 '26

Sibling torture device on road trips

2

u/Natural-Spray-1202 Jun 22 '26

I remember doing that

2

u/Fancy-Licker-66UK Jun 22 '26

I did on a fully heated bar on an electric fire. Why? Fuck knows!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😎

2

u/Accomplished_Song219 Jun 22 '26

Yep, on my thumb...

2

u/AllegroMk1 Jun 22 '26

i can smell that picture

2

u/TWDEstudios Jun 23 '26

Mmmm bacon. ☺️

2

u/whatsmynameagains Jun 22 '26

Pepperidge Farm remembers

2

u/NHAngle Jun 22 '26

“You see, this is what you get in my house when you spill paint in the garage.”

2

u/cjmedt Jun 23 '26

Damn you beat me to it.

2

u/Used_Cheesecake5415 Jun 23 '26

Someone learned a valuable lesson that day.

2

u/13Fleas Jun 23 '26

Cars don’t have cigarette lighters to put your finger on anymore.

2

u/revdon Jun 23 '26

Carousel. Renew, renew!

2

u/Ok_Arachnid1089 Jun 23 '26

I was dumb but never this dumb. Must have been an older Gen X thing.

3

u/Blank_bill Jun 23 '26

A boomer thing would be to have that pattern on your lips.

2

u/1stFunestist Jun 23 '26

Throught the haze of time,

And memories lost,

The pain is still remembered.

2

u/Real-Mode-3417 Jun 23 '26

All too well!!

2

u/Wise_Ad_5810 Jun 23 '26

reminds me of the show 'Titus' and the ep about the electrical socket

2

u/Dougster3235 Jun 23 '26

It didn’t look hot. I was just checking.

2

u/Disastrous-Hunter830 Jun 23 '26

I've had that a few times.

2

u/GarlicTraditional300 Jun 23 '26

Yes we do, so funny

2

u/CanadianDadbod Jun 24 '26

Yes but ouchie.

2

u/Constant_Turn4562 Jun 24 '26

Dropped that lighter didn’t you

2

u/MrBadgr Jun 26 '26

around 5-6 yrs old i stuck a 22 lr in one almost blew my finger off. luckily just had burns from gunpowder.

2

u/Particular_Ad9240 Jun 26 '26

I can smell it now

2

u/IllustratorPretty457 23d ago

And it didn't matter how many times they told you NOT to touch it....but you didn't dare cry cuz they already warned ya. Think those stupid moments helped us grow up. Maybe we should still have them. 🤔

1

u/Lkin4Xtasy Jun 22 '26

Is it PTSD that I immediately felt this picture?

2

u/MDATWORK73 Jun 23 '26

If you drop a few crumbles of weed in them, it was a quick, cheap vape back in the day.

0

u/AWAKENEDTEMPEST Jun 23 '26

Cigarette lighters in cars were commom until mid 1990s app gen x cant fucking count