CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@CazzPhoenix @ShadowJonathan

Seriously. I was already living on 4 hours of sleep a night, and starting on Stephen King.

I'm a hyperlexical autistic person. And, not to front, a genius. I was National Merit if you know what that is.

@Takiro @ShadowJonathan

There are generational differences. My parents were Boomers, and the Vietnam War defined their lives. Gen X were latch key kids. That was a defining feature of our generation.

Yeah, putting hard edges around the years defining generations is dumb, but there really are giant cultural experiences that only exist for one generation.

In case you didn't read the whole thread--I woke up to an empty house, made my food while I drank my coffee and read the paper. And then got my own self off to school. At age seven. In second fucking grade. Most parents won't even let their kids play outside any more. I only saw mine for 45 minutes at dinnertime when we were forced to pretend to be a family.

Gen X raised themselves, and as far as I know that was unique in history. There really are broad generational differences in society. If your parents tried to raise you the way mine did me, DYFUS would have taken you from them.

@ShadowJonathan

No. You're the next generation.

But it sounds like you have a Gen X soul.

That is a compliment. We raised ourselves. From second grade on, I got up to an empty house, drank my coffee while I read the paper, cooked my own food, and got my own ass off to school. I came home to an empty house as well. It taught Gen X a kind of self-sufficiency that I've never seen in any generation before or since.

We may not have had a mighty war to fight, for or against, but we had a kind of guts that I'm only starting to see repeated in the young 'uns who grew up with active shooter drills and 24/7 surveillance.

Being honorary Gen X is a compliment. We're not the Boomers.

@ShadowJonathan

I bet you're Gen X.

Stop trying to sell me things you fuck!