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Sorry, Gen X

This was my Facebook post this morning

I have seen so many posts of articles saying Gen X was made for this situation. REALLY?

We're the most financially irresponsible segment of the country, which is why it is, yes, US, who is running out buying toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and rice, like we're going to be holed up in our parent's basement for six years.

We're career-obsessed, which many call "family-work balance_ because we've managed to ignore our families so easily, that two weeks spent with them is a burden. That being said, we're also the ":No, don't do that," generation, despite bragging about "well if we survived this...."

We're the question authority generation, and because of this, we're the assholes who need that $4 latte, instead of staying put and making a better cup of coffee for 11 cents.

We take pride in our homes. Well, we did until we were forced to actually stay in them.

We use the internet for anything, with one huge exception....knowledge

This is actually the worst time for most Gen Xers, because the one word that defines us is FLEXIBILITY. We pride ourselves on adapting to work issues, home issues, relationship issues, and everything in between. We're also the generation who will spend 40 minutes moaning about how the weather ruined our vacations.

Let's get this straight. We're the generation who rolls their eyes at those who came before us and their tales of walking uphill both ways and we openly mock the participation trophies our kids are receiving (FROM US BTW). We are not flexible at all really. We don't adapt. We complain. We are the "Karen Generation," and when we don't get what we want, we ask to speak to the manager, we delete friends, we gossip behind each other's backs, we cheat on our spouses, we betray every single trust there is, but always publicly tell others to BE KIND.

For two weeks, I've watched my generation completely unravel into drunken, whiny, hypocritical messes and you know why? Because we're not changing. That is who we are. We're the control freaks who've been duped into thinking we have control. We're the generation who believes all those kids in the Breakfast Club didn't go back to hating each other on Monday. You believe they all became besties? Think back to your High school years?

We were latch key kids 40 fucking years ago and we're scared to let our kids play in the front yard alone. We've been ready for this our whole lives. Yeah, OK!

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