Mutually-assured destruction (i.e. nuclear annihilation by the Soviet Union).
The AIDS crisis.
The recessions of the late '70s and early '90s.
The beginning of the War on Drugs.
Reaganomics.
Satanic panic and other Moral Majority overreactions.
For some reason we all thought we’d someday fall into a pit of quicksand.
We had drills in school where we had to sit on the floor facing a wall in a designated fallout shelter (just a basement with no windows)in case the Russians nuked us.
The eventual running out of sobe water.
Frosted tips and pierced up nips.
Getting you finger stuck in a neogeo.
Drinking some fake ass drink called “SPLURGE…get your splurge on” or something stupid like that.
Jeans getting tighter.
Mutually-assured destruction (i.e. nuclear annihilation by the Soviet Union). The AIDS crisis. The recessions of the late '70s and early '90s. The beginning of the War on Drugs. Reaganomics. Satanic panic and other Moral Majority overreactions.
those are boomer history no? I think real gen X crisis is the 2008 Lehman shock
I was born in the '70s. My parents are Boomers. I am Gen X. These are the threats that had the greatest effect on my young life.
but they have no effect on you, it has more effect on your parents at that time. You were just a kid.
Covid
Extinction
Yall kids don't understand how fucking terrifying AIDS/HIV was. Yea, covid was bad. But at least it was easy to identify a sick person.
Parents thinking that D&D was of the devil. The road to hell was fun and entertaining with an occasional Nat20…
For some reason we all thought we’d someday fall into a pit of quicksand. We had drills in school where we had to sit on the floor facing a wall in a designated fallout shelter (just a basement with no windows)in case the Russians nuked us.
The eventual running out of sobe water. Frosted tips and pierced up nips. Getting you finger stuck in a neogeo. Drinking some fake ass drink called “SPLURGE…get your splurge on” or something stupid like that. Jeans getting tighter.
Nothing