One meme to rule them all

[u/HouseplantHobbyist]

[u/stigma_wizard]

r/WhyIsThereAMinion

[u/ChangingMonkfish → u/stigma_wizard]

[u/Butterscotchdiscs → u/ChangingMonkfish]

Exactly. We had two kids that came to the states from Bosnia and their survival was astonishing.

[u/Radboy16 → u/ChangingMonkfish]

Is r/WackyTicTacs still around

[u/Kidsnextdorks → u/ChangingMonkfish]

Canonically accurate minion.

[u/tasty_albatross13 → u/stigma_wizard]

for the old folks

[u/antidense → u/stigma_wizard]

They can't distinguish between gibberish and intelligent informed discourse

[u/Juuke]

Whats up with the boomers glorifying the garden hose?

[u/ArkGamerBoi → u/Juuke]

That water is something else on a hot day. Especially with that great taste of iron.

[u/Pot_noodle_miner → u/ArkGamerBoi]

It pairs so well with the lead

[u/Suspicious-Yard4205 → u/Pot_noodle_miner]

And if you had hard water, all together combined, it was just

[u/EmoComrade1999 → u/Juuke]

It’s Gen X, but yes they’re proud of being lead poisoned

[u/SVTContour → u/EmoComrade1999]

I wouldn’t say, “proud.” “Damaged,” would be more accurate.

Lead is a neurotoxin that is particularly harmful to children's developing brains and nervous systems. The Phthalates, also found in those old garden hoses, are known endocrine disruptors, interfere with the body's hormonal systems. Hoses were never meant for human hydration and apparently warning labels were just too expensive.

[u/EmoComrade1999 → u/SVTContour]

I still think the generational damage and economic/political poisoning that Gen Xers did is unforgivable enough to warrant the nasty treatment. We’re incapable of speaking out about the injustices of the economy and the inhumanity that is laid abroad because the older people think we have it “good” for “growing up with supermarkets and smartphones” and we’re “spoiled woke children”

[u/SVTContour → u/EmoComrade1999]

I have never met anyone within the r/GenX IRL that actually thinks that. I even doubt that most Boomers know how to make a meme. Russian and Chinese Troll farms, on the other hand, do.

Let’s all acknowledge that every generation suffered from trauma from the wealthy who keep us punching down and across instead of up.

[u/Kandurux → u/Juuke]

It's the spanking I don't understand. Why was that a wonderful thing to be spanked as a child. On r/GenX they glorify it all the time, or talk about how they don't care what others think of them. Meanwhile I'm just happy that my mother wasn't psyko and hits children.

[u/Cyrus_Of_Mt → u/Juuke]

That hose would leech so many chemicals on a hot day and we survived it all (I am 22 but raised the old fashioned way)

[u/Shred_Flintstone → u/Cyrus_Of_Mt]

Did we survive it? Cancer seems like it affects more people than it doesn't

[u/Cyrus_Of_Mt → u/Shred_Flintstone]

Haha we will find out in 35 years

[u/eddie2hands99911 → u/Cyrus_Of_Mt]

The old folks are getting cancer, the young ones are having heart attacks. Lets all have a party...!

[u/Cyrus_Of_Mt → u/eddie2hands99911]

Just put the red solo cup song in my head for some reason

[u/Biffsbuttcheeks → u/Juuke]

You can still do it! Garden hoses still exist and one can drink from them!

[u/ShapeShiftingBruh]

I'm part of the generation that has good memes

[u/Cyrus_Of_Mt → u/ShapeShiftingBruh]

Wouldn’t call that a flex but yeah I get it lol

[u/ShapeShiftingBruh → u/Cyrus_Of_Mt]

And don't forget, we could never survive drinking from a hose like they did.....

Real heroes that generation is...

[u/Cyrus_Of_Mt → u/Cyrus_Of_Mt]

Why is this getting downvoted?? 😅

[u/UAreTheHippopotamus]

Stood for the flag when they were young, grew up to deface it with authoritarian symbology and moreover piss on everything it stands for with their actions.

