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petersagal.bsky.social • 115 days ago

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According to exit polls (which were only conducted in 10 swing states), the demographic with the highest support for Trump was Gen X white dudes.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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sabazinus.bsky.social•115 days ago

As a member of Gen X, I can say too many of us remember Reagan far too fondly and see those qualities in the orange menace.

kitschqueen.bsky.social•115 days ago

I feel like both Ethan Hawke’s & Ben Stiller’s characters in Reality Bites would’ve voted for him.

3hairymutts.bsky.social•115 days ago

This is such a depressing thought but also prolly spot on

arnaudchevallier.bsky.social•115 days ago

… and here's to thinking we weren't as bad as the elders. Sigh.

babsallday.bsky.social•114 days ago

way to go, peter

fancycwabs.bsky.social•115 days ago

My pet theory is that because Gen X was raised on a media diet of “bad boys who didn’t follow the rules” winning over the establishment (Peter Vinkman, Axel Foley, Maverick) that’s who we as a generation go for, because nihilism?

emceefee.bsky.social•115 days ago

And everyone was blaming The Boomers when it was Gen X all along. Well it was always obvious to me talking to white dudes under 60

psvrh.bsky.social•115 days ago

As a 47 year old white guy-Canadian mind you-I can confirm

Many men in my cohort are complete douchebags. I don't know if it's hose-water, leaded gasoline or just disenfranchisment from decades of neoliberalism but it's terribly prevalent

It's like we're the protagonist in Dennis Leary's "Asshole"

bwjones.bsky.social•115 days ago

Ffffffffff…

aaronbed4d.bsky.social•115 days ago

The Elon effect.

markpanning.seismology.space•115 days ago

We are the generation with the highest lead exposure.

brofessornick.bsky.social•115 days ago

kevinpatrick.bsky.social•115 days ago

Seems like a lot of dipshits my age thought that was a documentary.

psvrh.bsky.social•115 days ago

A lot of men our age missed the plot of that movie completely. As well as that of Watchmen.

I'm really horrified by the number who don't know who the "Machine" we're supposed to "Rage Against" was.

the-gwalla.bsky.social•115 days ago

To be fair, the director of Watchmen also missed the point of Watchmen

chicagoali.bsky.social•115 days ago

I’m GenX but I thought usually at this age people were more conservative, regardless the Gen. Like, 10 yrs ago the Boomers were the conservative cohort when they were 50s.

realflyingdonut.bsky.social•114 days ago

It wasn't me. I promise.

krakkensea.bsky.social•115 days ago

The Republican attack on democracy and the truth began in force in the Reagan era. So Gen X has known only that brand of the GOP and its media.

maggiemarbles.bsky.social•115 days ago

This explains why so many Gen X white women I know are single by choice, and why so many more are divorced.

Unfortunately, my own sister has figured out how to make peace with her cult-member husband, even if she cries more than any single woman I know.

elucidarian.bsky.social•115 days ago

Too much PIL and not enough Ween.

saltymichael.bsky.social•115 days ago

So, so, so, incredibly depressing.

mgarrington.bsky.social•115 days ago

It must be our existential fatalism.

daedricnonsense.bsky.social•115 days ago

Wait, growing up believing countries only exist to wipe out all human life over what economic system they use is bad for your mental health?

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