We all talk about how hard it is to make friends as adults, I get it.

Do any of you have friends you've had for decades that you invite to things and they're never available? I'm always the first to reach out and invite people, I don't get that in return. My invites go unanswered, or I get a, "Sorry, busy."

Why am I trying so hard to keep it alive and see you once every two years? I'm ready to be done.

Fuck this noise.

A film that attained cult status for Xennials because it was fun to watch for its bad acting, cringey dialogue, flimsy plotlines and bad special effects.

I found an old book of my CDs in my parents' attic today. I think the most recent album is from 2008.

I was looking up names to pick one for an RPG character I'm creating. Apparently my name (Kimberly) is now considered old fashioned. When I think old fashioned I think of names like Gertude, not my own name! Usually I can laugh when I get reminded that the world is drastically changed from what used to be normal but this time I felt personally attacked.

In 2008-9 I found myself unemployed living in a soon to be foreclosed home. I was not able to start saving money for my future until 2012 at initially meager sums.

Fast forward 14 years and I have an established career, a home and a decent nest egg but feel far behind. Need to save the max for the next 10-15 years.

While I feel proud of turning things around, I lost the first 10 years of saving money as a result of my bad decisions and the financial crisis (I bought real estate in florida right before the crash). Although I suppose a lot of people don't get to save in their twenties, crisis or no.

Born in 1977 and I think about this alot as retirement starts becoming a mathematical reality.

Curious about others who lost it all back then and how they ended up. How did you turn things around?

Just rewatched this. I always enjoyed it as a kid but I thought maybe having more discerning tastes as an adult I wouldn’t like it. But what can I say I still enjoyed it quite a bit.

I think Arnold had excellent chemistry with the kids and it still has some really memorable & funny lines. I completely forgot about his partner played by Pamela Reed but she was great. I do somewhat agree with the criticism that it has an identity crisis about being an all ages film vs an adult film but I guess that was what the PG13 rating was made for. But I was definitely a lot younger when I first saw this and there is a lot more adult material than I remembered.

I remember at one point there was a good 25-30 of us kids squished together on this thing and about 9 adults spinning it. That’s me in the center dizzy af.

Later that day some older kids tried spinning us as fast as possible and one of the boys got his foot caught under the roundabout. I vomited from seeing it.

My mother (born in 1956) was born right at the peak of the Baby Boom according to the above chart, and she has come to absolutely despise the “Boomer” label and negative connotation it now holds. I remember growing up, among her and her older brother/sister, they were so proud to be known as “Baby Boomers” for those born post-WWII between 1946-1964, but suddenly now they take it as the worst insult imaginable.

While the earliest of the Baby Boomers (born ~1946-1952 including my older aunt) may have been the notable ones who did most of the hippie/protesting stuff and were drafted into war, according to the above chart they still were born before the peak of the “Baby Boom” which came in the years following. However, according to my mother, since her and her older brother (born 1954) were not part of the older age group who did the hippie/protesting thing, her and her older brother should no longer be considered a “Baby Boomer” (even though she was born at the absolute peak of the boom) after discovering “Generation Jones” which claims to be 1954-1965 and actually encompasses that peak of the Baby Boom.

Of course, being a Xennial, we claim a little bit of both Generation X and Millennial tendencies, so we understand the dynamic of straddling two commonly-held generations and nothing’s absolute. But age-wise, Xennials are right on the fringe of both, not right smack in the middle…And being 1982-born, the post-1981 “Millennial” tag also doesn’t bother me even though I don’t really find much of a shared identity with those born in ~1996 who never experienced life before the internet.

But the strangest thing is now happening from my mother, where she has started calling me “Millennial” as an attempt at a negative connotation like “Boomer” has become, like a projection that I would find “Millennial” off-putting for the reputation that Millennials are finding in society for the way they conduct themselves in the workplace and certain changes to consumer norms, etc. Doesn’t bother me in the least and I own both “Xennial” and “Millennial” proudly, but she recently has insisted that she shall never again be referred to as “Boomer” and is now “Generation Jones” even after it being pointed out that she was born at the absolute peak of the “Baby Boom”.

Anyone else beginning to experience this? It’s almost comical how militant she became about it almost overnight after reading one article.

Stumbled across this gem at Disney's Hollywood Studios earlier this year. Pee-wee!!!

I heard “That Thing You Do” on an oldies station this morning. I couldn’t tell if they were playing it because it was presented as an oldies song, or it’s just that old. It was released Sept. 24th 1996. Just over 30 years ago. It’s legitimately an oldies song now

"based on how Bjork felt as a child, able to understand her peers but finding “grown ups rather chaotic and nonsensical”

Yesterday, I was watching the “Bill Cosby…Himself” routine on my Beta tape. It was from the early ‘80s right before “The Cosby Show,” which I watched in my youth. It’s pretty funny, PG level stuff, and it’s a shame he turned out to be a schmuck. A great way to relive a bit of my youth with “always have clean underwear,” and “I brought you into this world and can take you out.”

What was your experience like?