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[โ€“] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I was 29 on 9/11. It has been a shit show since.

The hard part is watching everything that was pretty cool (not perfect, mind you) just fuck right on off. I'm certain there's a PTSD carried by most Gen X'rs that have watched the degradation one catastrophe at a time juxtaposed to the relatively peaceful upbringing we had.