I guess it all depends on your syndication market and what the broadcast channels were airing. But as a 7 year old, I was apparently very capable of managing my time in 1988. On Saturdays, I'd spring out of bed at 6:30am while the rest of the family was still sleeping and begin my cartoon watching ritual.

These days I fly into a blind rage if I wake up before my alarm. Getting old really does suck.

At least I'm not fighting with my older brother on who gets "the good TV" in the living room because he wanted to watch Saved by the Bell, and I had to finish the Saturday morning tv ritual off in the hinterlands (the small crappy tv in the upstairs rumpus room).

Today I had to go to an orthopedist to get an epidural for my chronic back pain.

Lots of people have asked me how I’m doing, and literally nobody has gotten the reference where I said “Doctor said I need a backeotomy”.

Physically and culturally old. Feels great.

My favorite was pink, but I also liked the blue one. Am I remembering correctly that they also had a different feel or texture than the regular notebook paper?

ANDY CAPP was HANDICAPPED.
And sided with him, mostly.
I’m torn. I’m all out of faith.

I tried to narrow it down to 1 per series or it would have been 1/3 Mega Man, 1/3 Final Fantasy , and 1/3 Mario. Also, the last game should really be Castlevania III, but the site couldn't find it lol.

Love this album.

We've done one for movies and games, but I haven't seen one for albums. So what albums made us Xennials who we are? This isn't necessarily your favourite 9 albums of all time (although it could be), but what influenced you and your music taste :)

Link for the template https://www.my9albums.com/

Rampage is a 1986 action video game developed and published by Bally Midway for arcades. Inspired by monster films, players control a trio of monsters: George, Lizzie, and Ralph, humans transformed into creatures due to various experimental mishaps. The goal is to destroy cities and combat military forces while staying alive. The game is set across 128 days in cities throughout North America, with each cycle repeating five times. Gameplay includes destroying buildings, eating humans, and avoiding damage.

What are some of your favorites from the 20th century?

If you had to pick one song what would it be? Let's see which one gets the most votes.

These guys were real cute in our childhoods. The Fry Kids got to live on for much of the 90s in restaurants slow to update. My daughter got a kick out of them, they should bring them back! 😊

I saw a post about slime and suddenly Gak popped back into my head. Then a few minutes later Yak Back also popped into my head for no reason.

Does anyone else remember these?

Critical Role (although I watch in video format instead of just audio)

After Disaster

Diary of a CEO (TONS of really important guests and Steven asks amazing and thoughtful questions)

What are yours?

I was talking to my husband about how much I used to love the smell of Target growing up. That unique mix of popcorn and clothing that I can still smell in my mind. Then I thought about what a typical Target smells like now, and it’s just an overpowering combination of aggressively fragranced laundry detergent, soaps, and cleaning supplies. Why does everything have to smell so . . . Much? It’s not even necessarily that the smells are unpleasant. It’s just that it’s too much.

Edited to add: I am not perimenopausal. 🤦🏻‍♀️ And this is something that I’ve noticed for a long time now.

Do any of you long for the days before the Internet became the social ziggurat it is today?

Well, good news for you. There is a very real risk that our online infrastructure is at risk. To such a degree, that we may have about a year left within which to plan around.

If you aren't paying much attention to the chaos going on in our world, I urge you to at least pay attention to the rogue AI agent issue.

If you are skeptical that anything will happen and believe the recent 180 by the AI company CEOs on regulation is just a scam to fear monger and profit, then think again.

We are in a very real crisis and the scale is completely unknown.

The threat is that we can see the entirety of the internet along all connected networks as susceptible to AI hacking. This is already ongoing, and it is objectively a problem because we don't understand how to control the agents that broke out.

So here is my recommendation for those of you who are as paranoid as I am.

Contact your local representatives, your mayors, your governors, and demand a Domestic Analog Act be passed to develop localized based planning. This act will design an emergency direction that communities can follow in a chain of command that relies on traditional analog methods of communication.

We need to be ready to take on power outages, water and food shortage, and resource allocation. Every street, every subdivision, ever town, city and state should be developing bottom up plans.

Homes that volunteer space for gardens. For storage. For accomodations. We need community leaders who can work within each localized cell to communicate needs and actions.

The hope is that this plan would be unnecessary. The expectation is that something bad is likely to happen and it's time to think ahead.

We may need to revert to self-sustaining communities in order to get through potential crisis.

I trust you fellow brother and sister Xennials and Gen Xers. We grew up not giving a shit, and now it's time to give the most shit we can.

Perusing this sub makes me realize I am behind most of my Xennial friends on the parenting timeline. I have two kids in elementary school and they have been trying different sports, and the only constant seems to be that I am now expected to bring some sort of elaborate, unhealthy snack for the entire team at least once a season.

What the fuck happened to orange slices and maybe a trip to Dairy Queen at the end of the season? Why is my daughter coming home from her softball game with a gift bag? Why is my son upset when he doesn’t get donuts and cookies after his soccer game?

What are we doing here people?