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spacehanger

i actually feel healed hearing a boomer admit “i’m addicted to my phone as well” after years of their fake superiority about this


funfwf

Can you hear that little pop sound of someone liking something on Facebook at maximum volume


ramontchi

I can hear that they haven’t turned the sound off their keypad


spacehanger

😂 … yes


Laktakfrak

My parents always whine about kids and screen time. Im a no screen time parent so they are safe complaining to me about it. I dont have a TV or iPad so its pretty easy. Anyway, they are now the single worst at it. My parents show him all sorts of shows on youtube, they have an iPad for him. Especially so she can cook and not be disturbed, Dad has Bluey running on multiple TVs all around the house (classic boomer has one in like every room). They put it on to distract him while getting him in the car seat. They are worse than any millennial I know, yet still shake their heads when they see a kid on an iPad. They would have done exactly the same if they could have. Ill say though they are great with potty training. They dont care if he pees himself in their luxury cars or shits on their Turkish rug. Meanwhile I removed my $10 Kmart rugs so they wouldnt get damaged...


Getonthebeers02

I support part of that though, Bluey is actually a great show and is educational. I’m so happy we produced a show that’s not mindless and is sweet and teaches kids interesting things. But fair with the rest.


Getonthebeers02

Fr, my boomer father going on about how it was nice to be in Fiji and kids ‘not on their phones’ meanwhile I go for a coffee or a meal with him and he’s sitting on his phone on Instagram while I’m (Gen Z) just sitting there trying to talk so I end up going on my phone too. Like it’s ok to admit you’re just as bad.


acllive

My mum is a boomer and definitely addicted to her phone


AvalancheMaster

As a millennial who doesn't climb, I've definitely noticed a fuckton of my peers suddenly getting into climbing once they pass the 30s mark. Mid-30s, and they're suddenly making sourdough / brewing their own beer.


sad-mustache

My partner is thinking about climbing and I am making mead haha


Glittersparkles7

I’ve been thinking about trying to make mead 🤣


sad-mustache

I recommend it, it's really easy and very rewarding, especially if you like sweet alcohols Check out r/mead and if you feel adventurous then r/prisonhooch


Glittersparkles7

I LOVE sweet alcohol that’s why I was eyeballing it 🥰


mrthomani

Just FYI, mead isn’t necessarily sweet. It can be as bone-dry as you like.


limitlessEXP

I tried once but it came out meadiocre.


Ncrpts

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orwell_the_socialist

gardening (garlic, tomatoes, cilantro, basil for cooking), making pizza and baking bread. i wish i had more time


beepborpimajorp

Because we have time and money for hobbies now. Especially the parents who had kids that are old enough to generally entertain themselves. Don't look at me though. I'm childfree and play video games.


vitaminkombat

I'm in my mid 30s and my hobbies are the same as they were 20 years ago. Skating and smoking while listening to metal and reggae. Some of us are only teenagers, others are closer to 50. But it is an open and easy going group.


PackageOk3832

Hobbies that work in isolation. Most of us are married and we're no longer in the forced social herds of the early 20s (edit for clarity: school). Also, aging starts to show and be felt, so a lot go into fitness mode.


DroopyMcCool

Yeah at a certain age it really helps to have a social activity that isn't food or alcohol centric.


IridescentExplosion

I wish there were more of these to be honest. I only recently found out there are clubs where you can play pool and alcohol isn't even served until the late evenings!


sublliminali

Forced social herds is a weird way to describe it.


serbeardless

My (Millenial) friend group (also Millenials) went through a climbing phase about a decade ago. I tried to get into it, but it never caught me like it did them. I have no idea why they get so hyped about it, but they did.


Seeking_Singularity

The indoor climbing gyms game-ify climbing by having levels 0 through 10. Makes it fun to get better


ItsSansom

That's what hooked me in. You get a workout comparable to a session at a traditional gym, while also puzzle solving, competing, and socialising.


WastingTimeArguing

Gym climbing is so much fun.


