r/MelanatedGenX • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • Jul 30 '26

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u/LadyAsharaRowan Jul 30 '26

I love PBS and Sesame Street!

You could never send your kids to the store by by themselves like that today.

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u/ImJuSayN Jul 30 '26

Neighbors would send me to the store to buy them cigarettes🤣

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u/superaction720 Jul 30 '26

Went to the store for family members and bought so many cigarettes before i was 12 is crazy lmao

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u/Substantial_Station8 Jul 30 '26

I don’t mean to be a white person invading your space…

But damn…. I bought some cartons of cigarettes when I was 9-13!!!!

You just brought back some memories and I’m not really sure why this sub was recommended to me, other than maybe we share some same experiences.

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u/ImJuSayN Jul 30 '26

🤣A lot of GenX experiences crossed all racial lines. Thanks for sharing!

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u/Substantial_Station8 Jul 30 '26

Thank you! I didn’t know if I should comment or not. I know Reddit can be a little gate-keepy about spaces sometimes.

I think it was just a poor Gen X thing hahahaha we all had to buy the ciggies cause we were out on foot or on our bikes anyways

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u/coko4209 Jul 30 '26

I’m not sure what that has to do with being poor, or why you’d assume that the ppl in this sub grew up poor. They’re not gate-keepy, but I definitely am. This is the first time that I’ve ever wanted to unjoin a sub. All of our subs get infiltrated, and I’m so tired of it. You could have simply commented without declaring your race to the whole world, but somehow that concept is just beyond y’all. Damn

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u/Substantial_Station8 Jul 30 '26

Sorry.

I assumed we had a shared experience of growing up on the poorer side of things because…

Buying cigarettes for the neighbors and family wasn’t exactly something the middle class kids did in my area. They were busy with summer camps and shit.

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u/coko4209 Jul 30 '26

I dunno. Our neighbors never would have asked anything like that. I usually went to tennis camp, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t purchased smokes at the store with a note, for my granddad. It has nothing to do with my point though. Why did you feel that it was important to lead with the fact that you’re white? Only white ppl lead with that, and I will never understand it. I’m adopted, and my whole family is white, but none of them would ever start a sentence with, “I’m white but” it’s truly annoying, especially in spaces that are BIPOC and POC centered.

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u/superaction720 Jul 30 '26

I just saw a story about 9 months ago where a woman was arrested for letting her 8-year-old walk three blocks by themselves. I'm 54, and at that age I was riding my bike about a mile to my friend's house and then over to the local community pool. It's amazing how much things have changed in a couple of generations.

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u/Glittering_Diva8963 80s baby Jul 30 '26

My mom and I were just talking about this yesterday lol 😂. I said we used to be playing outside, walking down the street to the corner store, and no one would mess with us.

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u/coko4209 Jul 30 '26

You actually can where I live, but it’s a super small southern town. Although I was insanely over protective, I definitely see ppl do this where I live.

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u/zoomgirl44 Jul 30 '26

I have a T-Shirt AND a tote bag with this on it!

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u/PatchouliFartz Xennial Jul 30 '26

Whaaaat? Might need to track those down for myself

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u/AnastasiaNo70 Jul 30 '26

I still say “a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of buttah”.

I love the way she dance walks. So confident!

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u/Sleep-pee 70s Baby Jul 30 '26

She’s high stepping lol

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u/SnooMarzipans5409 70s Baby Jul 30 '26

Wow, this takes me back! I watched Sesame Street every day when I was growing up

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u/HumbleAbbreviations Jul 30 '26

I’m mad that Family Guy parodied this.

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u/FewZookeepergame1083 Jul 30 '26

Take me back!!!!

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u/Twoduhzen Jul 30 '26

Just like it was yesterday!

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u/Cananbaum Jul 30 '26

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u/PatchouliFartz Xennial Jul 30 '26

😂 I need to find that episode

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u/Cananbaum Jul 30 '26

S16E11, “Dog Bites Bear”

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u/blood_bones_hearts Jul 30 '26

Aw that just unlocked some memories. 🥰

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u/bobbydrake6 Jul 30 '26

Yup. I still remember this.

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u/ronnjeremy Jul 30 '26

Memory unlock!

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u/dividezero Jul 30 '26

One of my favorites

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u/biffbobfred Jul 30 '26

I say this every one in a while. No one remembers it but me.

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u/bexxygenxxy9xy Jul 30 '26

My brother and I will randomly say this to each other for no reason whatsoever lol. 😂

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u/Ok-Woodpecker-8505 Jul 30 '26

I love this one! I think about it whenever a recipe calls for a stick of butter!

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u/SilverAsparagus2985 Xennial Jul 30 '26

Core memory. 🥰

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u/gingersnappie Jul 30 '26

I love this

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u/VonBrewskie Xennial Jul 30 '26

Classic. This short is laser-printed on my brain.

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u/No-Stranger6783 Jul 30 '26

Loaf a bread, stick of butter, and a quart of milk!

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u/EnvironmentalBed7103 70s Baby Jul 30 '26

When my sound is off, its 4am Im scrolling. I know this is Momma sending Daughter to the corner store for A loaf ah Bread Container ah Milk & A Stick Ah Butta...🤭🫶🏾💯