My grandma used to sit at the gas station and encourage us all to breathe in deep, because it smelled so good. So maybe not drinking, but basically socially accepted huffing.
Ugh. Thought I was at a tail end but then saw the chart was from 2015. I already knew my Pb levels weren’t going to be great but I’m right at the peak.
Lots of us were dissenters from the awfulness (post punk is grounded in opposition to Reagan and Thatcher’s horrors) but we need to remember the effects of the massive poisoning of all public discourse for over a decade, and the widespread participation in it by aspirational perps in polo shirts.
Gen X was literally poisoned. So if you're Gen X and aren't a good person, it's probably the poison. If you're any other generation and aren't a good person, that's all on
you.
OTOH, if you're Gen X and ARE a good person despite the poison and neglect, then you are morally superior to all others.
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Some background on lead in the environment: https://youtu.be/IV3dnLzthDA?si=e5grXvz2Lk3m0WYC
you.
OTOH, if you're Gen X and ARE a good person despite the poison and neglect, then you are morally superior to all others.