• bstix@feddit.dk
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      2 年前

      Your mother’s reaction is the most clever thing I’ve ever read.

      Allow me to gen-x-plain:

      The thing isn’t necessarily apathy. It’s an acknowledgement of being able to handle the request regardless of the input. That’s what gen X does. We handle shit. Regardlessly.

      • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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        2 年前

        Exactly, “whatever” is us graciously accepting that we’re the donut hole between two huge generations and political and economic power will be neatly handed past us to the millennials.

        Whatever you say man, I know I won’t have a choice.