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People Are Sharing The Most Gen X Things They Can Think Of, And As A Millennial, This Is Soooo Interesting To Read

When it comes to online discourse about generations, millennials and boomers are typically on the frontlines. But it was FINALLY time for Gen X (aka the forgotten generation) to shine when Reddit user Ruffffian asked, "What is THE most Gen X thing?" 1. "Gen X is old enough to remember (and appreciate) life before the internet and cell phones, but we're young enough to transition into that world without a hitch." 2. "My sister and I would call the local rock station to request a song, then we'd sit there with a tape at the ready to hit record as soon as they played our song. Repeat that about ten times, and you've got a nice mixtape." — HoopOnPoop "Or they talked over your song, and you had to call back later." — ClassicRedSparkle 3. "Finding porn in the woods while BMXing." — halflife_3 "All of my guy friends have had this experience! Creek porn, field porn, woods porn, ditch porn. The greenish areas throughout our city were just wonders of discovery for middle schooler boys in the '80s." — spacefaceclosetomine 4. "Columbia House collect notices." — Additional-Olive-405 Author's note: For anyone too young to know what this is, Columbia Records had a music club called Columbia House. It used aggressive marketing techniques to try to trick people into memberships. Kind of like spam texts before texting. 5. "Crank calls." 6. "Hair crimpers and getting your hair permed. Riding bikes with no helmets. Buying smokes for my dad at the shop." — Master-Cricket9906 7. "Arcades. No other generation claimed them like we did. Before Gen X, graphics weren't good enough. After Gen X, you'd play the games on your own home console." 9. "Breakdancing." 11. "Putting baby oil on and sun-baking (we were LITERALLY baking ourselves)." 13. "Record stores." 15. "Swatch watches." – fredfreddy4444 For anyone who has no idea what a Swatch watch is: "They're essentially watch fads. If you buy an expensive Swiss watch, most people will buy one or two for their entire lifetime. That's no good for continued business. With Swatch watches, you buy a cheap plastic watch every year — sometimes more often. I remember the rich kids having five Swatches, and they'd wear a different one every day." — TonyJZX 16. "Doing whatever I wanted for hours after school by myself because my parents were still working. Being allowed to roam the streets until dark." — Master-Cricket9906 17. "Massive CD collections that were neatly stored in binders for easy access." — Suspicious-Sleep5227 19. "Grunge music. I work with a handful of Gen X'ers, and the only music they can consistently agree on is the Pearl Jam station." — coderedmountaindewd 20. "Trapper keepers." — Mostly_Overrated77 21. "Blockbuster on a Friday night." Koron / Getty Images — SuvenPan "Hanging by the door to see if any good movies were just returned." — tmlau23 22. "Being the last unreachable generation. There were hours where no one knew where we were, and our parents had zero ways to contact us." — nakedreader_ga 23. "Parachute pants. The noise was deafening in the halls between classes!"