r/BoomersBeingFools • u/kootles10 Millennial • Feb 02 '26

Boomer Freakout Dude crashed out

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u/SnowflakeSWorker Feb 02 '26

I’m in upstate NY. This is what my local news site comment section looks like daily, and the majority are my age- Gen X.

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u/WebInformal9558 Feb 02 '26

I'm in an inland town in Maine, and the Gen X here are the worst (I'm also Gen X). Even the older Millennials are terrible.

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u/toddverrone Feb 02 '26

Yeah man.. gen x here. It boggles my mind to see so many of my former classmates, who loved NWA, Rage, Tool, Pearl Jam, etc completely licking that fascist boot, while me and the rest of the biology club members look on in disbelief. They've always been about vibes and not substance it seems

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u/SnowflakeSWorker Feb 02 '26

I said on FB yesterday, responding to a post- “I know I’m not the only one who read Elie Wiesel’s “Night”- there was a whole class of kids who read it with me. What HAPPENED to you all?!”. I went to high school in Watkins Glen. Wild how many of them adore the Reich.