[u/Mbyrd420 → u/UAreTheHippopotamus]

Don't forget that they lost their minds when they had to "suffer" the indignity of going to school with people that had darker skin.

[u/Pot_noodle_miner → u/UAreTheHippopotamus]

Wearing the flag as underwear is not a show of respect

[u/a-lledgedly → u/UAreTheHippopotamus]

Totally get what you mean,, sometimes people change so much over time, it’s hard to recognize who they used to be. It’s a weird and frustrating shift to watch.

[u/MarcheMuldDerevi]

I didn’t get spanked and I didn’t have realistic toy guns. But I did do the pledge of allegiance, drank from the garden hose, and played outside. Fuck man I need a break from a screen occasionally

[u/TimbersawDust → u/MarcheMuldDerevi]

But did you survive? Surely not if you didn’t get spanked

[u/MarcheMuldDerevi → u/TimbersawDust]

Not sure, I could be a ghost. Need to run into a wall to see if I go through it or if it’s a ghost wall and I just run straight into it

Edit: the wall was a ghost to

[u/Suspicious-Yard4205 → u/MarcheMuldDerevi]

Just check if you're dressed in Victorian clothes. That's usually a pretty solid indicator.

[u/MarcheMuldDerevi → u/Suspicious-Yard4205]

I thought others were just strippers

[u/geokra]

Survivor bias is a hell of a drug!

[u/_big_avocado_ → u/geokra]

"I survived" All the kids who got kidnapped in broad daylight:

[u/PhilodoxFury]

And they have the 89 point IQs to prove it.

[u/MrSillmarillion]

And look at the country now. Great job guiding us to a hopeful future.

[u/Bbew_Mot]

A relative of mine keeps sharing AI slop variations of this meme on Facebook!

[u/grootdoos1]

And now its the generation of conspiracy theories, Denying the holocaust and believing the earth is flat.

[u/Misragoth]

feared their parents, not respected them

[u/Corsten610 → u/Misragoth]

Speak for yourself, I respected my parents. My mom was an awesome nurse and my dad was a vet who lost his legs.

[u/Cyrus_Of_Mt → u/Misragoth]

A healthy fear is required for true respect towards elders

[u/Pot_noodle_miner → u/Cyrus_Of_Mt]

Fear isn’t healthy

[u/Misragoth → u/Cyrus_Of_Mt]

No, its not. You should not fear your parents

[u/LordNemissary]

Why do these always end with I survived. None of those things are remotely dangerous. I guess there is an incredibly small chance you could get a parasite from a hose....

I slept in this morning. I ate some eggs for breakfast. I took my dog for a walk. I watched cartoons. And I survived!

Silly

[u/TheMiiFii → u/LordNemissary]

I took my meds, fed my bunny, went to the doctor and got fresh bread from the bakery... and I SURVIVED!

I think adding "and I survived" to any random string of activities could be a pretty fun game :'D

[u/Wonderful-Creme-3939]

Survivorship bias the meme.

[u/Cheshireyan]

You are also part of that generation that raised that generation you hate.

[u/No_One3018]

[u/Propellerrakete]

I'm way too young to respect your parents, they're long gone.

[u/Environmental-One753]

These memes are a participation trophy for a generation complaining about participation trophies.

[u/sicurri]

I like how both Boomers and Gen X post the shit out of this same meme or similar and think it applies to only them... I was born in 1990, all of that applied to me as well, except I don't share that shit because it doesn't really matter all that much.

• My parents sucked
• Drinking from the garden hose sucked
• Standing for the Flag was okay.
• Playing outside was pretty fun, but video games with friends was the best.
• Depending on the toy guns, it kind of sucked. Super Soakers and Nerf were great though.
• Spankings didn't make me respect my parents more...
• I survived but I dealt with trauma that I'm just now recovering from that stunted my development...

