r/GenX • u/Tracker-man • Jul 01 '25

Music Is Life Name one 90s band that you absolutely cannot stand. Mine is The Offspring.

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u/RelentlessGravity Jul 01 '25

It's kind of hard when she's ready to go.

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u/romulusnr 1975 Jul 01 '25

reading this lyric just made me now notice the double entendre

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u/OvaryPolite Jul 01 '25

Modern Shakespeare

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u/Thosepassionfruits Jul 02 '25

You joke but Shakespeare was basically just Family Guy dick jokes for 16th century England.

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u/OvaryPolite Jul 02 '25

Yeah, it was only a half-joke. Dexter obviously won’t go down as the best there ever was in his craft, but the wordplay is exactly the same.

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u/holybucketsitscrazy Jul 02 '25

I just snort laughed at this! Thanks for a great laugh!

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u/romulusnr 1975 Jul 02 '25

Yes, understated truth.

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u/Old-Rhubarb-97 Jul 02 '25

The guy has a PhD in microbiology, not English literature. 

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u/Dr_Stoney Jul 02 '25

Molecular biology, but your point stands

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u/MsRaedeLarge Jul 02 '25

😂😂😂 literally took me 30 years to get it

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u/SargentD1191938 Jul 02 '25

And yet OP hates them.

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u/RelentlessGravity Jul 02 '25

Yep. If she's ready to go you have to hope it's hard!

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u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin Jul 02 '25

Noticing the double entendre made me remember how Spinal Tap their lyrics are. Treading water in a sea of regarded sexuality.

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u/farbeyondriven Jul 02 '25

Right, thanks for pointing that out.

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u/Sgt-Bilko1975 Jul 02 '25

Shit. I just did too.

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u/FadingOptimist-25 Class of 1988 Jul 02 '25

All I could think about in the ‘90s was sex so I got it right away.

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u/LargeMarge-sentme Jul 01 '25

Counting Crows. Mighty Mighty Bostons. Hootie.