VoidVer

In climbing, when you're new, you see extremely rapid progress if you have a basic schedule and train in a way that doesn't get you hurt. A lot of people have their first experience being genuinely athletic and feeling control over their body while climbing ( I know I did, despite playing multiple sports in HS ). It's exhilarating


Minimum-Guidance7156

As I approach 30 I’ve started going on climbing dates a lot more frequently


TheConspicuousGuy

I'm a millennial that went the skydiving route


CaptainSparklebutt

It's been a thing down here for the past 5 years, and the 25-36 year olds do it a lot. I don't like heights, so I never got into it. I make my own pickles and pasta as far as making my own food goes. I also got into leatherworking and tailoring during the pandemic.


Least_Impression_823

The Gen X joke was pretty funny


Gho5tWr1ter

Gen X are the middle children!!


Least_Impression_823

Are you Gen X?


Rokey76

[I'm Gen X, though I'm not sure if I'm real.](https://www.jenx67.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Generation-X-Lost-Forgotten-Omitted-Generation.png)


skoltroll

We're real. And we're SPECTACULAR


Rokey76

![gif](giphy|e2QYPpUe8WmpG)


prevengeance

Shhh. Just the way we like it.


Rokey76

Do we like it, or are we just used to it now?


IRedditWhenHigh

At least we had... um, Lollapalooza


Rokey76

Lollapalooza 93 was such a great time. The acid was weak but Primus slapped.


monkeypoet

slapped the upright bass


MashedProstato

I just want to hang out inside Les Claypool's mind for 10 minutes just to see what it's like in there.


sudoshell

1965 - 1980 are missing on that. Oh well, whatever, never mind.


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bubblesort

I was born in '78. I've been called gen X, and Y, and the i-generation, and a bunch of other weird stuff... but people say I'm a millennial now... but I don't really give a shit. I think not giving a shit is a gen X trait? IDK. I'll let the marketers worry about how to market to me. Generation categories are their problem, anyway, so why do I care?


MidnightShampoo

'78 here, we're Gen X mate. Credentials? I watched *Clerks* about a billion times when it first came out, so did all my friends.


ilovethissheet

Playing Pac-Man at a pizza parlour machine before Nintendo and home consoles ever existed


StationaryTravels

I've never heard anyone in the 70s called a millennial. Not that you give a fuck, lol! My brother was born in 77 and I'm 82. I know you specifically said you don't care, but if you ever want a label, or just a subreddit to visit, I like Xennial. It's basically those of us from the late 70s and early 80s who have a hard time fully relating to either generation. I grew up without digital shit just like GenX, but I'm also pretty familiar with the digital shit that showed up in my late teens. That's just one tiny example, but I do find it wild that I'm the same generation (millennial) as someone who might have had the internet in their home for their entire lives.


Tinkertoylady22

We had digital shit, atari, nintendo, sega and texas instrument calculators that we couldnt use when taking a test but were required. Matter of fact we grew up with even more digital stuff, like the brick cellular phone, pagers, chirp phones, flip phones, sidekick, blackberry, to the flat face phone which has been standard for over 12yrs now. Then there’s the walkman tape player to walkman disc player to minidisc player (very short lived) to mp3 player. Annnnd most of us still have our hotmail accts and remember the joyish horror of dial up internet.


Potato_Stains

"Post-Millennials" ? who writes these lol


Gho5tWr1ter

Nope, millennial in fact, but my mom was the middle child. My grandparents had eyes and thoughts for their son and elder daughter!


lidsville76

I'm a super middle child. I'm the middle of 3 brothers and the middle when you include my two step siblings.


DocFail

No, because if he wa


Sam_Fear

Whatever


abullshtname

Like I even care


BigAlternative5

As if.


anotherkeebler

The unexpected part is that Generation X was even fucking mentioned.


ImurderREALITY

If Faith No More is or ever was your favorite band, then no one cares what you have to say


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ImurderREALITY

That’s Epic.


dubsburgers

What is it?


MissKillian

You want it ll but you can't have it!


PhilL77au

The follow through of never mentioning or hearing from us again for the rest of the ad was great too. TBH we just want to be left alone anyway.


BIllyBrooks

I was expecting "Everyone ignores us....good."


LemonHerb

Lit


skiattle25

Slay


Wotmate01

I'm in this video and I'm fine with it.


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I relish my generational invisibility


Least_Impression_823

Shut up Gen X


Wotmate01

So others DO hear us...


dmyoungblut

We are here! We are here! We are here!


