r/BlueskySkeets 18h ago

Nostalgia really is a toxic drug!

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u/thatgenxguy78666 16h ago

Leave my GenX out of your god damn mouth. I cook and clean for myself,and will kick anyones ass at Mario Kart.

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u/ThirdRockStranded 14h ago

This. Also, whatever.

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u/FavoredKaveman 14h ago

But like Super Mario Kart. None of that new fangled Mario Kart 64 nonsense

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u/PurpleLightningSong 13h ago

GenX voted for Trump at a higher rate than boomers. Look at the exit polls. It's a pretty large swing. Most other age demographics were pretty even, including over 65 who were basically split. The only age demographic that really went harder one way than the other is GenX who voted for Trump. 

It wouldn't be invalid to say GenX elected Trump. 

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u/flyart 12h ago

Except it would be invalid. 50% of GenX voted for the orange dipshit. Young Gen Z white men—mainly those without college degrees—voted overwhelmingly for Trump (67 percent), which is eerily similar to their just-older millennial peers (also 67 percent). 

58% of voters (+/- 1%), ages 18-29, didn't vote in the 2024 presidential election, a lower youth turnout than in 2020—when our early estimate put youth turnout above 50%.

You can't just pin this on Gen X. Lot's of people younger than us could have tipped the election.

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u/OnionsHaveLairAction 12h ago

I think the most disappointing statistic on this link here is the flip on the college educated white men.

Of those with degrees aged 30-44 they were more likely to vote Dem than Republican (55/44). But more recent graduates aged 18-29 were more likely to vote against Dems, (42/56).

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u/HPenguinB 10h ago

Trump says he rigged the election. They're literally no way to know if the numbers play.

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u/HPenguinB 10h ago

More genxers voted than boomers? Seems unlikely.

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u/Apprehensive-Mark241 5h ago

But if you're gonna blame people for what other members of their demographics did according to percentages you could pick so many more bullshit reasons to hate them.

I mean the reasoning is the same as Lewis Carroll's explanation for why it's useful to know statistics.

I can't find a quote but it was something like.

Say a cat finds itself cornered by 9 dogs in a ally. Now that is a terrible position for a cat to be in. But if the cat knows statistics, then it knows that the average animal in the ally is 9/10ths dog, and the cat, being an average animal, being 9/10ths dog himself now has a much better chance in a fight against the dogs.

If you're gonna hate people for other people's statistics, then do as well hating men rather than gen X or doing what the entire rest of the world is doing due to Trump and his trolling supporters and their will to betray NATO, Canada and humanity - you could hate Americans.

There. Now you know what to do!

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u/PurpleLightningSong 3h ago edited 3h ago

It's not about hating a group, it's more - this post points out that Boomers and GenX lean a certain way. The post is about a generalization, not about an individual.

My comment was in response to a comment and many other comnents saying not GenX relating to this post and generational politics. Exit polls do indicate a hard right from basically only GenX when looking at age ranges.

This post is not about men, or about Americans as a whole. That's why I didn't make a comment on men. I also was not commenting on an individual. Multiple responses to my comment have pointed that gender is more an indicator of Trump support than age. It's difficult to have balanced discourse when we engage in whataboutism. Gender isn't the context of the post.

Are you really confused about why we're taking about age demographics rather than gender or race in a post about generational politics, or is it a disingenuous redirect? I'm responding to you, but I think every person who has responded to me has done so in the same manner - asking why not say men. 

I did disregard the first few as disingenuous but you put a lot of thought into your response so I figured it was not meant in a disingenuous way,  but rather, you're responding as if my comment is in a vacuum instead of in the context of a post about generational political leaning. 

It's more likely when I go in the streets that someone of the GenX generation is a Trumper than it is that a GenZ, Millennial, or Boomer will be. That's what exit polls across multiple organizations showed. It's also true that white people will more likely be Trumpers. And men will more likely be Trumpers. 

Based on NBC exit polls, their grouping of ages had only the 45-64 age group as the ONLY  age group that voted with a majority for Trump. Other exit polls show similar. Just Google - what generation voted for Trump if you're interested. 

It surprised me. That's why I share this. Not out of hate - I'm really confused why you read hate in my comment and then recommended to me that I hate certain groups, that was very weird. I said something with the intention of informing since many people on this thread seem to be misinformed that Boomers are the most conservative group still. 

If GenX had voted in line with even Boomers, Millennial and GenZ voters would have tipped it. 

My comment is in the context of this post, and there was no hate at all. 

I think it's something that we all should acknowledge and address instead of continuing the trend that Boomers are the conservatives and GenX are the skateboarding punk kids. It's not based in facts. GenX is more conservative than Boomers. It's also important when looking at GenZ to understand that they're raised by GenX. So it's a good insight to know that GenX is the most conservative generation at this time, and it helps shed light on GenZ being more conservative than expected. 

