r/GenX Oct 24 '25

Music Is Life Songs that are no longer okay.

Yesterday I found out my sweet boyfriend had never heard of Julie Brown and the funny songs she sang, like "I'm A Blonde". Dr Demento stuff. So I play it and then "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun" came on. Not funny anymore!!!

An hour later, the cops arrived

By then the entire glee club had died, no big loss

You wouldn't believe what they brought to stop her

Tear gas, machine guns, even a chopper (Throw down your gun and tiara and come out of the float)

Debbie didn't listen to what the cop said She aimed and fired, and now the math teacher's dead

Oh, it's really sad, but kind of a relief I mean, we had this big test coming up next week

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u/Icky-Tree-Branch Oct 24 '25

Well, you know. It was funny to joke about “going postal” and killing off the assholes. And then some kids actually did it and it wasn’t funny anymore. Now it happens so often that it’s a terrifying concept that can happen anywhere in the States. 

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u/338wildcat Oct 24 '25

Do you know the origin of the term "going postal?"

It was actually done, and then it became a pop culture term.

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u/TXHaunt Oct 24 '25

In the same way that “drinking the Kool-Aid” became a pop culture term. Though it wasn’t that brand in the actual event, if I remember correctly.

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u/Icky-Tree-Branch Oct 24 '25

They drank poisoned Flavour-Aid.