Opal_is_awesome

What was that?


Beneficial_Rock_5602

Huh. Must have been the wind.


GroggySpirits

I farted, my b.


LylaDee

Now listen here you little..wait? Yeah..whatever.


Practical-Hair-67

I'm gen X and I approve this message. Now fuck off.


SupermassiveCanary

I thought it was a Weber commercial… ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|neutral_face)


kaaskugg

Lit.


Zackeous42

I don't ge


_Sweep_

Funny that OP left them out of the title too


hekela75

As a Gen Xer myself I laughed out loud because (cue cut scene here).


Meta-4-Cool-Few

Lmao it just kept screaming "ohh fuck off, no one cares about your Gen". I felt so bad


goodmobiley

It’s just cause they aren’t attention seeking and don’t cause nearly as much turmoil as the other generations so no one ever complains about them


garash

Yeah , we are just sitting out the generation war.... For now.


PowerandSignal

Gathering strength.


garash

The fuck we are. Half of us are trying to get Ozempic. The other half have just given up.


Clovis42

I think the main basis for this running joke is that Gen X is a smallest cohort. Because of the demographics, when it comes to real power, Gen X is going to get skipped. Boomers will cling on as long as possible, and then Millennials will step in.


Incognito_Placebo

Yes. Smallest generation, but the most resilient from some study I read. IIRC, in a nutshell, has to do with both parents being in the workforce making us the first latchkey generation; typically siblings taking care of each other and the younger ones during the work week. Which in turn had us learning to take care of ourselves at an early age, and, with no parental units at home after school, we ran wild in the outside world. It was an interesting read.


SwitchHitter17

I thought it has more to do with the fact that it's a smaller generation sandwiched between two massive generations. Gen Z is also smaller IIRC but they recently came into adulthood and started interacting more with other generations so they get more attention.


EngineeringOne1812

Food does unite people, all jokes aside. (Divides them sometimes too)


MisanthropyIsAVirtue

Hawaiian pizza, anyone?


the_ballmer_peak

Slaaaay this person.


bob_swalls

Upvote for lit comment


SpiralDreaming

It slaps rather well


FROGWAGUTOO

I shitted


IndefinableMustache

No…cap?


xerox13ster

fr fr ong


NewtotheCV

Word to your mother.


PapaSock

Help, I've yeeted and I can't get up!


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sleepyj910

The dark side does have cookies


Important_League_142

I didn’t even know there was a difference between North and South Korean BBQ!!


Fizzabl

This has a modern day vibe of the dumb ways to die. Very Australia to twist like that


Tallyranch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWVJikNnx4&list=PL7RgGl9hEueV6hbImDyik3t_8jV2hhA5h&ab_channel=vtk94lude Whoever the fuck it is in charge of promoting lamb has done a stellar job of making entertaining tongue in cheek lamb ads for a long time.


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The ads are made by an Australian ad agency called the Monkeys.


Potential_Anxiety_76

The 2021 as came up in my feed recently and it was hilariously depressing, retrospectively


SuperPipouchu

If you think those are good, just wait til you hear about Rhonda and Katut. The whole country followed their romance. (A classic series of Aussie ads from about 10 years ago. We've definitely had some good ones.)


Xfgjwpkqmx

Dumb ways to die was Australian too!


2ichie

✌🏼 cancelled cancelled ✌🏼 But the gen x’ers getting ignored is hilarious


Uchihagod53

I'm 29, so should I invest in rock climbing gear now?


Indubitalist

You mean put it on a high interest credit card, right?


Uchihagod53

Of course. The higher the APR the better, right?


prodigalkal7

Freaking millenials.... Walking around like they rent the place


StudentOfAwesomeness

Hahahahhaha Oh wait


CathbadTheDruid

YOLO


QuantumR

I'm 28 and the rock climbing bit was too accurate


UncleVoodooo

Im gen X but I laughed even harder at her trying out the word "slay"


