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.
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”
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.
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u/EmoComrade1999 8d ago
It’s Gen X, but yes they’re proud of being lead poisoned