GEN X never stopped mocking Gen X. If you want to mock us, be prepared for us to be all, like, "You call THAT snark? Step aside, amateur" and then riff self-loathingly on ourselves for a solid hour
As someone coming right at the end of it, I do feel like Gen X has a lot of myths about itself that it tells and I am never entirely sure if it believes them or not.
Someone told me that Ian Curtis died by cutting his own throat and peeling his face off while bleeding out *spooky hands* AND WE HAD NO WAY TO CHECK THAT OBVIOUS BULLSHIT.
The lack of access to basic info was nuts! From harmless myths to life threatening shit, we just had to trust the randos in our neighborhood.
Kids from out of town could make up whatever story they wanted about their city, we had no way to check.
