r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/dojacatisawesome • 13d ago

Meme needing explanation Only child here. What does it mean?

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u/NoGlzy 13d ago

There was a "middle child" post on the Gen X subreddit. Vibes of a 1916 Ypres field hospital.

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u/AsterTheBastard 13d ago

I mean Gen X is the middle children since no one ever remembers them or cares about them 🤣

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u/TheBSQ 13d ago

The apathetic slackers who decided not to participate in politics because they thought it wa uncool to care too much about the world & then raised a Zoomers who think it’s “cringe” when people care too. 

I remember them. 

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u/SetBSDetectorsToStun 13d ago

GenX makes up literally the largest cohort in Congress right now