As a fellow Gen Zer I feel like there is a generational gap. I want to see if I’m trippin or there actually is one.

  • tacosplease@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Old Millennial.

    I grew up without cell phones or Internet until my teen years. Remember watching the OJ trial whenever I was home sick from school.

    We were really worried about Y2K, which would have been a disaster if not fixed ahead of time.

    Had to work on 9/11, and remember what airports were like before all the added security.

    Also had to work - pushing groceries to people’s cars while the VA sniper was rolling around the area shooting people in parking lots.

    I remember people smoking cigarettes fucking everywhere. There were cigarette vending machines.

    Our 2 and 3 liter bottles had an extra plastic piece to make the bottom flat. I don’t think they were making them with feet like they do today. The bottoms were round, requiring a plastic shoe to create a flat bottom. Sometimes the bottles had a metal cap.

    Hardly anybody wore seatbelts. Gas was under $1/gallon when I started driving.

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      6 months ago

      Slightly younger old millennial.

      Bacon used to be just about the most expensive meat you could buy.

      Bill Clinton tried to kill Osama bin Laden.

      Terrorists were angry leprechauns who had been abused by centuries of British oppression.

      Russia was kind of cool for a little while.