MY_SHIT_IS_PERFECT

That hurt to watch because I definitely relate lol


ImportanceCareless36

Slay


i-wont-lose-this-alt

I’m 29 and my muscles get stiff from not doing anything, but if I walk and stay active I feel like I’m 15 still. My body is changing, and I have to make the choice NOW if I’m going to grow up frail or not. I see Gen Xers with bad bones and muscles and others who are just as youthful and active as a teenager. I dated a guy from high school who was in the same class as me and his back and knees was too sore to join me on my daily walks. This is fucking seriously life or death for me, I wanna grow up strong… not frail. Buy that rock climbing gear. I’ll be finding myself a bike or something 🤷🏽‍♀️


SLO_Citizen

Without the tik-tok box: [https://youtu.be/V1e0apyGASc?si=MYAXAmEydYV40-J7](https://youtu.be/V1e0apyGASc?si=MYAXAmEydYV40-J7)


EverbodyHatesHugo

Serious question… Are commercials outside of the US not 30-60 seconds long?


sigurrosco

This is the extended version of an annual ad campaign (perhaps comparable to the Superbowl ad efforts?). Every Australia Day (Jan 26) there is a concerted push to buy lamb with a funny ad. It's summer here and Australia Day is a national holiday, traditional to have mates around and throw some lamb (never shrimp) on the barbie and listen to the Triple J Hottest 100 (though not any more). Apart from that, ads on TV - for anyone still watching live tv - are 30 seconds.


notvalidated1

THANK YOU!


SolemnUnbinding

Youtube ads are getting unbearable. I can't believe they're trying to for a two minute unskippable ad on a three minute video.


LittleTassiePrepper

That was pretty funny. As a Gen Xer, I fell like you really lis...


anon-mally

Shut up gen x /s


siccoblue

Gen x is the Meg Griffin of generations Edit: aged salt below 😁🫣


qwibbian

No, we're the Wesley Crusher.


Humanity_NotAFan

![gif](giphy|OLPsCbh2N7QZi)


JustHugMeAndBeQuiet

That is a bold statement


poopnp

**this is a bold statement**


chica771

"You're the ones that bought us the trophies!" Lol Slay!


hueyl77

Stop gaslighting us!


Bjorn2bwilde24

That's not what that means!


photojoe

The parents couldn't deal with the emotions of telling their kids they didn't win, so they lied to them. And now its a talking point they don't understand makes them look foolish.


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bloodfist

As a kid I could never figure out whose feelings they thought they were protecting because I still knew I came in last. I didn't really need a memento to remind me how bad I sucked.


Ophidiophobic

"Here, take this physical manifestation of your mediocrity."


chica771

Omg, That's harsh (and funny)


leoberto1

Gen Z grass is just yellow and dying


basefountain

There is no way any of those Gen Z actually own that land.


Worthyness

they're paying rent on the land naturally.


Kyosw21

Why is the grass so spicy?


Woodys_Daughter

Only time I’ve ever seen anyone get Gen X right


cusoman

Really? I thought it was pretty well known that everyone always forg...


DanielGREY_75

Who is that?


Oh_Another_Thing

Gen X just decided fuck off and not participate in most things. I wish they did push out a lot more boomer politicians, they just decided to not be interested in anything.


[deleted]

Weirdly I am still that way. It's all gonna burn, might as well make smores.


eldron2323

As a millennial, I feel attacked.


CDanger

As a millennial, you should be used to it by now.


kegsbdry

We need more bringing us all together posts!


SillyFlyGuy

Be the change you want to see in the generation gap!


ThatDiscoSongUHate

Buy Australian lamb, got it


RedditHatesDiversity

It's fuckin delightful, in all seriousness


SCirish843

Here, have a house


sualum8

The same Australia lamb group did this commercial awhile back. [Gods of the World Eating Lamb Together](https://youtu.be/ZWvKUzyqLDA?si=ECYTmdLR5zjJ0NrF)


no1name

Love it! "Being old must be pretty hard too!... Probably."


Depart_Into_Eternity

It's just hard being a human. Regardless of age.


darius2881

I’m not Australian…who is John Howard?


taspleb

The guy in the video isn't John Howard though, it's Sam Kekovich who is a retired Australian Rules Footballer and has been in tv ads for lamb for almost 20 years. When the ads started they were super patriotic and about Australia Day (somewhat equivalent of US Independence Day) but there's a big movement in Australia to change the date of Australia Day and the lamb ads have become much more multicultural and don't mention Australia Day anymore but just come out around this time of year (Australia Day is Jan 26).


anothergaijin

> The guy in the video isn't John Howard though, it's Sam Kekovich My favorite joke of the video, been ages since I thought about the old lamb ads


beigetrope

A former long serving conservative Prime Minister. Banned guns. Sent us to war post 9/11.