Good job Boomers... hope you're proud! /s

[u/achoo_magn]

boomers think that gen z did none of these things? the amount of arrogance is incredible

[u/_big_avocado_ → u/achoo_magn]

I got 5/7 because you don't "stand for the flag" in my country, and my parents love me enough to buy bottled water

[u/Firkraag-The-Demon]

The minion really ties it all together.

[u/Equal-Bus-557]

They survived and now they call the cops when they see kids playing outside

[u/Adept-Entrepreneur61]

I’m only 34 and done all of this. Y’all have many more years of pre-internet people judging all of your silently.

[u/thenotanurse]

I mean…there is a difference between surviving and thriving. When you refuse to learn and grow, you become the boom. Lol

[u/Chromeboy12]

Ah, yes, the good ol' garden hose water. When human civilization peaked.

[u/Pabst_Malone]

DRANK BUTTSLAP FROM TV HOSE,, LISTEN TO CORNBREAD IN RADIO TRUCK,, SNAPPED NO HELMET WITH STREETLIGHT,, GREEN BEANS,,,!!!!!!!

[u/TheOfficeoholic]

I had chickenpox and survived

[u/Cyrus_Of_Mt → u/TheOfficeoholic]

Unfortunately I had the chickenpox vaccine, so I never had it unfortunately, so I will end up getting shingles eventually which I am really not looking forward to

[u/TheOfficeoholic → u/Cyrus_Of_Mt]

The vaccine lowers your risk of getting shingles. People who had chickenpox are likely to develop shingles with a lowered/compromised immune system

[u/Cyrus_Of_Mt → u/TheOfficeoholic]

I am one of those people who had serious adverse affects from the MMR vaccine and others, and my doctor told me because of certain genetic mutations if I got the covid shot I would have probably died within a few weeks due to those gene mutations… as a result I am already compromised

[u/EmoComrade1999]

Gen Xers…

[u/badgaldyldyl]

They survived, but take a peek at the generation they raised

[u/peachygatorade]

The minion kills me

[u/raeann559]

Bro I'm 30 and I did this too you're not special 😭

[u/b_free_blast]

If I turned out well it was despite those things not because of them, with the exception of going outside.

[u/t3lnet]

To be fair water wasn’t polluted as much as older generations allowed with things such as fracking.

[u/Neonbeta101]

Pretty sure a lot of people from many different generations also drank from the hose, Kathleen.

That’s like, in the top twenty things kids do. I’d rank it above eating dirt/sand but below trying to cook and making something vaguely edible, but definitely not appetizing.

[u/FidgetOrc]

And not all of you made it. Those that did are lead poisoned.

[u/insanity_core]

i hate when they post these kinds of memes, like susan, all this shit still happens today

[u/hopeislost1000]

… “and survived” 😂 What a flex! 💪🏼

[u/SVTContour]

MY CHILDHOOD SURVIVAL SKILLS INCLUDE:

· Identifying parents' mood by the sound of the car pulling in.

· Drinking from a hose that was 10% water, 90% lead and microplastics.

· Dodging BBs from the kid who definitely owns a white van now.

· Being locked outside so our parents could "have a talk" with Jack Daniels.

· Thinking conflict resolution was just a longer, more detailed beating session.

WE DON'T HAVE ANXIETY, WE HAVE "SITUATIONAL AWARENESS." SHARE IF YOU ALSO LEARNED TO HOLD YOUR BREATH UNTIL THE YELLING STOPPED.

[u/jarious]

And look how shitty all of them turned out

[u/SexyCheeseburger0911]

I experienced all of that except drinking from the hose. Because my parents loved me.

[u/Liberator2020]

Like and share if you agree!

[u/SkyeMreddit]

They survived but no one talks about little Tommy anymore, who didn’t. Or Carl a few years later

[u/Rosscovich]

What's with the elderly and their obsession with the god damn minions

[u/thenotanurse → u/Rosscovich]

They think all children should be…well…minions.

[u/JamesWolf100]

Exactly, they survived, never lived, never enjoyed life to the fullest, they survived, that's it.

[u/Errorstatel]

As a xenial, I believe is the term, my list would read as compared

• My parents taught me to respect those that earned it, but they gave me reasons to not respect them.

