• ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Grew up being beaten into little work machines by a generation of fucked up ww2 vets, and now that newer generations are allowed to be people they’re making their (justified, but not our fault) jealousy everyone else’s problem

      • coeliacmccarthy [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Grew up being beaten into little work machines by a generation of fucked up ww2 vets

        kind of the exact opposite, boomers were raised in front of the TV at the peak of empire with the (later met) expectation that they would have a job that could pay for a house and family

        they will never forgive us for that

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          It’s the intersection of peak material wealth and minimum emotional wealth. An incredible formula for boomer brain. Boomer children were on the forefront of multi-room and multi-bedroom homes being available to nearly everyone, and their parents were like oh cool I never ever have to see my kids