I just saw an ad headline that said "Seniors born 1941-1979..." and now I'm going to go cry. #GenX - ThreadSky

dogsincali.bsky.social•75 days ago

🫣

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coyotefromtexas.bsky.social•75 days ago

Fellow #GenX here.

Sending some positive vibes, fam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q90DPCu_-zk

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•74 days ago

🤌

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comlou.bsky.social•75 days ago

Oh shit. Me too!!!

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mfwic1667.bsky.social•75 days ago

Age is a question of mind over matter.

"You don't mind, it don't matter"

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scoutto.bsky.social•74 days ago

Since when is a 46 yo a senior?

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starrenee.bsky.social•74 days ago

Fuck you. Just literally fuck right off. 😂😂😂💙 #1977 #IMeanThatWithLove

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frankieface15.bsky.social•75 days ago

I saw that recently too. Sooooo.....46 is a senior now? Really? Where's my fucking cheap coffee & other discounts?! I'm 52, hand it over!!!!

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•75 days ago

I want a donut discount!! 🍩

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missy-ubermom.bsky.social•75 days ago

Yikes! I was born in that timeframe. 😢

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adrian.weasel.net•75 days ago

I'm still coming to grips with the fact that I'll be 50 in December. I look like I'm 30. I remember the 80s like it was last week. WTF? 😵‍💫😂

#GenX

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missy-ubermom.bsky.social•75 days ago

I turned 62 last August. 😳

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jeffderoshia.bsky.social•75 days ago

I’ll be 50 in October. Feels weird realizing that I will be eligible for the 50+ dating apps in less than a year 😂

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•75 days ago

omg. 😳 😆

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jeffderoshia.bsky.social•75 days ago

Ikr?!?

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docbuglove.smokefleet.net•75 days ago

*laughs in 53*

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krxsis72.bsky.social•74 days ago

*Snickers in 54*

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el-intrepido.bsky.social•75 days ago

It’s like the 90’s never happened…

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•75 days ago

Exactly. Like, bro, quit harshing my mellow. 🤣

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otisredfoot.bsky.social•74 days ago

We used to play video games at a place called the arcade. It would cost you a quarter. 👴🏼

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dariansinclair.bsky.social•74 days ago

I was there

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•74 days ago

I remember. 👵🏻

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nicholehiltz.bsky.social•75 days ago

I saw that too and it was “FAKE NEWS!!!!” 🗞️ 🤬

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skippyisnuts.bsky.social•75 days ago

Well, YOU can say that- you're only 29!

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nicholehiltz.bsky.social•75 days ago

YES!!! 💯!!! -17!!!

🤭 I really did see this ad online for something and if I don’t get a AAA discount it’s not true 🤷‍♀️

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skippyisnuts.bsky.social•75 days ago

😱😆

"Well she was just seventeen....."

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krxsis72.bsky.social•74 days ago

I'll be celebrating the 37th anniversary of my 18th birthday in October.
So there.

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pfalcon.bsky.social•75 days ago

🤬 ~ Daymnit !!

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secondtony72.bsky.social•75 days ago

We are the best age group so Whoop there it is.

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rosiebeachgirl.bsky.social•75 days ago

Boomer here. I was forever young until two years ago. Now I’m coming apart at the seams. Stay forever young!

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vickymozart5.bsky.social•75 days ago

Think of the senior discount.

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blueboomer1.bsky.social•74 days ago

Just turned 73. It’s only a number.

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nouslogos.bsky.social•74 days ago

gotta be fake.

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jake4000.bsky.social•75 days ago

I've heard of being
lumped together but
that does kinda smart a little bit. 🩹

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procrastinista.bsky.social•75 days ago

Someone born in 79 is 45/46…not exactly a senior.

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motherofjacks.bsky.social•75 days ago

1979 does not a senior make…

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cogswellcoggie.bsky.social•75 days ago

Oh no!!! lol. Dangit. I don’t feel old.

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pumpsandgears.bsky.social•75 days ago

Embrace the suck.

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louwholady.bsky.social•75 days ago

Aww Hell no!

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truth-consequences.bsky.social•75 days ago

I’ve been waiting years to be able to say “Ok X’er”

Boomers revenge

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•74 days ago

🤣😂

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frankri504.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wait till you hit 69 😂

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•75 days ago

😭

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frankri504.bsky.social•75 days ago

And 70 is just around the corner 😬😂😂😂

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nildesperandumvt.bsky.social•75 days ago

Huh?
A forty five year old is considered a senior?
😳

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zelwinters1981.bsky.social•74 days ago

HAH!
I was born in '81. There are ads on TV here selling life insurance for seniors aged 50 and over. Like that's only six years away, what the hell?

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harriet75.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wait what? I am 1975 um not even close

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haylibop.bsky.social•75 days ago

That makes zero sense. 46 isn’t a senior.