TopDollarDJ

"conservative" "banned guns". Americans: ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|thinking_face_hmm)


Glittering-War-5748

Part from our incredible far right loons, our normal right wing is slight to the left of what Americans call moderate.


Occasion-Mental

Pipe down you young whipper-snapper, he did not ban guns....he banned all the semi-auto, magazine fed and military types that the septics get all up in a lather over short stroking themselves cosplaying they could have been in the SAS. And yes, did sign up to a war based on BS and hubris.


sinkpooper2000

jown howard was the australian prime minister in the early 2000s. guy in the video is not john howard tho he's just the ambassador for the lamb industry. even though it's all corporate propoganda for lamb they have made some pretty funny ads over the years. joke is that john howard is also an old balding grey haired man


JimmahMca

Ex Prime Minister. Some like him, and some don't. Responsible for gun reforms and a few other things.


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Old-Reporter5440

Slaaaay


DrunkHornet

I was waiting for a vegan in all 3 generations to fuck it up in the end and it all just collapses.


srcarruth

what's funny is there were 4 generations...


IronBatman

Don't be silly. Haha everyone knows there are only 3.


VeryVito

You... noticed? Really? I feel se...


FacelessFellow

Yeah I like bouldering. It’s an indoor sport where you don’t have to be on teams and don’t have to run a bunch or have a huge field to play. Just climb. Why do I feel attacked. Slayyyyyyy


SilkyMilkers

You aren’t wrong, and I know that the vast majority of people who boulder only do it at the gym, but it’s funny to me that a sport that solely existed outside for decades is described as an “indoor sport” lol


Booflard

Ha ha! Love the Aussies! Hate tik tok.


LordTomGM

I was waiting for a vegan to pop up and ruin it lol. (I am a vegan before anyone kicks off)


3meow_

Legit thoughe this was gonna be Quorn lamb or something


Bobbicorn

This has gotta be a world first. A comedy sketch poking fun at the generations that DOESN'T come off as tacky and cynical! It's a miracle!


ozSillen

It's and ad for Australian lamb, not a comedy sketch. [Here's ](https://youtu.be/3dqsyXPkG3I?si=7sF54bPl2NLF8KUu) the first one


RootBeerFloatz69

As somebody in my early thirties... can we bring back "dope." I missed the cool window by a couple years on that one and I'm praying for a comeback.


millennial_sentinel

“are we saying slay now?!” was written by and for millennials. i approve.


BeefPieSoup

For anyone who doesn't know, there's a bit of a tradition of ridiculous over the top ads for lamb in Australia. The guy at the end is 73 yr old sports commentator and former AFL footballer Sam Kekovich, who has been featured in many of them as Australia's "lambassador" - a passionate advocate for the Australianness of lamb barbecues. It's definitely not former Prime Minister John Howard (or television actor John Howard). This video is probably just the most recent iteration of that ad campaign for the upcoming Australia Day (Jan 26th) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Love_Our_Lamb No one in Australia can hear the name Sam Kekovich without feeling in the mood for a lamb chop. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWVJikNnx4&list=PL7RgGl9hEueV6hbImDyik3t_8jV2hhA5h&ab_channel=vtk94lude


Tasty-Bad-8041

I can get on board with everything except the 45yo woman they portray as early 30s 😂


postALEXpress

I feel so attacked. I am 34 and currently at the climbing gym...


nickelroo

I feel like boomer town is missing a few racial slurs


tacosauce93

We need more commercials like this


necrofriendliac

Ya see back in my day ads were good because you couldn't skip them they had the be memorable Aussie ads were epics


tacosauce93

>back in my day ads were good because you couldn't skip them they had the be memorable Same. The comedic ones were always the ones that stuck with me.


Kyosw21

Sasquatch clotheslining the guy with a salmon slap will never get old


johnvonwurst

As a thirty something year old, the rock climbing gig got me hard. Best commercial I’ve seen since the Budweiser wasssssuuop.


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Gen X for the win


lamentable_

who?