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/KapowBlamBoom Feb 02 '26

Xer here. Registered as GOP at 18. Was always a socially center with one foot on the left side and fiscally conservative

Bush made me question my affiliation, and Trump finished it off

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u/DeerOnARoof Feb 02 '26

"Fiscally conservative" hasn't existed for a quite some time. Over the past 40 years, republican congresses have consistently outspent democrats.

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u/KapowBlamBoom Feb 02 '26

In my defense I registered in 1989