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alienmuscatel.bsky.social•75 days ago

Fuck, I’ve been getting aarp junk mail for twenty years.

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taquitothepuppet.bsky.social•75 days ago

1979 is only 45-46 at the moment. I thought seniors were 60+

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hakuso3.bsky.social•75 days ago

It was 55, not sure what it is now, though.

Some of us Gen X are seniors, but I'm not there yet, by any standard.

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annecdotally.bsky.social•75 days ago

I’m almost 46, and if that means I’m a senior, give me my damn discount.

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•75 days ago

🤣

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therealjohnconnor.bsky.social•75 days ago

Every time GenX comes up, I have to share this terrifying chart. We are in for a bumpy ride, folks.

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•75 days ago

That's what drinking water from the hose will do to you.

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frankieface15.bsky.social•75 days ago

70s & 80s garden hose water was a very fine vintage.😂🤣😂🤣

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therealjohnconnor.bsky.social•75 days ago

And leaded gasoline.

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annieru0k.bsky.social•75 days ago

Hey! We’re not seniors yet.

(While I take my handful of ibuprofen)

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•74 days ago

I feel this. 😆

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huskerkia.bsky.social•75 days ago

Omg!!!

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bluegirlredsrate.bsky.social•75 days ago

Calm down. You aren't a senior until 55.

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procrastinista.bsky.social•75 days ago

Isn’t it 65?? What is everyone on today?

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•74 days ago

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dorianhazel.bsky.social•75 days ago

Move over, I'll cry with you.

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ny36pitman.bsky.social•74 days ago

#GenXRules

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chickadeedot.bsky.social•75 days ago

Yeeeeeep

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pghdlo.bsky.social•75 days ago

Me too🥺

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elric-mtl.bsky.social•75 days ago

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granny69.bsky.social•75 days ago

I’m going to be 56 shortly, and I qualify for a few “senior” discounts, but can you really be a “senior” if you don’t qualify for ALL of them?!

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detoxponcho.bsky.social•75 days ago

I’m so sick of advertisers and millennials lumping us in with boomers. #GenX goddammit.

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krxsis72.bsky.social•74 days ago

How dare they.
Bastards.

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cookbookmama.bsky.social•75 days ago

Same lol. PS #GenX rules😂😉

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maximus7.bsky.social•75 days ago

I seen that to just turned 50 9 days ago and im like WHAT??

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gizmosspace.bsky.social•75 days ago

😩

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eclipse13.bsky.social•75 days ago

Fuck

That is all.....

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•75 days ago

😆

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andyspags.bsky.social•75 days ago

1979?! These guys are taking liberties with their terminology. Can I enjoy my middle age?

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el-intrepido.bsky.social•75 days ago

Don’t let the elevator get you down -
We gotta FIGHT, for our right to PARTY like it’s 1999

In all seriousness, I will only take Bad Medicine - cause it’s what I need

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daydrmblvr.bsky.social•75 days ago

Crimes against humanity right here.

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gwenloubser.bsky.social•75 days ago

This was a drive by skeeting.

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kateculliton.bsky.social•74 days ago

I refuse.

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rojocaliente.bsky.social•75 days ago

truth sucks. I still think 20 years ago was 1970. AAAArrrrgggghhh! I talk about the Vietnam war, Reaganomics and so on and people think I am a deluded Grandpa. In graduate school I mentioned the killings at Kent State and Jackson State and all I got was a blank stare.

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mongoindustries.bsky.social•75 days ago

But I’m only… oh god…

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thecampingcusters.bsky.social•75 days ago

That also includes my younger husband. Can wait to tell him. *evil grin*

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adgirlmm.bsky.social•74 days ago

😆

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suewho82.bsky.social•75 days ago

As one who was at the very end of the boomers but grew up GenX, you have no idea how excited I was to find out that I’m really just a Generation Jones. 😁

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democratcats.bsky.social•75 days ago

Me too! Way better than Boomer

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suewho82.bsky.social•75 days ago

Right?!!!

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democratcats.bsky.social•75 days ago

And my last name is already Jones so I love it even more!

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suewho82.bsky.social•75 days ago

Excellent! 😎

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justinayoung.bsky.social•75 days ago

🫠

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ddagger2024.bsky.social•74 days ago

I know... when did the great #GenX become seniors? Just because AARP sends us member applications?

Forget it! I'm no senior yet. I still have a few more years.

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mother-of-mastiffs.bsky.social•75 days ago

1979? SInce when is 46 a senior?

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feralgenxsmartass.bsky.social•73 days ago

I get so many ads for senior this and senior that. The moment I turned 50 I started to get ads for pee-proof panties. I'm not even 60 yet, advertisers! Slow your roll.

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