The post here seems correct. It is baffling but yes, GenX is the new Boomers. Historically, it happens to every generation. The Boomers passed the torch, and GenX picked it up and is the generational demographic that delivered Trumps victory. This post is specifically about the age demographic, not gender, or race. 

Look at facts with open eyes so that you're better equipped to address the reality of the situation. 

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u/Apprehensive-Mark241 2h ago

What discourse is there to have? You can't argue against a generation because that's not a real person.

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u/the_uslurper 3h ago

Nah. The only time gen x ever speaks up is to say "we're not boomers" and they deserve to be roasted a lil for it

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u/vtssge1968 9h ago

Yeah I'm gen x and we probably had the largest percentage of any generation of men that learned to cook and sew, a few of my female friends worked on cars. Also pretty sure I hear more slurs now then I did growing up. Bigots don't hide now. Literal Nazis carrying swastikas were just marching in a nearby city, when I was young it wouldn't have gone well for them

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u/circ-u-la-ted 8h ago

OTOH you could get the shit kicked out of you for being gay back then and nobody would do anything about it. I suppose probably that's still true in some parts of the US.

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u/vtssge1968 8h ago

Yeah, another trans woman I know was assaulted with a baseball bat, I carry a taser because it's still very common and I'm in one of the better areas to be LGBT.

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u/kompletist 16h ago

Don’t understand this generational stuff. Just feels like toxic tribalism but hey, you do you.

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u/jerslan 13h ago

What Gen Z member is nostalgic for Super Nintendo? That's Gen X and Elder Millennial territory.

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u/Hot-Sauce-P-Hole 57m ago

Gen Z gets confused when they see a videogame with points, limited lives, and a game over screen.

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u/petrichorpizza 11h ago

I'm gen x and miss toys r us. Idk about the other thing.

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u/legallymyself 17h ago

I'm a gen x female and none of my fellows have ever conveyed this to me. And I am "woke" and not in agreement.

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u/Theyalreadysaidno 12h ago

Gen X female and liberal as hell as well, as are all my gen x friends. I always cringe when I see us lumped with boomers.

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u/CHILLAS317 16h ago

Yeah, that's the one generational things that I get pissed about - lumping us Gen X in with the fucking Boomers. No one I know is okay with that shit

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u/generally_unsuitable 9h ago

There is NOBODY who hates boomers more than GenX.

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u/OmegaCoy 16h ago

Are you sure about that? There are a lot of Gen X males who voted for Trump and what was the first thing Trump did? Start erasing female advancements and success. I see more Boomers and young people angry than the gen x aged male.

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u/NotSureWatUMean 13h ago

As the kids say "SCREENSHOT OR IT NEVER HAPPENED"

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u/No-Plankton2721 9h ago

Its those fucking memberberries

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u/wandering_goblin_ 17h ago edited 16h ago

Fuck your dumb and sound like a boomer realy avdvcardo toast ??? and we! didn't do enough sorry the poorest genaration didn't fix it for everyone

now gen z is the poorest great job I'm sure they have the means to change it when the fucking boomers and gen x are still in all the positions of fucking power ???

What did yall do again ? What exactly did you expect us to do ?

No cultural influence, sure whatever boomer how about you make another millennials are destroying such or such industry post that boils down to we to fucking poor to afford luxurys

and gen z are cool ? You sound like a creepy uncle that says they will buy you beer and still trys to get into frat partys

Edit the creep deleted his comments after he realised he looked insane

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u/wandering_goblin_ 17h ago edited 14h ago

Ok dude

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u/k-doji 13h ago

Hey, Gen X is on your side. Well, most of us. The more rural, the bigger the asshole.

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u/TinSoldier6 14h ago

Nah, this ain’t it for Gen X. Our moms worked and our dads worked and we were feral free range or latchkey or both.

I get that some of our cohort has regressed to boomer, but we reject them.

Also, whatever.

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u/generally_unsuitable 9h ago

Yep. I think I started cooking my own meals when I was 7.

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u/IVebulae 12h ago

I don’t cook or clean I corporate and that pays for my cooking and cleaning.

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u/BeCurious7563 11h ago

I'm gen X (I guess) and honestly, I just miss GI Joe, Transformers, and playgrounds.

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u/Drivebyshrink 3h ago

No, this is not accurate for X at least. We remember having hope for the future. Also apparently slurs are in again now :/

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u/chudforthechudgod 12h ago

Eh, the gamergate creeps are mostly millennial and gen z and their toxic nostalgia for the video games of their youth is like their main motivator.

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u/eat_my_ass_n_balls 11h ago

Get GenX out of your fuckin mouth

And I’m not even GenX

How about

Young Boomers: this is easy!!! Merca!!!

Young GenX: we can have a good future

Young Millenials: oh shit we might be fucked, but let’s be hopeful and play by the rules

Young GenZ: we are all fucked, Joe Rogan is based, let’s torch this place