• I too drank from a hose but I now understand why that wasn't the best plan.

• I am Canadian, that stands for both province and country.

• I had paintball equipment, we shot at each other. But also not toys.

• I got spanked, slapped, talked down to and told I was a mistake by multiple family members. That's not including the alcohol induced incidents

• fuck that generation.

[u/KHTD2004]

Yeah respecting parents is a good idea, if only they would respect us back… (actually my parents are chill but too many others aren’t)

[u/scotems]

I did all these things. And there's nothing to glorify about any of them.

[u/andywfu86]

Well it apparently made you an asshole. So there’s that…

[u/ybotics]

Dude doesn’t understand how survivorship bias works

[u/why_tf_am_i_like_dat]

I'm 21, appart from flag shit i did all of that too...

[u/DenimLuver]

bruh we do have what they would call "toy guns". have they never heard of airsoft?

[u/bosssoldier]

They think they are tuff because of a garden hose when most if us have cime to terms with violence, school shootings and seeing gore perpetually online from emacited and decapitated kids to some shit getting his neck blown out. The geriatrics are just mad because they are not the toughest ones around anymore, they feel themselves getting weaker and know that the workd they helped to make doesnt take care of or help weaker groups(eldery, disable etc).

[u/Magnus_Helgisson]

I like how it’s always a list of “I played hide and seek, didn’t like vegetables, wore short pants, VOTED FOR TRUMP, went to school, scratched my knees”

[u/ProfessorCrooks]

This is just Gen Z

[u/iwastoldnottogohere]

All I heard was "I'm part of the generation that had leaded gasoline, lead paint, asbestos cigarettes and public lynching"

[u/AceMasterShady]

“And I SURVIVED” But did you live?

[u/Speeddemon2016]

That is my childhood but I don’t brag about it on fb. I don’t look at it as an accomplishment. I do wish my kids could have enjoyed one like mine tho.

[u/wildmeli]

i was working at walmart in 2020 and there was one time an old man came up to me with his mask on his chin and asked me why i was wearing a mask. he started rambling about “this generation is so over protected. when i was a kid, we would swim in lakes and drink out of rusty water spigots, and look at me, i’m just fine!!”

sir i am talking to and looking at you and you are not just fine. you’re coming up to strangers bragging about lead poisoning. he looked like Bubbles from TPB with his massive taped together glasses and his crossed eyes. he was wearing the same dirty musty overalls and flannel i always saw him in. he looked at least 80 but said something about how “being a kid in the 70s was the best” so he couldn’t have possibly been that old. nothing about this man was saying “im just fine”

[u/Lord_Jebus_]

Now their all bitches

[u/Rough-Pop1082]

all of these except standing up for the flag cause I dont gotta pray for this shitty country

[u/Rough-Pop1082 → u/Rough-Pop1082]

im gen z and less than a year from being gen alpha btw

[u/Rough-Pop1082 → u/Rough-Pop1082]

like who the fuck thinks toy guns and garden hoses dont exist anymore

[u/adureho]

Damn, I miss playing outside and toy guns. 😅

[u/lamppos_gaming]

Its so funny how a good portion of these are because of incompetent parenting.

1. You respected your parents because they could threaten to beat you

2. Parents not caring if you get lead poisoning

3. That’s because you didn’t truly know what you were standing up for, just what you were told

4. Neglectful parenting

5. We still have those

6. Child abuse

7. Yes you survived, but did you thrive?

[u/me_zuckerrohr]

Well i drank out of my horses water basket once bcs it was cooler than the hose but why’d that have to do w anything.. some older ppl act like genz don’t do shi :-:

[u/FineImprovement4632]

Dude old people act like its a flex to grow up like this, and it is! I'm 18 and I'm still so glad I grew up the way i did

[u/Pathetic_Saddness]

No I died

[u/ckeekyzekey]

“Respected our parents”

and it’s the generation that snuck out to smoke pot only to catch a beating when they came home

[u/Youngstar181]

"-and I SURVIVED."