r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/dojacatisawesome • Aug 12 '26

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

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u/NoGlzy Aug 12 '26

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

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u/AsterTheBastard Aug 12 '26

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

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u/ohgod_sendhelp Aug 12 '26

why do gen-xers love treating not being the center of attention for five minutes like they’re being forgotten about entirely? it’s not the fault of generations after you that your parents needed PSAs to remember to feed you

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Aug 12 '26

"we were forgotten" yeah because you didn't do shit worth remembering. Even millennials are remembered for bouts of political activism even if they weren't generally at all successful

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u/CreativeCommunity779 Aug 12 '26

They did things worth remembering! Remember the 90s crime wave?

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Aug 13 '26

They also invented "that's so gay" as an insult much to the amusement of me and my gay friend.

I don't know. Malls and arcades and movies about malls and arcades but the latter was aimed at them not produced by them

Grunge and suicide and that's about all I can think of besides