Toss in an exploding space shuttle and the fall of the Berlin wall and you get Gen X.
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Born in 83.
Was there for the shuttle, remember the Berlon wall and the first Iraq war pretty well, was a senior in high school for 9/11.
Meanwhile, on 9/11 my sister was at her office working her new job she got after graduating college.
At Enron.
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Three recessions. People always forget the dotcom bubble that was made worse by the market going down after 9/11.
Pre 9/11 you could also get like 10% interest on a savings account.
My daughter was in kindergarten and saw a man fall to his death on 9-11. Its stuck with her. Nothing was done to those assholes who allowed this to happen.
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I'm 40
What's it like?
Am I numb or am I exhausted? Maybe I'll find out after another nap.
Wrong! I was in geometry class.
OJ Simpson murdered his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
One of OJs lawyers was Robert Kardashian, Kim Kardashian's father.
US President Bill Clinton impeached over abusing his power by getting a blowjob in the Oval Office from an intern. Then lying about it.
Y2K. Remember that?
AIDS.
And in my country, a coup, a toxic syndrome, a housing bubble, terrorism, ...
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Everyone's always quick to declare the beginning of World War 3, to pass every event through that lens. Inadvertently, it provides cover for the fact that Cold War 2 already started.
The Cold War never ended
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Wow we're pretty ineffective at causing real, meaningful change!
You forgot Y2K. That was wild.
Ah, yes, the one crisis we managed to avert during our lifetime...
It's not the only one. Ozone Hole has been recovering since the 80s thanks to people who actually listened to scientists.
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